

Non-oily and crispy calamari is served with a very sweet sauce. A good pizza crust with fluffy borders, generously loaded with walnuts, juicy and tasty but unfortunately too salty. The solution is to drizzle with olive oil and add sprinkle some Parmesan. 10/10 for the crust chef, 3/10 for the ingredients. Now the risotto: tell me, is this photo acceptable? Doesn’t it speak for itself? A salad, much more than a risotto, covered with crunchy bitter purple cabbage, goat cheese and bathing in water.

The pasta is cooked al dente, needs a load of salt, requires cheese and has a certain thickness to its cream which I didn’t appreciate much. Sorry, I won’t come again food is way too touristic a lack of attention and passion. Probably machines are cooking inside and surely not skilled Italian chefs.As new construction blossoms in Downtown Phoenix after years of delays, one of the details debated about various projects is the role of ground floor retail. Having shops or restaurants located below residences promotes a variety of uses in the pursuit of urban vitality. At the same time, adding more space than the market can bear can lead to the blight of empty storefronts. As recently as a decade ago, however, Phoenix wasn’t having this discussion because there was so little new construction that old houses were often the only space available for new businesses. margherita pizzaĬibo, a pizzeria that recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, is one of the pioneers. It’s among a handful of restaurants in historic homes that came before the current wave of development arrived. The site is a bungalow constructed in 1913 at Fifth Avenue and Fillmore. At the time, the neighborhood was among Phoenix’s original streetcar suburbs. Now, it’s part of the northwestern quadrant of Downtown. South of Fillmore, it’s all vacant lots, many of which are slated for redevelopment. On the north side, however, Cibo stands preserved along with its neighbors. La Noce pizzaĬibo is at the upper limit of walking distance from light rail. It’s half a mile from both the Van Buren stations and the Roosevelt / Central station, but the route from Roosevelt offers a far more pleasant walk through intact historic neighborhoods rather than the vacant lots along the path from Van Buren.
