Keste

These are rosetti that I devoured last night at Keste, which is, I think, my favorite pizza now. I've been saying that Co is in my #1 spot, but last night's dinner may have beat the bunch.  The quality of the dough was similar, but Keste had an irresistible char to it.  Also, I preferred the toppings offered at Keste, which balanced veggie pies with meat pies better than Co.

So, those rosetti. Little rolled strips of pizza dough filled with eggplant, mushrooms, tomatoes and zucchini... 5 came with the appetizer and they were so good and filling that they could have been the meal.  But then we would have missed the pizzas.  It was tough to decide amongst the 17 options but we narrowed it down to 2: the funghi pie and the pizza del papa.

Viola the funghi!  Tomatoe, mozzarella, basil, olive oil and an ample heap of outstanding mushrooms.  The crust has that perfect char I mentioned up top and the toppings were superb - in terms of freshness and preparation.  The taste was incredible.

But the funghi was slightly beat out by the pizza del papa. Butternut squash cream (which turned out to be more of a puree) covered the pie in lieu of sauce.  It was loaded up with imported smoked mozzarella and tangy sliced artichokes.  Leaves of basil balanced the whole thing out.  We left no trace of this pie. Outstanding.

My only frustration with Keste is the noise level. A girl friend and I went on a Tuesday night, did not have to wait in any line and still were screaming across our teeny table in order to converse.  Granted, there was a table of 8 ladies beside us celebrating something or other and I know that added to the noise level.  But still, it's loud hands down in there.  I'd say go early before anyone is around so you can enjoy your pizza and talk to your companion, too.