Ron A.
Yelp
After a long day of building my wife a deck for her She Shed, we both sat in our bourbon room discussing what we wanted for dinner. Since we were both in agreement that we would not be cooking, a dinner destination was required. My wife spoke up and remembered a pizza restaurant one of her friends had recommended at an event we had attended together earlier in the week.
I was game since I love pizza and we had never been to Lupo before.
We loaded up the car and headed down to Pizza Lupo. As with all the places around Frankfort, my thoughts quickly turn to parking before I even arrive at my destination. I was pleasantly surprised to see they have their own parking lot. While it is not very big, maybe enough for 10 cars if that, we were lucky enough to find an open spot. We found out as we were leaving, that they have additional parking available around the corner from the restaurant.
We walked in and told the 3 pleasant ladies standing at the reception desk that we had a 5:30 reservation which they quickly confirmed and led us to our table.
When our most excellent server, Ana, approached our table, we let her know that it was our first time in Lupos. Ana was more than happy to explain the menu, make recommendations and tell us about their drink menu.
While we contemplated Ana's suggestions, we made a decision about our drinks. My wife had her standard Old Fashion, and I ordered a Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen beer. I can not pronounce the name, but it was a very good beer. My wife, who is truly an old fashion snob, really enjoyed her Old Fashion. So much so she ordered 2.
Now for the hard part. What food to order?
In some restaurants you go to, the patrons stay to themselves, in others, patrons feel free to talk to their dining neighbors. Why the difference, who knows, but I am glad that Lupo's patrons are more than happy to talk to other tables.
A couple a few tables away spoke up and recommended that we order a Sting Like a Bee pizza with Toum sauce on the side. Since Ana had told us that the Sting Like a Bee pizza was their top seller and that the Blistered Peas were fantastic, we placed our order which Consisted of the highly recommended Sting Like a Bee pizza, Blistered Peas, and a side of Toum sauce.
It did not take long for the blistered peas to be delivered to our table. My wife and I shared them and we both agreed they were very good. Never had any peas prepared like that before, but I really enjoyed them.
Not long after we finished up the Blistered Peas, our pizza arrived.
Now would be the time to say that I have never had a pizza in which one of the ingredients was Honey, so I was very interested in how this particular combination of ingredients was going to taste.
The pizza sitting on the table between my wife, and I smelled fabulous. I selected my first piece and put it on my plate. Now for the true test of the pizza, taste.
I took my first bite. My mouth was overjoyed with the flavor. It was simply amazing. I am still shocked at just how good that pizza was. As I sat there trying to collect my thoughts about what words to use so I could explain just how good the pizza was, my wife beat me to a verbal expression of the taste of the pizza. She blurted out, "Oh my god, that is good!!!". She went on to confirm my thoughts that this had to be the best pizza ever. And I would have to agree, it was very very good.
I must come clean; I am a pizza snob. Pizza is one of my four basic food groups, along with Buffalo Wings, Sushi, and Hot Dogs. I have had pizza all over the world, and Lupos was the best I have had so far.
I know some of you are thinking, hey they had been working in the yard all day so they were staved when they came to Lupo. And you would be right. But just to make sure that my stomach was not ruling my thoughts, I tried the leftovers the next day, the leftovers were as good as the pizza was in the restaurant the day before.
Oh, and we cannot forget about the Toum sauce. It was as good or better than the pizza. I had to pry it away from my wife a few times so I could enjoy it.
As we finished up a new couple was seated near us, and as the previous couple had done with us, we shared our recommendations. After we paid for our meal, and we were walking out, the gentleman to who we had made our recommendations to, gave me a thumbs up since he was enjoying his slice of pizza and Toum sauce.
As we left, we noticed the restaurant had filled up fast, proving to us that we are not the only ones who enjoy Pizza Lupo.
As we pulled out of the parking lot, I was informed that I will be making stops on the way home from work to pick up pizza for dinner in the near future.