Stephanie V.
Yelp
Pizzicletta is a tiny restaurant squeezed into the tip of an old building at the cross streets of W. Phoenix Ave. and S. Mikes Pike St. in downtown Flagstaff, Arizona. It's in the area with lots of popular restaurants, so parking and seating will be difficult if at busy times. My daughters and I drove by once at dinner and it was just too busy so we found another spot. Yesterday, Monday, it was a bit after noon and the street was quiet. Perfect time to try this spot. We found free parking right away, a minute walk away, and were seated immediately at the end of a long galley-style table. There was a group of three at the other end of the table (seats maybe 16 people), and a couple out on the patio, near the takeout window. The long table has a stand traveling the table so food can be set there, above, and doesn't take space away from the diner's plates.
This place has excellent Yelp ratings for their wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizzas and simple fare, inspired by cycling through Italy. Even their wines are natural and/or organic. The gelato here is Housemade with a new special flavor each week. Dough used for the pizza crust is a leavened sourdough that they make in-house. I noticed and loved all of these high quality, healthy details.
Our server was the greatest! We took a lot of their good suggestions while ordering. We ordered:
- Bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola
- Warm Olives to share
- Burrata Caprese with Focaccia to share
- Diavola Red Pizza - House Mozzarella, Pepperoni, Honey, Pecorino, Chili Oil, Parm-Regg, Oregano to share (comes cut in four pieces)
- Amore Oi Mari White Pizza - Mascarpone, Pecorino, Prosciutto, Arugula, Lemon EVOO to share (comes cut in four pieces)
- Housemade Gelato Tasting Flight of 4: 1. Chocolate Sea Salt 2. Olive Oil (this was our favorite! The olive oil is infused in the gelato while being prepared) 3. Coffee (one of my daughter's favorites) 4. Rotating Special which was Cannoli this week. I was worried this wouldn't be enough for us. This looks deceptively small and was too much for three of us to finish completely, after our pizza for lunch. It was so delicious and fun to share!
For me the pizzas were five star. I enjoyed the simple ingredients and high quality pizza dough. The dough was nice and thin, crusty and crunchy on the outside, chewy with good texture. Prosciutto is hit or miss. I can't stand the stringy, hard to swallow kind. This prosciutto was sliced paper-thin. One of the few times I loved it. It was joined by arugula which always makes a pizza better imo. The girls said I'd think the Diavola was too spicy but, no, it had great flavor and balance. I finish a slice no problem. I think this was my favorite of the two. The girls weren't as crazy about the pizzas for the same reason I loved them - too simple. They wanted more toppings and sauce, probably similar to pizza they are used to.
There's a gender neutral restroom for customers which is surprisingly big compared to the restaurant.