I’ve been told by several people that the Lovely 50-50 is their favorite pizza in Portland. I can see that. It was really good as was the huckleberry ice cream I had for dessert. I would put it above Apizza Scholls, where they’re too popular and go out of their way to let you know how special they are even though I think the pizza at Apizza Scholls is just a little tastier. But I’m not sure if I put it over Pizzicato because the pizza is a bit too fancy for me. I had a pizza with wild nettles with taleggio & salumi pancetta and I had to ask what each one of those ingredients was. The cheese was a bit too salty for me but the nettles tasted like nori. I tried my a bit of my friend’s margherita but the best was an asparagus and something-or-another-I-never-heard-of-before. I also liked the morel pizza. But really, I don’t like to think that hard when I’m hungry.

I suppose what I’m saying is that the reason I like Pizzicato is that I’m simple-minded and I recognize everything on the menu. But that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t go back to Lovely 50 50 the next chance I get. It’s close and it’s very tasty.