North of Brooklyn Pizza (Queen West)
Now open for a few days, we dropped in for a couple of slices; Pepperoni and White. Just under $10 total with tax.
Tasty, quality ingredients and the rest remains to be seen IMO. Too early for us to comment.
Simple menu - seating for 12 maybe....
Ready-to-grab slices will probably be Margherita, Pepperoni, White (ricotta, mozz, garlic and arugula dressed with lemon sauce), Veggie, Puttanesca.
Whole pies (as listed above) $18-22.00 Toppings $2.50
While there, owner? was trash talking Terroni. Least of his concerns...
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chocabot
Aug 23, 2012 08:12 PM
I went last night at around 9:30pm and the pizza was hot and fresh. I'm not sure what kind it was because it had the milkiest mozza and pancetta (? a fatty, crispy pork bits that could best be described like that on chinese roast pork from the bbq shops). I liked that they had sesame seeds on the thin crust. Based on that experience I'll certainly be back to try more.
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justsayn
Aug 23, 2012 07:22 PM
Tonight was very disappointing.
I was served a crappy, salty, over-priced slice of pepperoni. Pepperoni itself had decent flavour but there was nothing else good about it. It was also a very small slice - perhaps it was a mistake.
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re: kwass
worth trying, yes.. but not amazing. i find it overpriced for a rather small slice as well.
i've tried the margherita (okay but have had better elsewhere) and the seasonal veg (the toppings were high quality, but roasted beets and carrots just don't really work well on pizza imho)
the crust is pretty decent for a by-the-slice place (nice and thin) but nothing to write home about when compared to places like pizzeria libretto. i didn't love the sauce (it was just okay).
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re: flonie
I find the slices at Fresca to be mediocre, at least when eaten on their own. But it's great that they put out dishes of freshly-chopped olives, hot peppers, and garlic/basil pesto on the counter. Being able to dress up your slice with fresh extras makes a huge difference. I wish there were more pizza-slice joints offering that kind of service.
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re: 5secondrule
Just had a margerita slice at Fresca. The garlic/basil oil is a nice touch but that crust is the blandest crust I have ever eaten. Needs salt and I am not usually one to notice that.
I had a great pizza at Pizza via Mercanti in Kensington. Do they sell slices? I am not that picky about pizza it's more about the topping combinations for me. I had a pizza with really good mozzarella, pesto and cherry tomatoes.
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pinstripeprincess
Sep 24, 2012 08:52 AM
while i get that the draw is by the slice, i think their full pies are where they offer value and tastiness.
they're inbetween all the popular styles but what i consider "american" right now.... they do their own thing and i really appreciate what that is. i do want them to tweak a few things abotu their dough flavour and cooking times but their mozz and tomato sauce can't be beat by almost any of the TO shops.
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pinstripeprincess
Sep 26, 2012 04:37 AM
at $4 starting per slice and then my pies starting at $18 w/ 6 slices each... seems like a lot of value to me.
but really, what i meant is that these days my whole pizzas are about that price from everywhere else and i'd rather have some NOB over many of them.
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pinstripeprincess
Sep 27, 2012 09:46 AM
18" around. which is pretty much a large or xlarge pie these days.
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I tried the white pizza today: mozzarella and ricotta with arugula and lemon juice added at the end. This is a great combination. I am not a pizza person but certain flavour combinations will bring me back for more. This is up there with Pizzaiola's Bianca, my go to when the boys insist on pizza. I've had arugula at the end pizza before and I didn't like it but with the lemon juice this really worked for me. I'm craving it......
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We tried a whole pizza the other day - it tasted great! It was a veggie one so we can't comment on the pepperoni (as others have commented on it). The sauce was tasty with a bit of a tang, the toppings were fresh, and the thin crust was crisp. My only complaint was that the crust was way too salty for me. We had drinks and I found myself still drinking tons afterwards. Just for comparison though, we also went to Terroni the following weekend. I hadn't been there for pizza before, but my husband had. Hands down, for crust alone, Terroni took the pie! The flavours in the Terroni pizza blended so well. The crust was perfect and did not detract from the overall pizza.
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pinstripeprincess
Aug 17, 2012 07:18 AM
we were going to order 3 slices, but that would have amounted to about $12 so we figured that to bump our order up to a full pizza at $18-20 wasn't a big deal. the pizza is somewhere inbetween new york style and pseudo-neopolitan. crisp enough that when you fold it in half it cracks instead, but no blistering at all. could use a little more browning though in my books. they use a great quality mozz that makes it super delicious and their tomato sauce is bright, tart and mildly sweet. i'm happy to go there again, though i'd encourage them to put more effort into pepperoni and topping distribution. there wasn't much of it (though it was great quality) but often there would be wide open spaces and then three piled on top of each other.
i really like the sesame on the crust (not sure if that was because of the pizza we ordered) but i would actually save to eat all the crusts at the end since i didn't want sesame flavour with my pizza. i'm not sure what to make of the garlic knots yet. i had a small bite of one, but i think they had made them too early otherwise they let them go too far for darkness then put them under again to melt the cheese and it has a very hard dark shell. was overdone for us.
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re: pinstripeprincess
I pretty much concur with PP's sentiments. It's a good effort and I've been eating NY style regularly for the past few years now. The set up and menu is pretty faithful to Best Pizza in Brooklyn. On the pizza: Thought the middle was a touch soggy, could have been more crisp.Pepperoni was meh, I've had better quality and this variant seemed a bit bland. Also the sesame is a bit distracting for a tomato slice I think left alone on the white pizza is just fine. Still, this is a fine addition for a casual pick up or sit down pizza joint for Toronto! Want to try their puttanesca slice next.
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re: Davwud
Looks like it but I think they might be solid chairs because of the comments about "rust not included" or whatever it said,
So, I imagine maybe the small seating won't remain if they don't have a washroom? I thought there was a by-law about needing to have a washroom access, according to the NOW Toronto says "no washroom"... Not sure if they mean no handicap accessible washroom or no washroom at all?
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Davwud
Aug 16, 2012 09:43 AM
I was told a long time ago that the rules are, serve food to stay, must provide washrooms. The thing is, I was told that by someone managing a bar in a hockey rink. They were forced to put in ones in the bar. The ones right across the hall (Literally right across the hall) weren't acceptable.
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re: LexiFirefly
Ah ok, thanks. Just I recall a lot of talk in the BP thread that they reason they changed their policy to be "seats are for waiting customers only and not for consuming food" was because they didn't have a washroom for patrons.
If they share their bathroom with Hero Burger as mentioned above then I guess it is a non-issue anyway.
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kwass
Aug 12, 2012 02:38 PM
I can't wait to try this place! Keep the reviews coming. Apparently, they're closed Mondays, which sucks, because that's the day of the week that I'm in that area. I do find that weird though (as I said on another post) given that pizza places, are usually open 7 days/week.
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justsayn
Aug 12, 2012 02:42 PM
Here - just located this online - http://www.torontolife.com/daily/dail...
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