{"id":7319,"date":"2012-05-20T06:55:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=7319"},"modified":"2012-05-20T06:55:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T13:55:37","slug":"portland-denicolas-italian-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=7319","title":{"rendered":"Portland, OR – DeNicola’s Italian Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"De<\/a>It used to be my criteria for choosing a restaurant was to look for five words on the door: \u00a0“Most Major Credit Cards Accepted.” \u00a0 \u00a0 These days, I am more apt to seek out restaurants that have been around for multiple decades, and DeNicola’s has been serving Portlandians for over 30 years. \u00a0They must be doing something right.<\/p>\n

We were out in the throes of a shopping excursion, and I suggested we pick up take-out sushi for Mrs. BDB, she never declines. \u00a0So she suggests (since I will pass on the sushi) that I order a pizza, and after an extremely weak protest from me against that concept, I succumb and fall into investigating on Delivered Dish<\/a>, a service I use frequently and highly recommend.<\/p>\n

My usual choice for ‘upmarket’ pizza delivery would be Cara Amico<\/a>, purported to be Portland’s oldest Italian restaurant, and my favorite local pie for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n

But I was feeling ‘adventurous’ and chose De Nicola’s, as I have meant to try it for a long time.<\/p>\n

They say they serve “New York style” pizza, and that all their crusts are “naturally thick”, but “thin” is available upon request. \u00a0So I went with a thin crust Meat Lovers \u00a0(Italian sausage, pepperoni, and salami) and doubled up on the cheese. \u00a0 They call their 14″ pie a “small”, but that’s the standard size most pizzerias call “large”.<\/p>\n

A choice of sauces is available, as well as a gluten free option, but I went traditional.<\/p>\n

The pie was delivered promptly at the scheduled time, still hot in the box. \u00a0The dough was on the thinnish size, kind of bread-like in taste, with a crispy rim. \u00a0Quantity and quality of toppings was above adequate, and they use ‘real’ cheese as opposed to food service type “pizza topping.” \u00a0 There is a moderate amount of “hang”, and toppings nor cheese are firmly implanted on the crust not to end up in the box, always a plus for me!<\/p>\n

Reading different reviews on line, you will find references to “old school’ type food, or “dirty Italian” (a phrase I haven’t heard before, not a slam, apparently).<\/p>\n

Verdict? \u00a0I liked the pie, and I will get it again, and look forward to a sit-down meal there in the future. \u00a0 Their extensive menu<\/a> offers a wide variety of traditional pasta dishes and entrees.<\/p>\n

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It used to be my criteria for choosing a restaurant was to look for five words on the door: \u00a0“Most Major Credit Cards Accepted.” \u00a0 \u00a0 These days, I am more apt to seek out restaurants that have been around for multiple decades, and DeNicola’s has been serving Portlandians for over 30 years. \u00a0They must… Continue reading Portland, OR – DeNicola’s Italian Restaurant<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,22,26],"tags":[1157,2825,2857],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}