Pizzeria Lola

The area has seen a surge in new pizza places to try - not a bad trend for those of us who like to try new restaurants and could eat pizza every day of the week!  First up...Pizzeria Lola!

Pizzeria Lola has only been open a couple of weeks and we heard the lines to get in can be long.  We were the early birds and managed to walk right in and grab a two top.  Good thing...within 30 minutes of our arrival the wait was 30-45 minutes.

It's a small restaurant minimally decorated around a huge wood fired oven.  There is a bar area toward the back of the restaurant which was packed with people waiting for a table.  Not a ton of room, but at least they will always be full.  It's in a great neighborhood with lots of families nearby so I think there will always be a lot of children around.  Definitely kid friendly.

I was impressed with their list of local tap beers.  I went with Fulton's Lonely Blonde Ale - super good!  Can't wait until Fulton is in bottles!  Just a nice refreshing end to the week.

The pizzas are about a plate size 10-12 inches and we were told 2 pizzas would be good to share if we weren't getting anything else.  We went with that advice since we couldn't agree on what we wanted.  I got the special which included fig, Gorgonzola cheese, and guanciale.  Guanciale was described as something similar to prosciutto.  It was thinner, crispier and more translucent than prosciutto.  It was very good and the pizza was a hit with both of us!

The hubby went with The Boise which included potato, fontina, caramelized onion and rosemary.  It was also very good, but I think I won with the special.  I'll be glad to go back and try other options soon!

We finished with dessert.  I had the ice cream sandwich which was homemade ice cream between two chocolate chip cookies.  So. Good.  The hubby just had a dish of vanilla ice cream with cocoa nibs.  It was good, but a little pricey for a dish of ice cream. 

All in all we were very pleased with the restaurant.  They have a few kinks to work out in their service - the hubby had to wait a long time for a refill of his soda, even though the waiter had asked him twice if he wanted one.  They also had some booths that weren't turned very quickly.  They could have seated parties and then brought out the plates and silverware.  Instead, the bar area was packed when some of those people could have at least been sitting in a booth getting closer to the yummy goodness of the pizza.  These kinks can get worked out and I think Pizzeria Lola will do a killer business.