Neo Pizzeria refurb + rustic + real modern = really good pizza. by Kerrie Sparks // food-sparks.com. |
Neo Pizzeria is brave. They've got guts, chutzpah, big cannolis. (Actually, cannolis aren't on the menu, but I'm building something here, just go with it.) The sister cucina to Olivella's debuted last month in Victory Park no easy feat as most would assume tumbleweeds have been blowing south of the American Airlines Center and the W Hotel for the past two years. |
However, something is stirring, there is a scent in the air. Maybe it's Neo's patio planters, overgrown with basil and rosemary, whose aromatics are bringing people back to the area? Any way you slice it, literally, people are descending upon the quaint, yet modern eatery. And for good reason. The food is tasty, sometimes rustic, and the interior space itself is a proverbial feast for the discerning design eye. So, pizza, in Victory Park, we had to meet owner Charlie Green, and ask how the concept of Neo Pizzeria come about? Neo means both “Neopolitan” and “new.” New because we make a modified Neopolitan pie, essentially what the first generation Italian Americans like Lombardi and Tottono did to Italian pizza when they immigrated to New York City. |
They Americanized the DOC Neopolitan pizza. That’s what we’ve done at Olivella’s and Neo, but with Neo it’s like we’ve gotten out from under momma’s wings, added some new pies and broadened our menu into rustic pastas and a trove of deli sandwiches. We are all about natural, organic, casual, and neighborhood. We were started by one of the oldest pizza families in Naples, Italy. Our tomatoes are from Italy, and we use an 80 yearold lasagna recipe from Calabria. Customers should feel like they would in a neighborhood place in Europe-we loathe pretension. |
Neo Pizza 2340 Victory Park Lane Dallas, TX 75219 - 214.522.9898 Open Mon-Wed,Sun 11am-10pm; Thu 11am-11pm; Fri-Sat 11am-11:30pm neopizzeria.com |
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