Now Playing in London’s West End: the Maserati of Espresso Machines & Stradivarius of Pizza Ovens

If real wizardry was what the people wanted, November’s red carpets would have been diverted from the Harry Potter premiere at Odeon Leicester Square to a great new coffee shop on St Martin’s Lane and a superb new pizzeria restaurant on Great Newport St.

Notes Music & Coffee is home to the UK’s first La Marzocco Strada, the Maserati of espresso machines. Sartori bakes its Neapolitan-styled pizzas in the wood-fired brick forno crafted by Strazzullo Michele, the Stradivarius of pizza ovens. [Read more...]

2 December 2010 By 3 Comments
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#PizzaTuesday papparazzi descend on new Franco Manca in Chiswick

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The next gathering of the #PizzaTuesday papparazzi is on the 23rd of March 7:30pm at Santoré – 59 Exmouth Market, London. Camera phones welcome. Book now.

18 March 2010 By 1 Comment
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Ferran Adrià tries pizza by descendant of legendary pizzaiolo

Aldo Brandi

In an LA Times article about Ferran Adrià’s plans to open a pizzeria in Barcelona, the elBulli chef is shown sampling a pizza margherita at Turin ‘s Frattelli La Cozza [corso Regio Parco 39, tel: +39 011859900 map.] That pizzeria may take its name from brothers Carlo and Guilio Fratelli, but its claim to fame is Aldo Brandi, the sole living pizzaiolo directly descended from Raffaele Esposito Brandi. According to legend, Raffaele created the tricolored pizza – basil green, mozzarella white, tomato red – to honor Margherita, first queen of the united Italy. The Buster Keaton-like photo is of Aldo Brandi, though I’m not sure if he’s in the frame, holding the frame or both.

13 May 2009 By Leave a Comment
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