Allison B.
Yelp
Pizza better than any I've had since I was last in Naples! It might come as a surprise, but Phoenix, AZ has 1 or 2 amazing VPN pizza places, and while they're good, the experience I had today at Crust in Vienna was incomparable! It is pizza the way the good people of Naples invented it and intended it to be served forevermore!
I ordered the mushroom and prosciutto. After a short wait, the pie was brought to my table. In addition to the mushrooms and prosciutto, it was topped with a scattering of arugula leaves and a balsamic drizzle. The prosciutto was perfectly wafer-thin, almost transparent, which is exactly the way it should be. This is an incredibly difficult thing to do, and the cooks at Crust captured it, bringing out the very essence of the meat. Then the mushrooms, probably just simple baby bellas, but likely wood roasted in the pizza oven and bursting with flavor. Anyone who says they don't like mushrooms would become a convert tasting these beauties!
As good as the toppings were, nothing could beat the crust. The giant sacks of Caputo Tipo 00 stacked on a palette by the door are a great clue that this place upholds the standards of the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana. Their crust managed to be both light and airy and dense and chewy, all at the same time, with a few slightly charred spots for extra flavor, just the way it's done outside the gates of Pompeii.
Now the only question is, will I be able to squeeze in another visit while in town for work? Let's hope so.