Pizzeria Seven Twelve
(12 votes, average: 4.58 out of 5)
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Pop quiz: what is the significance of 712 in the name of the restaurant? (Answer at the end of the post)
Although located in “The Monstrosity”, in downtown Orem, Pizzeria Seven Twelve is a truly wonderful place to eat. Based upon the concept that “We don’t need to be hip foodies or cool cats to eat well. All we need is a little time and a good place to sit.”, Pizzeria Seven Twelve serves only what is fresh and in season. Because of this, their menu is prone to change from time to time, but there are some staples that are always there.
While a “Pizzeria” by name, they are not by any means just a pizza joint. Besides the pizzas, they also serve fantastic panini, salads, soups, and fresh desserts. The pizzas they do serve are not your traditional heavy, American-style pizza. They are thin crusted, light, and not greasy. They come topped with ingredients such as hand-pulled mozzarella, house-made sausage, La Quercia prociutto and speck, goat cheese, and a house-made ricotta that is just amazing.
Once your pizza is assembled, it is baked to perfection in a wood-fired brick oven right in full view of the restaurant. Panini are also finished in this oven, after a quick grilling on their panini grill. The flavor and texture that the wood oven imparts to the food is just wonderful.
If you are a tea drinker (Black, Green or Herbal), you’ll definitely enjoy their tea service. They serve teas from The Republic of Tea. The tea is brought to your table in a steaming Japanese-style iron tea pot, accompanied by a bowl containing a few chunks of unrefined sugar, for those who like their tea sweetened. If you are new to teas, or want something light to go with your meal, try the Morrocan Mint. It is a blend of green tea and mint leaves that has a very fresh and spicy aroma, and a smooth flavor. A perfect compliment to the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere at this fine restaurant.
We’ve eaten here seven or eight times by now, and have sampled almost everything on the menu. I firmly believe that it is impossible to go wrong there. Top your meal off with one of their desserts, and you just might think you’re in heaven. I know that I usually do.
–Jason
Agreed. It’s amaaazing the food and the atmosphere. The experience does differ depending on the day. It is one of the best and worst parts about Pizzeria 712. They use sustainable and local ingredients as much as possible. It makes me want to eat there even more, but sadly that means that the menu is always in flux and occasionally they stop serving the best items on the menu. But they are always adding new items and those new items are invariably delicious.
The decor is inviting and the chefs work right there in front of the tables. It is an intimate, beautiful and happy place to eat.
712 degrees is the optimal temperature to cook the most delicious pizza and is the temperature in the brick oven. I believe that the wood in the oven is cherry, or is at times cherry. Mmm, cherrywood smoked pizza…
–Joe
Categories: Orem · Pizza · Restaurants · Utah County
Tagged: cheese, Dessert, Fresh, Panini, Pizza, Pizzeria 712, Pizzeria712, Sustainable, Tea
2 responses so far ↓
1 baby sling // Jul 5, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I went with a bunch of Monkey Huggers. We were told that the pizzas were small like personal pizzas. So we decided to order one of each and share. The pizzas were really big! Each pizza could feed 2 non Joe humans.
Of the 6 on the menu, I really liked the 4 or was it 5 cheese pizza? Anyway, it had a bunch of cheese with melted butter on top. It was delish!
2 Jason // Jul 5, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Agreed. I think that the proper ratio is actually 3 pizzas to 5 people.
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