We are a different kind of news site with no desire to conform to antiquated ideas of how many believe journalism should be. We'll be back, at least for these two dishes.SanDiegoVille was created in 2010 to report about all the fun & delicious happenings taking place around America's Finest City and we quickly earned a reputation for being a news source for and by those that shun archaic journalistic practices in pursuit of reporting the real story. Thank you Pizzicato for redeeming yourself with us. We needed add only a couple of grinds of pepper over both pizza and salad to finish-delicious eaten together. The Caesar was fantastic, not quite as garlicky as promised on the phone, but actually a perfect balance of lemon, anchovy, and garlic on freshly prepped greens. The sprinkled chiffonade of basil (nice knife skills!) added color and sweetness. However, generous meltings of chevre, mozzarella, and fontina were delicious on the well-browned crust, and the garlic cloves were fat, creamy and mellow-none of the aforementioned bitterness due to stale product. The Quattro Formaggi delivered-though it should be called the Tre Formaggi, as no Gorgonzola (as described on menu) could be detected. We chose the four cheese pie, thinking that skimping on ingredients could not possibly be an issue this time, and we did not think unkindly of the crust the last two orders. The enthusiastic gentleman on the phone urged us to try the Caesar salad, as it was a 'classic' version sure to please. However, a paucity of good takeout in Banker's Hill led us to try them one last time. Our second order from Pizzicato was also a strike, with horrid rubbery shrimp on a bitter shrimp pie. Or more appropriately, Pizzicato has struck an unexpected home run on the third swing. 'Third time pays for all,' as the saying goes. Regardless, this would not have helped Pizzicato carry out its enticing promise of oven-roasted mushroom goodness. A second glance at the menu while actually eating revealed that the pleasant voice on the phone had forgotten to give us the option of taking our pie home half-baked, to finish up in our own oven. I like a little brown toastiness on my crust, whatever the rating on the rustic meter. My partner felt the one successful feature of this pie was the “authentic peasant” crust. The overall effect of both salad and pizza was just bland. The roasted garlic cloves were not as sweet (read fresh) as they should have been, and cast a bitter pall over the ensemble, when they should have happily shook hands with the absent roasted onions. The fresh chevre was very unevenly dotted over a thin layer of mozzarella-mind you, there is no sauce on this white pie, and each slice had the equivalent of a quarter sliced mushroom-again, heavy on the cheaper portos (really criminis) and light on the anticipated oyster and shiitake. It should have been called the “BELL PEPPER pie,” as unfortunately, this cheaper vegetable dominated to the point of suffocating the other flavors save the thyme, which cloyed, having no one to talk to but itself. This time we went for the wild mushroom pie, which boasted “oven-roasted shiitake, portobello and oyster mushrooms, chevre, roasted peppers, roasted garlic, roasted onions, and fresh thyme.” A large costs $22.50, almost the same as one loaded with meat, but we thought hey-why not splurge on better produce? I had to hastily whip up a peanut and rice vinegar concoction to coax any taste out of it!Īs pescatarians or ‘vegequarians’ who eat veggies and fish only, our choices were between the “Verdura” pizzas, with a base of garlic, olive oil and mozzarella (Precious brand), and “Frutti de mare,” which consists of three different pies topped with shrimp. The chop was consistent in texture, but lacking in dressing and skimpy on peanuts.

We do, and ordered a small side for $4.25 that easily feeds two.

The voice on the other end of the phone was pleasant and helpful, and recommended the Chinese Chop salad-if we like cabbage. Impressed, we grabbed a takeout menu for just such a night as this. We’d strolled past on that sizzling Earth Day, to see a clean and well polished storefront with overheated Earth Day fairgoers cozied up to the windows, sipping cold bottled beer and nibbling on colorful pies and salads. Right around the corner for us top o’ the hill folks, we thought Banker’s Hill Pizzicato to go would be just the ticket for a quiet night in.

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