Pietro’s Coal Oven Pizza

It was a lovely Thursday.  The sun was out, the birds were chirping and the women were beautiful.  What better way to celebrate the beginning of the summer months (we had no spring this year) than beers errrr uh I mean coffee in Rittenhouse.  After a 6 pack of “coffee” we decided that food was in order and since I’m telling this story on this website you can bet your pennies that we ate some pizza.  The closest place to get pizza was Pietro’s Coal Oven Pizzeria.

I have always hated on this place.  I always thought it was a bourgeois place for yuppies and tourists who think Philadelphia only exists in Center City.  I always scoffed at the people in the outdoor seating area with their shopping bags and their snooty attitude.  Because of this I never thought that the food might actually be good.  To my surprise… it is very good!

After a short wait inside for a table (this place is huge), we sat in the outdoor seating (go ahead call me a snooty yuppie or tourist) and for some bizarre reason we each ordered a Heineken.  Drinking Heineken is like clicking on that link your gross friend emails you.  You know you shouldn’t do it and you know you will be upset with what you see, but you do it anyway.  Gross!  

We ordered  a large and added pepperoni to half of the pie.  The pizza at Pietro’s is good.  Very good.  The sauce was fresh with a very good flavor.  I can’t figure out what they added, if anything at all, to the sauce but whatever they did, it works.  The pepperoni were small thick piece of meaty goodness that were good enough to peel off and eat separately as an appetizer.  

My hatred for this place was completely unwarranted

You can never go wrong with fresh mozzarella.  The only complaint is that the crust could have been a little crunchier but that was still good as well.  Everything about this pizza worked well together and I was pleasently surprised by how good it is.  

I have to admit that my hatred for this place was completely unwarranted.  The staff are very friendly and the pizza is excellent.  This would probably be a good place for a date or a small group dinner.  

We left happy with a belly full of delicious pizza and then went to The Good Dog bar a few blocks away to visit our friend Zack who was working.  He’s a good bartender.  He gets you drunk.  Go see him and tip him well.

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Pietro’s Coal Oven Pizzeria
1714 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 735-8090
www.pietrospizza.com