We ate at Pomodori's, which is a casual dining experience. It's a nice restaurant that features their wood-fired oven prominently. As Ken noted, they have really nice copper topped tables (though he didn't like the chairs).
Their pizza's come with a spicy sauce (so not the traditional Cincinnati sweet pizza sauce). They apply the sauce very lightly, which Tricia also noted had a nice garlic touch. Both Jay, Tricia, and I really liked the artichoke toppings and I noted that the figs were also very good as a topping. Tricia liked the look and taste of the crust. You can have a look at them yourself:
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| The standard pepperoni |
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| Artichoke topped pizza |
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| Fig & Prosciutto Specialty Pizza |
Since the Cincinnati Pizza Quest has already been here once, I've included both the numbers from this trip and our last visit.
| Category | Old Score (March 2010) | New Score (13 September 2011) |
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| Appearance | 4.17 | 4.00 |
| Aroma | 4.00 | 2.50 |
| Overall Taste | 4.33 | 3.55 |
| Crust | 4.25 | 3.85 |
| Cheese | 3.83 | 3.475 |
| Toppings | 4.33 | 3.70 |
| Sauce | 4.50 | 3.10 |
| Pepperoni Overall | 4.17 | 3.75 |
| Specialty Pizza | 4.25 | 3.675 |
| X-Factor | 3.67 | 3.00 |
You can see that this time around, the scores were a lower in general. I'll reserve commenting on that until we get a chance to compare more places to just see if the new team tends to rate lower. However, we can look at how I rated it this time versus last.
| Category | Kevin's Old Score (March 2010) | Kevin's New Score (13 September 2011) |
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| Appearance | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Overall Taste | Didn't rate... | 4.0 |
| Crust | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Cheese | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Toppings | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Sauce | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Pepperoni Overall | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Specialty Pizza | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| X-Factor | 4.0 | 4.0 |
So while some of the numbers changed, there weren't any big swings, except for the Specialty Pizza. However, the first time around we had a bunch of mushrooms on the pizzas, which I don't like. So that may explain it.
Overall, I'm going to say what we said last time. Pomodori's makes a good pizza and is definitely worth a visit!
