Dining Out: Vezzo

I spent this past week in New York City for work and had the opportunity to visit some of my old, favorite spots. After graduating college I spent the next four years traveling to New York five or six times each year to visit my cousin and my camp and college friends who had moved there. I normally stayed on 31st Street, between 5th and Broadway, and became very familiar with the surrounding neighborhoods. My first night in Manhattan this week I took my co-worker to a spot that was one of my and my cousin's favorites, Vezzo.

Vezzo is right on the corner of 31st and Lexington. I like it for two reasons: one, they make incredible thin crust pizza, and two, they have an outdoor patio.

We arrived around 8:00pm and put out name in with the hostess. After waiting roughly twenty minutes we were seated on the edge of the outdoor patio at a nice table for two. We had a great people watching view.

We decided to toast to our week in New York with a bottle of Montepulciano. They wine arrived accompanied by two short, narrow glasses. I would have preferred traditional wine glasses.

To start we split the apple and cheddar salad. It was a very generous portion with plenty of goodies (I hate when salad is 95% lettuce) and was tossed in a delicious cider vinaigrette.

For dinner we decided to split two pizzas. The first was called the El Greco which was topped with green peppers, onions, tomato, black olives and feta cheese. It was fantastic! I love Greek food so this was a perfect choice.

Our second pie was called the Shroomtown. Try ordering that with a straight face. It was not only topped with multiple types of mushrooms, but also a drizzle of truffle oil over the top. Heavenly!

Though Vezzo has an impressive dessert menu, we decided to skip it and walk to Pinkberry. When in Rome.

 

Molly Galler

Welcome to Pop.Bop.Shop. My name is Molly. I’m a foodie, fashionista, pop culture addict and serious travel junkie. I’m a lifelong Bostonian obsessed with frozen confections, outdoor patios, Mindy Kaling, reality television, awards shows, tropical vacations, snail mail and my birthday.

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