Comments on: Where to Eat #12 https://www.saltshaker.net/20201107/where-to-eat-12 Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:47:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Isa https://www.saltshaker.net/20201107/where-to-eat-12#comment-267431 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:45:00 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=31287#comment-267431 On the menu on their door they indicate a “pizza of the month” special, which I think was the 4 cheeses when you visited. However their definition of ‘month’ seems to stretch beyond the calendar month, because sometimes it is the same pizza for 1.5 months and changes on random days. Last time I checked it was asparagus pizza. From when we last met there, they have tripled their outdoor seating and added sun shades. Still very spartan, but at least they are open longer hours, offering also aperitivi and other stuff throughout the day. It’s on a rather busy corner and next to the bike lane, so it is noisy and not very quiet. They have expanded their menu beyond pizza and are offering an oven cooked cauliflower that caught my attention and other snacks/appetizers, but I haven’t tried any yet. You are correct on the vegan options: they replace the muzzarella with queso paparella. Interestingly, to emulate mozzarella slice they make ‘discs’ of poured queso paparella (I find paparella quite disappointing, so I am not really fond of their vegan versions – I usually order the mushroom one which was created vegan to begin with).

On the subject of pizza, my husband found on Instagram another one: Gordo Chanta (https://www.instagram.com/gordochantapizza/). This is a shared business: there are 4 businesses in the same facility and it can get confusing (it was for us, because there is no sign outside confirming you are in the correct spot and no instructions on their social about it – you have to text by whatsapp). The official place name is ‘La Favorita Cantina’ (Honduras 5288, https://www.instagram.com/lafavoritacantina/) and it is an old early ‘900 construction with preserved interiors, however there is only outdoor seating for now.. The system is a little complex because the pizza business in question runs only from Thu to Sun at night, but they may change this schedule all of a sudden and post about it on Instagram (‘we took a day off’). You can sit at a table and receive multiple menus, one from the bar with food and drinks (original cocktails with name of local folk celebs, such as “Sandro” or “La bomba” or “Rodrigo”, and one from el Gordo Chanta with his pizzas and drinks (like cherry or banana wine – very alcoholic, close to a limoncello).

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