Cuisine:

• Pizza
• Bar
• Lounge, club, bar

Farina Pizzaria Description:
Like sibling, like sibling: Farina Pizzeria happily shares plenty with the Artichoke Café. They're within spitting distance from one another in the Edo District; they're both named for key ingredients in their repertoires (farina means "flour" in Italian); and they both thrive on the savvy of their owners, whose tastes in both the front and back of the house tend toward the elegantly simple. A mod setting sets the mood for a streamlined menu whose focus is on crispy, bubble-crusted pizzas that hew to the Italian tradition of topping restraint: a selection of good cheeses like Caciocavallo and Taleggio, a smattering of fennel sausage, a drizzle of truffle oil. (Roasted green chilies are an option too---we're still in Duke City, after all.) Besides the pies, there's a small, simple and smart selection of additions and alternatives---oven-roasted olives, for instance, or whole-wheat spaghetti and meatballs. True to the enoteca model, meanwhile, all wines come by the glass as well as the bottle---meaning that you can put a serious dent in the smallish but intriguing selection, from Piedmontese Gavi to Aglianico from Campagna; but if you prefer beer, the well-edited list mixes local microbrews with European lagers and ales. Top it all off with affogato (gelato with an espresso moat).


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