M Italian

After our dessert, we decided to get lunch.  (This makes sense.  Go to the cupcake shop when they open to get maximum cupcake selection)  M Italian is only a two minute drive from Main Street Cupcakes.

Pictured above is my mushroom pizza.   Truffle oil, Parmesan  cheese, Alfredo sauce and arugula.  I was able to take home half for later.   Nicely crispy from the wood fire oven.

M Italian shares the building space with a glass blowing place.   I'm guessing that this chandelier was probably made next door.

This is the bread that they served.   Cheesy with a nicely crispy crust.  If you come early in the day, please note that pizzas can take longer because they need to start the ovens.  It wasn't more than 20 minutes additional wait time.   Really worth the time.

Michael Symon's Lolita Restaurant

We went out and had dinner at Lolita tonight.  It had been on our list for a while, and it was nice to finally get to it.   Pictured above is the Crispy Chicken Livers with soft polenta, mushrooms, and bacon that we got for an appetizer.  Yummy.

Bread and olive oil, kinda baguette like.

Steve got the Fusilli pasta with lamb, mushrooms, bread crumbs, and orange agrumato.  It was tasty, and a little crunchy.   It contained three of Steve's favorite foods (pasta, lamb, and mushrooms).

I had the Potato pizza.  It had green olive, white anchovie, mozzarella, and lemon agrumato.  I like anchovies, but I have never had them with a lemony flavor before.  I think I'll be having leftovers for a few days.

I decided that dessert was a good idea.   I really liked this Milk Chocolate and Toffee Pot de Creme.  It was a sort of fancy chocolate mousse with toffee chips, almond financier, and winter melon compote.

Danny Boy's Pizza

At the recommendation by a friend, we went out to Danny Boy's Pizza last night.  We went at about 6:30 on a Friday night, and we only had to wait 10 minutes.  However, we heard people in line being told there was a 30 minute wait after we we already seated.  I guess we got in just before the dinner rush started.

We ordered the Chicago pizza and added mushrooms to it.  The pizza is a deep dish pizza with sausage.

The pizza pictured above is a large, which has 8 slices.  The small has 6 slices.

Most times when I've had a sausage pizza, the sausage is little crumbles sprinkled all across the surface of the pie.   Danny Boy's pizza uses a whole sausage patty that crosses the pizza from end to end.  As you can see above, it is right above the layer of cheese.

These slices are really heavy and filling.   One slice for a person is plenty.  Each of us had one and split a third, leaving 5 servings for later.

The pizza was really tasty and you get a lot of food for your money.  As I write this, I am having a reheated slice.  It reheats well.  I would definitely go back again.  Next time I want to try their pasta and dessert.

Bricco

Tonight my husband and I went for dinner and a show.  Bricco was located directly across from our theater.   It specializes in pizza and pastas.   Everything we ordered tonight seemed to have a spicy kick to it.  Even the butter served with the bread was orange tinted and mildly spicy!  The weather was quite warm today, and we wouldn't have access to our fridge for leftovers.  Splitting an entree and an appetizer was just the right amount of food for the two of us.

This was our appetizer, Parmesan crusted calamari tossed with chorizo, banana peppers, roasted red peppers, and creamy Parmesan dressing.   I enjoyed this, even though spicy food is not my usual pick.  It had a good mix of the squid rings and tentacle pieces.  Yummy!

Bricco's kitchen was kind enough divide our entree into two separate servings when we mentioned we were splitting it.  This is the shrimp and Andouille sausage ravioli with corn, Anaheim peppers, scallions, roasted potatoes, and Cajun cream sauce.   I was expecting the sauce to be more zesty.  However, it was really creamy and balanced out the spice of the ravioli and the peppers.

The next time I visit, I hope to have time to look over the dessert menu.

Bar Cento

We went out for pizza at Bar Cento today.   We ordered their Sunnyside pizza which has provolone cheese, pancetta, eggs, and black pepper on a crispy thin crust.   Yummy!  The pepper really adds something to this pizza.  Two people, six slices, no leftovers.   It's just the right amount of food!