ammazza

vegan pizza. so i had the pleasure of dining here last night with two good friends. we arrived at around 6 pm and there was no line or wait. we placed our order and promptly found a booth with no trouble. my friends are vegan, and so i catered to their diet for a change of pace. the pizza "cheese" is made of cashews, and their are two options: i can't remember their names, but one has artichokes and the other does not. the crust and dough were very good, as were the other toppings. the artichoke pizza was the winner of the two. unlike the experiences of other reviewers, we had our pizzas on our table by a friendly server within 10 minutes. you can see everything going on in the kitchen from the dining room, and they have a fantastic bar. service is absent after they deliver the pies. you get your own plates, utensils and water, etc. overall, this was a good experience and much easier and less hectic that that other famous pizza place with the italian ovens everyone raves about. that place is very good, but for less hassle, i would comebackhere first for my authentic pizza fix.

several weeks back, when we went to varasano’s pizzeria , we were talking with the waitress about the state of pizza in atlanta.  she told the story of one of her friends who is a server at ammazza:   it seem that they were both going to a party and each of them was to bring a pizza from where they worked, claiming each was the best in the city.  in my mind, this tale spins into a yarn akin to one woven by scheherazade, but there was, apparently, not a decisive verdict.  it was then that i decided, we had to go to ammazza, which opened in july of 2012.  we originally planned to go on friday evening, but a late evening thundershower deterred us from drivingbackinto the city.

  ammazza pizzeria, located in old fourth ward, definitely adds some more competition to the never-ending pizza wars in atlanta. a large group of us descended upon ammazza on a recent monday evening. while it was sparsely populated when we first arrived, it was packed by 8:30 when we were getting ready to leave. photo credit: lily h. of yelp.com the setup is strange. walk in the front and order food and drink. you can get your drinks right away. there’s a tap with like twenty different types of beer / wine available. you’ll get a table number to display at your table for food (seating is around the back). the strange thing they have service in thebacktoo…sort of. you are responsible for getting your own dishes and silverware which are located along abackwall but if you want to order any food, servers will take your order. if you want booze, you’ll have to head to the bar. confused yet?