Food Review 1

Last night my friend CT, Chaim and I went to a restaurant called Piola.
We went because Chaim had seen a flyer for an art show displaying photographs of mangled money by an artist named Anthony Savini that he wanted to see. So we decided to go have a quick drink and snacks there. The photos were ok.

As we entered, we were greeted by mobs of children running around and the restaurant had the atmosphere of Two Boots Pizza, with it's brightly colored Romper Room decor, but with a bit more of a suburban feel.

I started off with a KIWI CAIPIROSKA, which sounded refreshing but ended up so sweet with chunks of muddled kiwi, that it would have been better as a Popsicle instead of a drink.
My friend ordered a SGROPPINO AL LIMONE which was described on the menu as ice cream and vodka... interesting??? but in the end it tasted like a melted cheesecake. Chaim stayed on the safe side and ordered a beer.

It took us a while to order the pizza because they had too many combinations, and finally in the end, we got the MARGHERITA described on the menu as: Tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil. We thought the best way to see how good a pizza joint is, is by trying their basic staple. Just as Grimaldi's cheese pie needs nothing on top to make it amazing. Sadly, when our Piola pie was set down on our table, it paled in comparison to the Brooklyn pie, and had one sad little piece of basil in the center, acting as a fig leaf covering the center junction of the slices.

This would be a good place to take your tween age children for a birthday party. If you want great pizza, I'd go elsewhere...