Marzano Pizza

248 Kent St. – 569-2100
Date of visit: Early December, 2005
Cost: ~$14.00
Flyer is here.

    We checked out Marzano Pizza because of a conversation that Mike (1/2 of Pizza Ottawa) had: "During the summer of 2005, met somebody who came from Sault Saint Marie. I told her about my involvement with Pizza Ottawa and she excitedly told me about a place in Ottawa that sold real “Soo ‘za”, called Marzano Pizza. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this, since I had never heard of Soo ‘za or what made it special. I was definitely intrigued and told her that I would eventually try it out sometime."

    Well, months later, we at Pizza Ottawa finally got around to it.

    Marzano Pizza is located downtown, near Somerset and Bank St., on Kent St. We phoned ahead for a pick-up order of a large plain pizza and made our way down to get it. It smelled great in the car on the ride home and we were eager to try it. When we opened the box, we saw a pizza that looked a little different than what we were used to. The crust wasn’t as bubbly and ‘airy’ as most places, nor was it a thin crust. When we dug in, we were surprised with the texture and taste. The crust was soft and kind of rich or heavy. It tasted slightly sweet, too. It was a familiar flavour, reminiscent of a type of bun, but it was not one that we had previously encountered as pizza crust. The good news was that it worked. We found that the pizza was really sloppy, but in a good way. The cheese and sauce were a little runny but tasted great. The total package of Soo ‘za was unique compared to the typical pizza we’ve found in Ottawa, and the fact that the pizzeria doesn’t advertise itself as being gourmet or different in another way makes it somewhat of a hidden gem.

Posted by Jim at January 27, 2006 04:22 PM