Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Day 28, 2018: Andiamo! Pizza at The News Cafe (Miami Beach, FL)

Exterior

Interior and Exterior

DAY 28: OCTOBER 28th, 2018

LOCATION: Andiamo! Pizza at The News Cafe (804 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139)

GUEST(S): Robin Rothman

ORDER: 3 slices of the New Yorker

REVIEW: 
Waterfront pizza. After seventeen years of earning the appreciation of pizza lovers across the city, Andiamo! Brick Oven Pizza opened an outpost on Miami's famous Ocean Drive. The new location offers the same high quality ingredients and signature pies as the original with one additional topping: ocean spray. The lack of a hot burning wood-fired brick oven is a noticeable difference - but I am confident that it will only be a matter of time before the pizzaioli master the gas-powered deck oven in the new location and begin churning out nearly exact replicas of the crust that put the original Andiamo! on the map. Thanks to owners Frank Crupi and Mark Soyka, beachgoers, clubbers, and local residents can sit outside of the historic News Cafe or cruise down the art deco hotel-lined street as there might not be a hipper place to eat a slice than Andiamo! in South Beach.

PHOTOS:
Margherita

Underside

Day 28 bite

Day 28 instagram

MISCELLANEOUS:


1. Robin Rothman and I chilled on the beach today. I see why people love Miami.  Btw, I love Miami.

2. Robin Rothman and I shared coconut water today.  We also found out green and brown coconuts are the same species.  The green ones are the husks that contain the brown ones within them. If you have a green one, hang on to it until the coconut ripens within it so you can get more meat.

RATING:
 3.89/5

  • VALUE:
     4/5

  • AMBIENCE:
     3/3

  • TASTE:
     7/10

  • SERVICE: N/A
14/18 = .778 x 5 = 3.89

Day 27, 2018: Paulie Gee's Miami (Miami, FL)

Exterior

Interior

the bar

DAY 27: OCTOBER 27th, 2018

LOCATION: Paulie Gee's Miami (8001 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33138)

GUEST(S): Robin Rothman

ORDER: 3 slices of Ricotta be Kiddin’ Me (Fresh mozzarella, Canadian bacon, sweet Italian fennel sausage, fresh basil and post oven fresh ricotta dollops), 3 slices of Biscayne Brisket (Fresh mozzarella, not your grandmother's beef brisket, house pickled red onions and a drizzle of BBQ sauce)

REVIEW: 
In the footsteps of a giant. Paulie Gee recently made the lucky city of Miami a new home to one of his pizzerias. If history is any indicator, where there's a Paulie Gee's, expect great pizza. When the original opened in Brooklyn back in 2010, it was an immediate success.  However, owner Paulie Giannone had been working for nearly a decade mastering cooking techniques, perfecting recipes, locating dependable sources of ingredients all while learning how to start a business. Opening a pizzeria was a huge undertaking but it was also the realization of a dream.  Paulie's expansion is enabling other aspiring pizza makers the chance to realize their own dream. For Miami, this pizzaiolo turned owner is Jason Weisberg. Weisberg apprenticed under Giannone and is well acquainted under Paulie's sun logo banner and quite familiar with the imported wood-burning oven named "Napoli." He can make the signature Dellboy and Greenpointer but he's gone beyond that.  On the menu in the Miami location, you'll find locally inspired concoctions like the Biscayne Brisket pie and the Jewbano.  These are Jason Weisberg originals that use area flavors to set his pizzeria apart from the others. With time, I hope for more innovative pies and that signature Paulie Gee line out the door.



PHOTOS:
The oven

Biscayne Brisket

Day 26 bite

Ricotta be Kiddin' Me pie

slice of Ricotta be Kiddin' Me

The underside

Day 26 instagram

MISCELLANEOUS:
Robin Rothman and Sean Taylor
1. Robin Rothman and I took Lyft pool from South Beach to Little Haiti and it very affordable.

Moon over Miami
2. After pizza, Robin and I went to Ocean Blvd. and saw fancy cars, great costumes, art deco hotels, and the moon over Miami.

RATING:
 3.93/5

  • VALUE:
     3.5/5

  • AMBIENCE:
     3/3

  • TASTE:
     7/10

  • SERVICE: 
  •  3/3
16.5/21 = .786 x 5 = 3.93