kosmonaut

the pizza was clearly less than a minute out of the oven as it was served as the cheese was still in that perfect moment whereby it's hotter than the sun and dribbles everywhere as you try to pull slices away from the pizza. i really enjoyed this and will definitely head back sober in the future to try again and check out the wider menu.

kosmonaut is a bar which i have never really heard of before. me and my friend meriem were shopping in town and decided to go for a roast in the northern quarter, after a quick google search we decided on here.  we were both a bit rubbish with directions, we did get a little lost finding it but made it there eventually. i could only really describe the place as feeling quite new york-ish, having never been to new york either i don’t know if that’s a very accurate description but the low level lighting, cool music, low black leather sofas exposed brickwork and quirky walk/don’t walk signs made it feel that way

yes, this was a lot closer to my idea of a perfect pizza than many of late. it's probably because they've taken advice from people who know; honest crust. i've not tried their pizzas yet, but i will do very soon and have heard nothing but good things about them. they even donated some of their 20 year old sourdough starter to kosmonaut, who generously admit their pizzas are not quite as good as honest crust yet, but they're still way better than in any crappy chain i've been to.
why do people still eat in the likes of croma, pizza express and the rest when there are places like this about? in those days 20 years ago, there was no internet and no social media, you knew about somewhere or you didn't. now there's simply no excuse.
it's too early to say if this is manchester's best pizza, but it's certainly up there for me, and goes into the pizza semi finals (which only exist in my head), and one for a revisit soon, i reckon.