Otto Enoteca Pizzeria

OUT963282 The other week I decided to try Mario Batali‘s pizzeria in Manhattan’s West Village a very casual Italian restaurant. Otto, part wine bar part pizzeria has a wide variety of Wines by the bottle and by the glass…over 500 types actually. My friend Caroline has been telling me to try it for months and having been to his other establishments and being in the area I gave in. I called up my friend Noel and my sister Danielle and put our names down on the list. Around a half hour wait, which would be terrible in most other restaurants, but thanks to the brilliant wine bar setup we hung out at the standing tables and had a Bellini and a beer. We were given a slip that read ” OTTO Enoteca Pizzeria Biglietto” which means Otto ticket naturally and printed on the bottom was BITONTO, a small city in the South East of Italy near Bari on the heal of the boot. Now that we have secured a reservation we waited patiently for our destination to roll up on the Arrivals-Departures ticker at the Host station.

After 20 minutes went by, Bitonto rolled up and we were whisked away to our oasis past the crowds to a nice table toward the back of the restaurant.

Our waitress was nice but wasn’t attentive enough for us to appreciate her, but she was very helpful when we asked which was the best pizza on the menu. Her answer, everything is great but it really lies in what is most appealing to you to eat, whatever it says is on the pizza and nothing else. I should have probably went with her advice.

Noel ordered the special of the evening…

A Pancetta and mozzarrella basil pizza- this was one of the best mini pizza’s I have had in a long time, and I don’t really enjoy pizza so much, its very hard to find a good pizza that isn’t oily or too thick.

my sister ordered…

the Asparagus & Goat Cheese- this one took second place on the night and still was appetizing even with all the asparagus.

And I ordered the Funghi & Taleggio- it was great on the first slice, but she wasn’t lying when it came out, it was loaded with mushrooms and very little cheese. You would have to be an absolute mushroom adorer to eat this, they were just too over powering for me to handle, and went for Noel’s pizza.

It was a really fun place to be and the pizza’s really are delicious…but follow this advice, order what is most appealing to you, you actually will get what you want here. A tough thing to find out there in the world. 141343227_e0b81c4639