The popular Eataly Pizza Fest – Dallas returns to NorthPark April 19, for the second annual event. Pizza Fest brings together 25 of DFW’s best pizza spots to celebrate one of the world’s favorite foods. The Eataly Pizza Fest lineup also features over 30 beverage stations, live entertainment, hands-on pizza making demonstrations, and a special celebrity guest.
Participating Pizzerie for Eataly Pizza Fest – Dallas include: Andrew’s America Pizza, Cenzo’s Pizza and Deli, Delucca Gaucho Pizza & Wine, Doughbird, Eataly, Eno’s Pizza Tavern, Fireova, Fortunate Son, Greenville Avenue Pizza Co., Il Cielo di Napoli, Il Forno (San Antonio), Jet’s Pizza, Mimi’s Pizzeria, NEONY Pizza Works, Olivella’s Pizza & Wine, Partenope Ristorante, Pazzeria by Pietro’s (Longview), Pizzana, Pizzeria Carina, Poco Fiasco, Rossopomodoro, Salisbury’s Pizza, San Martin Bistro, SauceBros, Starship Bagel, Urban Crust, and Zoli’s.
Eataly Pizza Fest Press Preview
Colleague Chris Waits and I attended a press preview of the April festival at Eataly Dallas recently, where we enjoyed watching (and sampling) a demonstration of fresh mozzarella being made. The seated dinner started with glasses of Prosecco and three salad starters. My favorite was the Caprese featuring house-made Mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes, and fresh basil with Virgin olive oil. The other salads were an Insalata Cesare and Insalata Rucola.
Our first course, brought by Rossopomodoro (the on-site Italian restaurant at Eataly), was a delightful Diavolo Dolce. The thin-crust pizza featured Mozzarella di Napoli, Ferrarina Spicy Salome, Whipped Ricotta, hot spicy honey, and Basil. This pizza proved to be a hard act to follow, with just the right amount of heat tempered by the hot honey.
Delucca Gaucho Pizza
The second course was a creative vegetarian offering from Delucca Gaucho Pizza & Wine Rodizio-style Restaurant, where they serve all-you-can-eat pizza. Their entry was a Mexican Elote pizza based on the ubiquitous Mexican street corn, a local favorite. The pizza featured sweet corn, Mexican crema sauce, fresh mozzarella, and cilantro on a thin crust.
The third course was the famed Star Luca (star-shaped pizza filled with Ricotta cheese, Mozzarella, Italian tomato sauce, Calabrian spicy salami, and basil) brought by Mr. O1 Extraordinary Pizza. Our readers may recall we recently covered the back story of the rapidly growing pizzeria that started when Italian Chef RenatoViola won an international competition for best pizza (and a visa) for his star-shaped pizza…