Pizzeria Bianco: Reunited & It Tastes So Good

(Posting from Phoenix) -- Bryan and I are enjoying a quick weekend getaway to Phoenix where we have a few certainties on our agenda: Go to the Giants' Spring Training game, revisit a few of my old haunts and hit up Pizzeria Bianco. We attended to the latter matter straight off the plane, grabbing a late launch seat at the famed downtown pizzeria. Twenty minutes, two beers and two glasses of wine later, Bryan and I were digging into two of the best pizzas we've had in our recent history:

- BiancoVerde: Mozzarella, Parmesan, ricotta, arugula (we added prosciutto)

- Mozzarella, tomato sauce, salami (we added fennel sausage)

The taste = unreal. The pizzas were just as good as I remembered from my days living in the Arizona desert. Bianco knows what's he doing and executes it simply and unapologetically: his menu has 5-6 types of pizzas, a few optional add-ons and that's it. Salad sch-malad, who needs greens when you can devour a still-bubbling pie straight from the brick oven? Savor and enjoy.