bella

After a long week we enjoyed watching the street life generated by First Fridays from our table at Pizza Bella. This new Neapolitan pizzeria in the Crossroads uses Italian ingredients and a wood-fueled oven, allowing it to be certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana in Naples, Italy. Pizza Bella is owned by Rob Dalzell, founder of 1924 Main and Souperman.

The food was great (although still not as good as our all time favorite, Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix)--we started with the calamari salad followed by the mushroom pizza (with lots of carmelized onions) and finished the evening with chocolate gelato (our other option was Lucky Charms gelato!)