619931 Thu May 14 15:27:40 -0700 2009 24 61 Austin 0 4684697 Appears owners of 219 and another company have come up with a new concept ,Its a coalfire pizzeria/wine bar and it just opened.Havent tried it yet but the prices range from $8 to $28.Sounds like a great concept and they seem to have a happy hour from 3-7 that will attract the dell people.The place is right next tto the third base in the round rock crossing shopping center off 1-35.Lets hope its a decent place as round rock can use more places to eat and drink. Thu May 14 15:27:40 -0700 2009 117180 nytexan 1 4688140 Tonight i tried pizzerina corvina with my family and heres the scoop.they are owned by 219 and some forner owners of main st grill in round rock and serve coal fire pizza and have great happy hour apps.the place is modern inside and the happy hour was still going on when we arrived.I tried the calamari stufed with sausgae app and my wife had the coal fire wings and all were done in the oven and they both were tasty.they have 16 beers on tap.My son had a sausauge and pepperoni pizza and my wife had a pruscutto one and i had a home made meatballs with fetuccini and all 3 were delicious,the pizza was the way a ny pizza is made ,thin with a slightly charred crust.they just opened and havent advertised much yet.its the type of place needed in round rock.they hope to eventually have sandwiches for lunch. Fri May 15 17:44:02 -0700 2009 4684697 117180 nytexan 2 4727708 I just ate here and really loved the pizza. It had a crispy, slightly charred crust which was chewy but not too chewy. The pizza we got had a variety of olives and good-quality italian sausage. For a starter, we had prosciutto-wrapped mozarella. The server told us they make their own mozarella--it was good, but I think anything would be good wrapped in prosciutto so that's hard for me to judge. Other things I liked: the atmosphere--it's very small and intimate on the inside and has nice patio seating--much warmer than you would expect from the generica strip center in which it's located. We got a glass bottle of water for our table. And our server was helpful in picking out wine. Sat May 30 08:52:13 -0700 2009 4688140 131861 rusty_s 2 4728428 I had lunch there today. This is the first pizza in Austin that I would drive out of my way to eat. The crust was thin and charred just right, not burned. My only complaint is that they only have 1 size, too small to share, but too large to eat the whole thing and have an appetizer and/or dessert. Sat May 30 15:10:11 -0700 2009 4688140 220240 klftexas 1 4729009 Finally a good restaurant in Round Rock for dinner and happy hours for those of us used to having to drive into Austin for the same. 16 (good!) beers on tap, a great wine list, delicious coal-fired pizza and an interesting menu. My wife and I and some friends enjoyed happy hour on the expansive, shaded outdoor patio there this week in our first visit. The server was very knowledgeable and her recommendations for wine and the tapas-style appetizers were spot-on. Friends joined us with their kids later, we tried most of the appetizers on the menu and all were delicious. We had a few different pizzas from the menu for dinner - all were delicious and perfectly cooked. Highly recommended. Sat May 30 20:22:24 -0700 2009 4684697 324411 mmflh 2 4729869 I hope the expansive patio is as expansive as the post. Sun May 31 09:13:10 -0700 2009 4729009 16897 scrumptiouschef 1 4751256 Well, after reading the reviews here, my wife and I tried this place for dinner. The good news is that we agree with what's been said here. We had a proscuitto pizza with fontina and arugula, and it was very good. The pizza crust is delicious, and is probably the best I've had in Austin. We'll go back for the pizza again and again. Luckily, we live not too far from here. I also had the Fettucine di Mare, which is basically what we used to call spaghetti with white clam sauce in the Bronx where I grew up, and it was also delicious. It had clams and mussels, with fettucine, in a white wine and garlic sauce. I loved this dish, and will have to try the other pasta dishes also. Service was good, attentive and friendly, without being overbearingly friendly. The waitress described the pizza crust as being a bit charred--no doubt warning us that instead of the cardboard usually passed off as crust by the chains, theirs has taste. We will be back many times, I think. Sun Jun 07 17:44:19 -0700 2009 4684697 164703 rajat 1 4761352 While most restaurants are lowering their prices, the folks at Pizzeria Corvina think they can get away with charging $28.00 for a chicken half and some potatoes, and $13.00 for a glass of Louis Martini cab. A glass of Louis Martini should go for $7.00 to $9.00 and Roaring Fork charges about $17.00 (which is still kinda high) for a chicken half dinner and the restaurant isn't in the Target parking lot in Round Rock. Wed Jun 10 16:14:02 -0700 2009 4684697 1082374 trask 2 4762133 The things on the menu that are highly priced is the above mentioned chicken, and a Bistecca (prime t bone) for $36; they have a fish dish that's at market price, which I presume will be around these levels too. The salads are $8 to $10; I haven't tried the Caesar salad here, but a good one (not the crap that's served in most places) is not outrageous at $8. The rest of the food menu is, I think, reasonable. The pizzas are $10 to $14, and the pastas are $11 and $13. Wed Jun 10 21:06:25 -0700 2009 4761352 164703 rajat 3 4763990 My point is that why would you open a restaurant and have your big ticket items not end up on your product mix. Why have it on the menu if it won't sell. It correct that the rest of the food menu isn't unreasonable, but the prices on the wine list are unreasonable. Would you buy a $25.00 glass of wine (Cassanova di Neri)? It is a Brunello and it is worth $25.00 but nobody will buy it, and the cheaper wines are marked up way beyond the norm. Thu Jun 11 12:29:18 -0700 2009 4762133 1082374 trask 4 4768666 I wasn't disagreeing with you; the prices on those two items are so far out of the median, it seems a little unbalanced. Not sure what it will take for me to try the Bistecca at $36 (I guess, if someone raved about it enough, I would try it). Can't tell about wine prices because I know little to nothing about the topic; but the beer prices seemed reasonable. On the other hand, I didn't try any of the German or European beers. Fri Jun 12 20:30:01 -0700 2009 4763990 164703 rajat 4 4771979 most people im sure go for the pizza and no one twists your arm to order the dinner items or a expensive glass of wine.you can also buy bottles at retail price and i think they may charge the corkage fee.i do agree the prices for the high end items i would try but they position themselves as a pizza.wine bar. Sun Jun 14 12:12:14 -0700 2009 4763990 117180 nytexan 2 4762698 trask, Want a good deal on a chicken half and some nice wine? Head on over to Sam's barbecue at Poquito and 12th st.Stop at the corner store diagonally across the street and get a nice bottle of Ripple.Sam's has no corkage fee so the sky's the limit on your wine choice. Now get yourself a chicken half for about 4.75 and retire to the al fresco dining area on the east side of the little bungalow.Kick back and watch a variety of street scenes unfold.Enjoy your oak smoked chicken and delicious bottle of Ripple. You couldn't be further from a Target shopping center and the family that owns Sam's will treat you good as gold. Thu Jun 11 06:51:29 -0700 2009 4761352 16897 scrumptiouschef 3 4763997 Fred G Sanford and I both wish they still made Ripple... Thu Jun 11 12:30:42 -0700 2009 4762698 1082374 trask 2 5026681 Trask, you have to pay better attention to their wine prices. The Louis Martini was the NAPA cab, not the cheap Sonoma cab that you are obviously confusing it with. Corvina's wine prices are about the lowest in town, considering that they give you a THIRD of a bottle served in a quartino and Reidel glasses. I'm in the wine biz and I know that the wholsesale price of the Martini Napa cab is $19.50, so a third of bottle served to you for $13 is just two times the cost. Pretty cheap if you ask me. $25 seems high for a glass of wine, but please tell me where else you can find an extremely well regarded Brunello like Casanova di Neri (which won Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year a couple of vintages ago by the way!) for $75? They had also been open about a month when you visited and they have responded to criticisms like yours by taking the Bisteca, Chicken and Fish off of the menu. Sun Sep 13 13:01:14 -0700 2009 4761352 1109068 winknow 1 4768655 Finally got to try this place tonight. We had a large Peroni, large Austin Amber, the meatballs and wings to start. the meatballs were really good and served with ample marinara and bread for dipping. The wings were unremarkable and not something I would order again. We also had the Quatro Tutto (pizza w/pepperoni, sausage, olives. red bell pepper & mushrooms) and the seafood pasta. The pizza was great. The pasta is house made and served VERY au dente which is not to my bf's liking. They tried twice to re-do it and took it off the bill and gave us a coupon to come back for a free pizza or pasta. Service (even before the pasta) was great. Super friendly and attentive. We'll definitely go back. Happy hour is from 3-7 and includes $5 tapas and discounts on the 16 beers on tap and $1 off many of their wines. Fri Jun 12 20:21:53 -0700 2009 4684697 100641 amykragan 2 4773184 "The pasta is house made and served VERY au dente which is not to my bf's liking." Is it possible for fresh, house made pasta to be al dente? I've always thought that only dry pastas can come out al dente. Sun Jun 14 23:30:39 -0700 2009 4768655 1082374 trask 3 4773635 Maybe so, but we sent it back twice because it was VERY underdone for his liking. The waitress is the one who told us they make it in house. Either way, we would have cooked it much more for his appetite. Mon Jun 15 07:10:58 -0700 2009 4773184 100641 amykragan 3 4775699 I always thought it was the opposite: that you want freshly made pasta cooked "al dente", or firm; whereas, dried pasta, if you cook it that way, just gives you a chewy and unpleasantly dry middle. Of course, you never want pasta to be mushy like baby food... I'm one of the people that likes fresh pasta to be firm and al dente, whereas the dried pasta, I find, should be cooked a little bit longer than what the box usually recommends. Mon Jun 15 17:16:19 -0700 2009 4773184 164703 rajat 1 4794755 My BF and I ate here last night. I was pleased overall. We started with the capreze salad. I thought it was very bland. But, the entrees were a completely different story. I had the Bianca Funghi, pizza with lots of cheeses, mushrooms, onions, and spinach. BF had the seafood linguini with marinara. Both were really good. The marinara wasn't spicy, but I thought it had a great flavor. I'd definetly go back. Mon Jun 22 09:28:21 -0700 2009 4684697 134060 GenieinTX 1 4798019 i spoke to the mgr and the more expensive items will be offered as specials only and they will add more pastas and pizzas.they do serve panini sandwiches for lunch.. Tue Jun 23 09:03:07 -0700 2009 4684697 117180 nytexan 1 4819044 I made it over to Corvina last night-thanks NY Texan for posting about this. I probably get to 2-3 Express games a month, and they are open till 10. Ate my dollar hot dog, enjoyed 6 innings or so and got down to Corvina. Honestly, I'd recommend it just for the service. How many times do you get to a restaurant fairly close to closing and the staff all but sneers at you? Corvina acted like we were the first table of the night! I generally like to stick to the basics in a new restaurant, so it was pizza all around. I had some pepparoni pie with mushrooms, it was...well, it was delicious. my only quibbles would be the caprese was average, the dessert, some sort of gateau, was a bit on the small side. otherwise a total winner. Tue Jun 30 14:05:22 -0700 2009 4684697 286526 NWLarry 2 4822918 We unfortunately had a not so good experince here, it was from begining to end.... of things going wrong and our food was just so so and we had to settle for other things due to not having certain items. BUT we should know better then to read hype and get our expectations to high.....we probably won't be back. I feel we could of went to a chain restaurant and received similar food, sad to say, but true for us. Wed Jul 01 18:16:21 -0700 2009 4819044 85880 familyof3 3 4829818 im sorry you had a bad meal but i only posted here as ive been there 5 times and each timei had a good meal.As a born and bred nyker im picking about pizza and its the way it should be not like most of the sub par pizza here in austin.Did you let the staff know your disappointment and did they offer to bring you something else?If you think its comparable to chains then your not sued to ny style pizza.Im not sure what they didnt have as you werent specific.Unless its horrible I usually give a palce a 2nd chance.I do know the staff is very accomodating from past expriences there. Sat Jul 04 14:44:21 -0700 2009 4822918 117180 nytexan 1 4837947 Finally made it to pizzeria corvina. I'll be upfront and say that I normally try to avoid anything with any combination of the words char or coal. That includes grills, Top Notch, power plants, etc. The wife had been in the mood for a thin pizza (another least favorite of mine, I'm a deep dish Chicago guy) so I agreed to try it out. We were both disappointed. Our large salad was quite small and their citrus vinaigrette had no flavor. We shared a Bianco Funghi pizza. Immediately all I could taste was the char on the crust. The non-charred crust closer to the middle as a lot soggier than I was expecting and just "meh". I thought the toppings had a good flavor, but I couldn't get past that char. I thought my wife would like it but she found the char on the crust to be an overpowering flavor to the point where she couldn't even taste the toppings. I shrugged and told her that some people think that's how pizza should be. The only saving grace of the meal was that we didn't feel like we had overeaten. Considering we can get far superior pizza from Nikki's, Reale's, or Baris, we probably won't be back. Tue Jul 07 18:10:22 -0700 2009 4684697 213580 TheBadWolf