6/7/2023 0 Comments Pizza pilgrimsThanks very much to Paul Winch-Furness for the use of his photos. Born in Naples and bred in London, Pizza Pilgrims brings you hot pizzas, cold beers and more Find Neapolitan classics like Marinara, Margherita, Nduja. Pizza Pilgrims, 11 Dean Street, Soho, W1D3RP One Good Reason I opted for a can of the classic San Pellegrino Limonata (2.00) with the Salsiccia e Friarielli (white pizza. I find it hard to venture beyond their classic Nduja or Bufala options, though by all means give others a try. The toppings are minimal and uncomplicated (as they should be). Which means the bases are just the right blend of bronzed and crisp, and floppy and foldable. For the dough: Make a mountain of flour and using your fist, make a deep well in the middle of the flour, exposing the surface of the table. Brothers James and Thom Elliot, who are best known as the founders of Pizza Pilgrims a small chain of restaurants that evolved out of a single street food stand in London. I’ve been a few times and the oven is firing at a cracking temperature now. Oh, the pizzas are as good as you get in central London too. Balls to lazy “on-trend” comments: the style and the vibe of the restaurant is one that would fit both a pulsating Italian city, or a sleepy village in the Dolomites. Ever since then we’ve been trying to do it better. There were ice packs, wool cool packs and chest freezer deliveries left, right and centre. We spent the next month fulfilling these orders. Its existence fits the chilled out, not overly styled, casual decor of the place and helps to set the tone for a fun, cheap and cheerful (in the best sense) meal. It was our busiest hour of trading in the history of Pizza Pilgrims. But the fact they’ve ignored that is typical of the Pilgrims’ highly endearing and seemingly laid back approach. On a street where lease premiums and rent rates are crippling, it makes no sense to have a bar game taking up space that could be occupied by customers. Rather, I’m highlighting the table because of what it represents. This is not a back handed complement and I certainly don’t want to suggest that you should only head to their Dean Street site to play table football (though you can – I just beat the barman 5-0). So after deliberating over a number of different possibilities, I decided the One Good Reason to go to Pizza Pilgrims’ restaurant is the fact they’ve a Fußball table.
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