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MyspaceWhere: 11 West Victoria Street, 899-2699, oliopizzeria.com.
What: Olio e Limone’s newest venture, a casual enoteca specializing in regional cuisine and pizzas of Italy.
How Much: Lunch paninis $9-$14, pizzas $11-$19.
Paul Wellman
Olio Pizzeria
The Dish: Olio Pizzeria flanks its fine dining sister restaurant, Olio e Limone, serving everyday artisanal Italian food in a casually convivial environment. Tavern-style lighting illuminates the deep-set space, which houses bar seating on the left and tables on the right. The Pizzeria has its focus on regional specialties that are easy to share and simply prepared, ranging from antipasti to insalate to salumi/formaggi plates to pizzas. Start with calamari al nero, a fried squid ink calamari with lemon aioli, not overly battered and a rich black and smoky color. Salad plates are lightly dressed, and the insalate di carciofi is a favorite for its thinly sliced raw baby artichoke hearts topped with shaved Parmesan. Salumi and cheese plates are categorized by region, while also matching flavors. The main draw, of course, are the pizzas, which come straight off the wooden pizza paddle to plate (try the traditional Roman Capricciosa). The pizzeria serves paninis at lunch: Choose from 12 different sandwiches made with house-made pizza bread.
Olio Pizzeria
11 W. Victoria St, Santa Barbara
805-899-2699. More Info
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It makes me feel good that a widely circulated public newspaper adds support to our local businesses. This is such a positive tribute to the importance of the people we visit with our trade!
My best wishes for success to Olio Pizzeria.
djswett (anonymous profile)
October 13, 2010 at 8:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I liked the place. Service was good. Pizza STILL a little under cooked. Just a little "doughy" A little crispier and then no complaints.Wish them the best. The Rest. biz is as tough as it gets. If they only had a wood burning or coal fired oven like the great places in Naples or NYC. OH! can't do that here, forgot.............
SanityNow (anonymous profile)
October 13, 2010 at 2:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)