I'm sure I've had a pizza discussion before, but I tried out a new place with my friend Ingrid tonight, and it was good: Dove Vivi.
What makes Dove Vivi different is that their pies have cornmeal crusts--similar to the pizza I had in Chicago. But unlike Chicago pizza, this one doesn't make you feel sick.
We ordered a pie that was half pesto variety, and half a daily special called Blue Room. The pesto side had mozzarella, fontina, ricotta, spinach pesto, basil and tomatoes. The Blue Room half was topped with mozzarella, gorganzola, marinated mushrooms, and tomatoes. Both were very good, and not very greasy, especially considering how many different kinds of cheese they had.
Before the pizza, we both started off with a kale salad: shredded kale dressed in olive oil, lemon, and black pepper, with lots of nice slivers of ricotta salata mixed in. Mmm.
Service was very friendly, but spacey. The girl taking our order didn't have a pad to write it down, and then, we never got our beverages. Dessert came out as a big, broken up mess because, as the waitress explained apologetically, "it was the first slice out of the cake." The presentation didn't affect the taste though: it's impossible for chocolate mousse cake and lady fingers to not taste good. When the bill came, the waitress didn't charge us for the dessert because it arrived so crumbled, but the beverages that we never actually received were on there. Hmmm. We told her what happened (it was a different server who took our initial order), so she corrected it, and all was well.
So all in all, it was good, and a nice change from the typical pizza. (Ken's is still my favorite though.)
Dove Vivi
2727 NE Glisan Street
Portland, OR
503-239-4444
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