Terra Mia

Sorry I haven’t posted for a few years. I am a big stupid jerk, hiding my vast restaurant knowledge under a proverbial barrel. But I am back and fatter on the inside than ever before.

Now let’s get to the review, because that’s all anyone cares about anyway.

Terra Mia. My homeland (that’s how I translate it). I like to eat at Terra Mia at least every other week. I was eating there every week but realized I wasn’t trying any new restaurants so I decided to cut back for a bit.

Let me just say that I am biased because the pizza here is so very delicious. And I like pizza. Has anybody heard the song “Pizza Day” by The Aquabats? If you have, you know that the day you go to Terra Mia will be the best day of the week. The menu starts off with about 17 pizzas and I think I have had every single one of them (that doesn’t have mushrooms, but I am sure they would be good if you were in to that type of thing) and there hasn’t been a single one that I didn’t adore. The pizzas are cooked in a wood fired brick oven, but have never been blackened and always perfect, unlike some places… you know who you are.

I recommend the ‘Terra Mia’ or the ‘Matteo’s’ and of course you can’t go wrong with the ‘Margherita.’ They also have a create-your-own pizza where you can get crazy with your toppings. The pizzas are a good size, but I usually eat at least one pizza myself. I think for normal people a half of a pizza and a gelato would suffice. If you have a hearty appetite plan on at least 3/4 of a pizza.

I am probably going to offend some people, but the pasta is just so so. It was good, but nothing spectacular. The bread that comes with it however was great. The service is friendly and prompt for the most part, except for the time I was there with my wife and they forgot her salad and 30 minutes later we had to go ask them where it was. That’s what she gets for ordering a salad I guess.

Gelato? Hell yes! The gelato is pretty much perfect. I wish it wasn’t so expensive because then I would like to eat about 5 times as much as they give you. That being said, it is reasonably priced for gelato and I never go there without getting my fix. The flavors rotate and change depending on what day you go, but they let you sample whichever flavor you like. The problem is, you will want all of them. But don’t try to put all of them together, just go back frequently and get different flavors.

Two final words:

GO THERE or die a sad flavorless death.