Finally a restaurant has opened in Tegucigalpa with really good pizza!! Piola (***/$$, tel. 243.0645/42, www.piola.it) recently opened at the new Novo Centro mall behind Los Proceres. It's a franchise restaurant with locations in the USA and several Latin American countries. I won't hold being a franchise against it in this case since the quality of the pizza more than compensates. The key here is that the restaurant has a authentic wood burning pizza oven and the pizza's quality reflects it. The crusts are thin and slightly charred, and the ingredients are all premium quality. The list of pizza options is extensive. I had a pizza with shrimp and mushrooms, and my children had one with artichokes, olives, and feta cheese. Both were delicious. The small pizzas (four slices) run in the L.180-230 range and the medium pizzas (six slices) are around L.300. The menu also has pastas, etc., but really, this the place to come for pizza! The service was good, and my only complaint is that I found the music a little too pulsating for my taste.
Piola's is now on my list of Don Godo's favorites.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Sunday, January 03, 2010
When In Tegucigalpa, If You Want To Eat...
PIZZA
There are many places to get pizza in Tegucigalpa, ranging from franchises like Pizza Hut, Dominos, and Little Caesar's, to Honduran restaurants such as Tito's, La Trattoria, Mia Pappa, La Fontana, and Claudio's. However, Don Godo's family prefers IL PADRINO. It's right off of Blvd. Morazan, just behind Pollo Campero (tel. 221.0198). It's an Italian restaurant with all the typical dishes, but this is where we go for pizza. My kids really like the shrimp pizza, and all the other non-pizza dishes we have tried were quite good as well. The ambiance is a little lacking, kinda like a big box room with Italian decor, but it still rates being one of Don Godo's favorites. ($$$/****)
For me, La Trattoria is a close second. Claudio's is the only pizza place with a wood burning pizza oven, but while the pizza was quite good, we thought it was overpriced. The last time we went to Tito's, they had quit giving crushed peppers and parmesan cheese with pizza (claiming they could only offer it with pasta dishes).
There are many places to get pizza in Tegucigalpa, ranging from franchises like Pizza Hut, Dominos, and Little Caesar's, to Honduran restaurants such as Tito's, La Trattoria, Mia Pappa, La Fontana, and Claudio's. However, Don Godo's family prefers IL PADRINO. It's right off of Blvd. Morazan, just behind Pollo Campero (tel. 221.0198). It's an Italian restaurant with all the typical dishes, but this is where we go for pizza. My kids really like the shrimp pizza, and all the other non-pizza dishes we have tried were quite good as well. The ambiance is a little lacking, kinda like a big box room with Italian decor, but it still rates being one of Don Godo's favorites. ($$$/****)
For me, La Trattoria is a close second. Claudio's is the only pizza place with a wood burning pizza oven, but while the pizza was quite good, we thought it was overpriced. The last time we went to Tito's, they had quit giving crushed peppers and parmesan cheese with pizza (claiming they could only offer it with pasta dishes).
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