Laura P.
Yelp
It makes me sad to say it, but this place is a crap shoot. I've been several times and have had extremely mixed experiences, but yesterday was just horrible. We waited at least half an hour AFTER ordering for our server to come out to the table and tell us that our ticket had somehow been shuffled behind a few newer tickets and would be a few minutes longer. Absolutely NOT the fault of our server, who was super lovely and apologetic. Eventually our food came out, three 12" pizzas, one cheese, one Michelangelo (just an interpretation of a traditional Margherita), and one with pepperoni and Jalapeños. I was so excited, and starving, and then...ON FIRE!! My pizza, the Michelangelo, wasn't supposed to be spicy in the least, but the sauce was on this pizza was so full of red pepper that I began to question the universe around me!! I'm not the spiciest pepper head around, but I can handle some heat. This pizza was a flaming hot bomb. I ate a slice and quit. It sucked. Clearly a kitchen mistake, but we had been there forever at that point, and I didn't want to embarrass our poor server any further, (who even offered us dessert on the house) so we boxed everything and left. Later on in the evening I doubted that it had actually been as spicy as I previously perceived it to be, so I tried again. Nope, I'm sane. This pizza was Vesuvius, and I could never have been prepared. Given the long wait times (truly the only thing consistent about Pane e Vino) and extremely hit or miss food quality, if we go back it won't be anytime soon...or by choice.