10/22/10

Pizza Bracket 9: Romeo & Juliet's vs. Siena

Sometimes the best teams meet before the Super Bowl, and sometimes the best pizzas suffer this fate as well. You can almost hear the sportscaster saying that it’s a shame one has to lose. Either Romeo and Juliet or Siena would be a worthy Best Pizza in Buffalo, but only one will advance. 

Here’s the bottom line. Pizza is bread. It is not a delivery system for cheese or sauce or toppings—if the crust isn’t great, the entire pizza experience is flawed. Both of these places understand this. Both are thin-crusted, both are hearth baked. Siena’s oven is wood fired, but in my experience, fuel is less important than temperature: both Siena and Romeo and Juliet bring the...

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10/21/10

Pizza bracket 7: Siena vs. Tratttoria Aroma

 It’s almost unfair to call the pies that emerge from Trattoria Aroma and Siena “pizzas,” so far removed are they from the classic Buffalo pie. It should also be noted that these are full-service fine dining experiences, with a wide range of refined Italian offerings on their respective menus and extensive wine lists. Nonetheless, both are known for their pizza, which accounts for their inclusion in this competition.

Trattoria Aroma is, of course, part of the Aroma Empire, with its brethren Vino, Café, and Trattoria Aroma City. We decided to grab ours from Trattoria Aroma in Williamsville.

Siena, an outpost of Henry Gorino-ville on Main in Snyder, produces fine chow like its...

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10/21/10

Pizza bracket 8: Zetti's vs. La Nova