New Roman pizza joint opens at Temple Pastries in Central District
Temple Pastries debuted its new evening pizza service last weekend, serving rectangular Roman-style pies along with drinks and dessert.
Catch up quick: It's a big change for the Central District bakery, which previously focused on the morning and lunch crowd and shut down at 3pm.
By night, the bakery now operates as the Sacro Bosco pizzeria (although you can still get your favorite croissant in the morning).
What to expect: One thing you should know about Sacro Bosco's pies is they are substantial.
Each pizza measures 32 inches by 8 inches, yielding eight slices.
The crust is thick, crispy and filling — I could only eat two slices, even though I can regularly down an entire Neapolitan-style pie.
Flavor combinations include spicy salami with calabrian chili and fennel pollen; mortadella pesto; and vodka basil (think the creamy red sauce in penne alla vodka).
If you go: They're only doing dine-in service right now, but the restaurant said on Instagram that it plans to start taking to-go orders later this summer (once it gets the right-sized boxes to accommodate its hefty pies).
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