Una Pizza Napoletana
$$$ - expensive
Pizza
vegetarian pizzeria
Una Pizza Napoletana is a small, vegetarian pizzeria in the East Village that serves 100% handmade Neapolitan pizza that is wood-fired in a brick oven. They open at 5pm but don't have a set closing time. They bake until all the dough is gone.
They serve 4 kinds of pizzas, all 12" and all $21:
-Marinara: tomatoes, garlic, fresh basil
-Margherita: tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil
-Bianca: tomatoes, mozzarella, garlic, basil
-Filetti: Cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, garlic, fresh basil
The menu is small and the pizzas are very simple. No slices, no appetizers, no substitutions, no desserts.
The restaurant is cozy and candle lit, and they even serve tap water in a wine bottle. Although they don't serve any appetizers, desserts, or fancy drinks, they do have a decent wine list.
Between 1st and 2nd Ave. L train to 1st Ave.
- Quiet
Added by Cass Danger on Aug 9 07 (updated Aug 9 07)
In a word, pretentious. The pizza is pretty good but is unbelievably overpriced. The menu is thoroughly off-putting, emphasizing that they only take cash, don't serve slices, and that they don't do substitutions (they only have like 5 ingredients!). I asked the waiter about garlic bread and he looked at me like I had just asked for a side of crack or something; as though garlic bread is unheard of in a pizza place.
After the waiter dropped off the pizza, he never came and checked on us again, even though there was only one other table in the restaurant. This place is NOT worth it. Go to Viva Pizzeria on 2nd and 12th.