pizzeria stella

  as mentioned in my review of the movie frances ha , lunch prior to the screening was at pizzeria stella (420 s 2nd st, philadelphia, pa 19106) . also as previously mentioned, slowly but surely, i aim to get around to all the stephenstarrrestaurants in the city, but he populates them so fast, i doubt i'll ever catch up; my palate and stomach are willing, but my pocketbook still lags behind. actually, pizzeria stella is quite affordable for those employed - lol!  pies range from $11 - $19 and seem to be the exact right size for a party of two. just don't ask for meat to be added to a vegetarian pizza, because they're gonna charge you $5 for one sliced meatball. we ordered the margherita san marzano tomato, basil, buffalo mozzarella . $15 (added the meatball $20).  i know stella will be offended by this, but to me their pizza tastes like the italian restaurant chain bertucci's, only perhaps not quite as good.  bertucci's has the same brick oven, flat style, but just a touch bready-ier

pizzeria stella is another stephenstarrrestaurant and like moststarrestablishments it does not disappoint. the restaurant is large and spacious and located in one of my favorite areas of town. directly behind the hostess stand lies the open concept pizza station where the chefs are busy rolling the dough, adding the toppings and placing in the brick oven pizza all in front of a crowd of hungry diners. if you enjoy watching your food be made then ask for a seat facing the kitchen... you may learn a thing or two about making pizza from scratch. we ordered three pizzas to share amongst a group of four. the tartufo- a black truffle, egg and fontina pizza; the spinach- oven-roasted tomatoes, pine nuts, mozzarella and baby spinach; and the sausage- wood-roasted sausage, hot pesto, mozzarella and tomato sauce (see menu) . the sausage pizza and the tartufo were my two favorites of the night. ground pieces of sausage sprinkled generously over a perfectly baked dough with fresh mozzarella, t

not worth the price.. we will not be returning to pizzeria stella given the $14 price tag for a margherita pizza. we read thatstarrscoured the globe to copy the best pizzas. he forgot that great pizza is sold to the masses in italy and elsewhere because not only is it delicious but it is affordable. he selling dot-com priced pizzas in the worst economy ever!

if you’re dying to eat at astarrrestaurant, you’d be better off going to the continental.

astarrcreation, stella is pricy-tasty-hip wood fired pizza joint in the south street area. the pistachio pie is amazing.

disappointed - but not with the food. we recently took another couple here for dinner. i don't know what i was expecting, but i was disappointed. many of my friends who have eaten here, couldn't say enough good things about pizzeria stella. they probably didn't have to wait for a table.

we were told that there was a 30 minute wait for a table. when we asked if we could order a drink and wait, we were directed to two other establishments in the area to wait and have a drink. they took our cell phone number and said they would call us, when our table was ready. we went across the street, ordered a drink, received a call that our table was ready, after only having a few sips of our drinks.

mr.starris losing a lot of money , and maybe some customers, by not having a designated area for guests to wait and have the option of ordering a drink, or just have a seat, while waiting for a table.

we all enjoyed our choice of pizzas, the service was excellent, but i found nothing exceptional about the atmosphere.

pizzeria stella is the much hyped and much discussed pizza place by stephenstarr. we waited a few weeks since it recently opened - let them works out the kinks a bit. after a full day of playing tourist in philly it was the perfect time to try it out. f