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<\/a>Ryan, Smitty, and the last vestiges of the late-night diners.<\/p><\/div>\n
We had lovely service from Jasmin Puerto, and, in addition to several other neighborhood folks who were in and out all night, the highlight was musicians Ryan and Smitty, from the studio above, who sat near us and played wonderful music all night. (With our blessing; I\u2019m sure others can nix the impromptu entertainment, if they so choose, but Eadie even said, \u201cThis is such a laid-back place, you can get up and dance! In fact, I think I will!\u201d) Ryan was on guitar while Smitty did soft raps. They were just great, and nice, too.<\/p>\n
The place itself is super easy and casual, but the food is much more than that of a pizza place. As we sampled each dish, it became my new favorite. There wasn\u2019t a weakness in the bunch. We began with plain cheese pizza, the only way to judge pizza, as far as I\u2019m concerned. Not only did the large look gigantic, but, as Eadie said, \u201cIt\u2019s perfect–tasty, thin, and best of all, not greasy. And the large was huge<\/em>–I\u2019ve seen 18\u201d before, but I was impressed!\u201d (Remember–Eadie\u2019s bon mots, not mine.)<\/p>\n The most popular calzone.<\/p><\/div>\n I would have never thought to order a calzone, because they\u2019re usually just a bunch of dough with few ingredients, but Bobby told us that the ones here \u201ccome with a warning–they\u2019re addictive.\u201d He just may be correct.\u00a0The calzone de felipo, stuffed with sausage, bell peppers, mushrooms, mozzarella and ricotta cheeses, and onions on request (which we did,) was basically a stand-alone meal. Eadie said that, because it was softer and had more sauce than usual calzones, it reminded her of a chili relleno, (which is something I\u2019ve never eaten, so she\u2019s the only one making the comparison.)<\/p>\n We love this pizza!<\/p><\/div>\n As many of you may know, spaghetti and meatballs is my favorite meal of all time, and this one did not disappoint. I tried it with sausages, too, and I liked them even better than the meatballs!<\/p>\n Speaking of meatballs, Eadie had the deluxe meatball sandwich, which comes with special sauce, and has been raving about it for a week now. [I started this review the second I got home from our LOVE Pizza meal, and have been refining it over the week, for those of you who caught the time shift.] She ate one half hot and the other half cold the next day, and said they were equally delicious.<\/p>\n Spinach ravioli.<\/p><\/div>\n I went absolutely nuts for the spinach ravioli with an Alfredo-like creamy yet light sauce. Bobby said there\u2019s a choice of ravioli ingredients, of which shrimp is one, but they\u2019re not on the printed menu, which changes every few months, so please ask for anything you\u2019ve read here that you may not see on the actual menu. I have a feeling that the fabulous chef, Felipe Molina, can make anything at anytime!<\/p>\n<\/a>I hate getting ahead of myself here, but all these thoughts are just pouring out of my head after this lovely evening at LOVE Pizza. (I forgot what LOVE stands for, but just ask Bobby, who is the very entertaining owner, along with Toktam, his adorable mate. She’s the photographer whose New York pictures, including a fabulous one of my beloved Brooklyn Bridge, adorn the menus. Their stories about all things are wonderful.)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>