I was out in San Francisco this weekend and I went out for some pizza with my brother. We were celebrating his promotion to shift manager at Park Chow and it was long overdue for him to make his debut on the blog. His pick was The Village Pizzeria on Clement and Arguello. This place is well known for their pizza and they pride themselves as "The Brooklyn Pizza That Moved West!" When I lived in SF I used to frequent this place and so in a way it was like coming home. The place is pretty chill (like everything in SF). They have a standard gas oven and even have some cool black and white photos of Brooklyn and Coney Island on the walls.
The Village offers two different crust choices, Neopolitan and Sicilian.
In reality though, there is no choice. You have to go with the Sicilian. We ordered a whole plain pie. 12 slices, $19.00. After about 20 minutes the pie arrived piping hot and looking awesome. Thick crust slices, especially the ones that you get at an average NY pizzeria, are often denser than a brick and have a flavorless crust. Not this pie. The crust was perfectly baked and was nice and airy. It was very reminiscent of the pie at L&B Spumoni Gardens. The sauce had great flavor and the sauce to cheese ratio was good. No fresh mozzarella here but the Village Pizzeria claims to use the best Wisconsin mozzarella available. I must say it was tasty. My brother and I really enjoyed the pie and I enjoyed the company too. I can't wait for him to visit me so that I can take him to Grimaldi's for some coal oven pie and some Brooklyn Lager!
