Comments on: Pizza Pizza

By: dan

dan — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 02:15:00 +0000

In reply to Isa. I've been to Burgio many times and never found it to be even a bit dingy, let alone filthy. We're talking about the place at Cabildo 2477, yes? I mean, look at the photo on the review - the place is practically pristine. While I do really like Güerrin for Argentine style pizza, they're easily topped by La Fachada on Araoz (the original, haven't tried any of their delivery branches). Never tried La Guitarrita's pizzas rellenas, I generally just get an individual sized classic. They're not cheap, but these days, few of the really good pizzerias are. Albamonte is worth the evening trip, though not as much for the pizza, which is quite good, but not wow, but for their whole roast chicken in wine sauce!

By: Isa

Isa — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:17:37 +0000

I know la Guitarrita and used to love their pizzas rellenas. They have now opened several spots across the city, among which one in Palermo Soho. Last time I spotted them on PedidosYa, their staple pizza, Don Grillo, was 825 pesos, almost 20 USD, so I am going to pass.
Burgio has been on my list, but on TripAdvisor is rated as very filthy, and when Argentines say something is filthy, it must be REALLY filthy. Albamonte looked interesting, but unfortunately they make pizza at night only and I was there by day. If you are nearby, two blocks away there is Churrería Olleros (open 4AM to 7 PM), great churros and traditional fried sweets.
I love Güerrin, it is my favorite pizza of all Argentina.
We haven’t ordered Trigal’s pizza in a while because since I found a great, easy recipe to make thin pizza at home, my husband refuses to order it, unless we are starving and cannot cook. Last time we ordered pizza canchera by Angelín (Villa Crespo), but I don’t really get it.

By: dan

dan — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 03:45:33 +0000

In reply to Isa. I don't think it's a wood oven at De Rosa. El Trigal, the dough and sauce were great, but I found the cheese to be really oily - however, my biggest issue with it was the place was absolutely filthy. Burgio has a wood burning oven, and my favorite fugazzeta in the city. La Mas Querida, at their original location, had a coal burning oven, and I'd guess that they took it with them, or replaced it with another, at their new spot, and really good thin crust pizzas. La Guitarrita, on Cuba, has a wood burning oven, and a sort of cross between Neapolitan and Argentine pizza styles - I like their pizzas quite a bit. Albamonte is another, with a very good thin crust pizza. Others that are good, albeit "Argentine style", with wood ovens - Güerrin in Centro, Pirilo in San Telmo, Los Campeones in Barracas, Piola on Libertad in Centro (not a real favorite of mine, but many seem to like it), and Grappa in Palermo (wood and coal mixed, pizza a la parrilla).

By: Isa

Isa — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 14:59:41 +0000

Thanks for these reviews. Based solely on the pictures, I’ll make a note on la La particular de Virginio. However, as you wrote, pizza prices are quite high with the current exchange rate and I am not very enthusiastic to throw 10 USD for a mediocre pizza.
Bland to toxic ingredients here are unfortunately quite the norm. I often get sick after eating out, whether on seafood or a flan that has been sitting around for too long.

Apart from Siamo nel forno/San Paolo, what others pizzerias have a real wooden fired oven? De Rosa? I am not sure since Maurizio said that’s his Argentinian-style pizza place, so the wood-fired oven is not mandatory.

We found one (El Trigal, no sitting space) but the results have been inconsistent. The first time it was amazing, the quebracho logs really did they part, but the other 4, you couldn’t tell the pizza was cooked in a wood-fired oven. Recent reviews on Google are not encouraging, either.

By: Pizzas by the Half Dozen

Pizzas by the Half Dozen — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 19:11:30 +0000

[…] salami sliced up on it, and not a particularly good one. Yawn all around. [Closed, replaced by La Particular de Virginio in late […]