{"id":3672,"date":"2017-08-13T09:28:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T14:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2017-08-13T09:32:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T14:32:38","slug":"pizza-di-roma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Di Roma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20170731_121605\"New York-style pizza-by-the-slice is available outside of downtown, now that\u00a0Pizza Di Roma<\/a>\u00a0has opened a location where Legends used to be.<\/p>\n

The space is much brighter than Legends ever was but has an awkward set-up, primarily because it’s a counter-service restaurant integrated into a former sports bar.<\/p>\n

In all the years I’ve eaten at the downtown location of Pizza Di Roma, I’ve never ordered anything but pizza, so in recent visits\u00a0to the west side location, I explored the rest of the menu, which turned out to be bigger than expected.<\/p>\n

A few appetizers lead off. The breaded cheese ravioli ($6.95) is massively breaded, but at least a lot of ricotta cheese greets you inside. You also can order chicken wings ($8.95) and fried calamari ($9.95).<\/p>\n

You have lots of pasta dishes, including staples such as lasagna and tortellini, from which to choose. Among the more unique\u00a0was the spaghetti putanesca ($9.95; should be spelled with two Ts). The black olive flavor is most prevalent, while the carrot shavings added an unwelcome texture. There were just a few pieces of anchovies, which were not overly salty.<\/p>\n

Similar to the pasta dishes, the entrees will take 5-10 min. to prepare. The chicken arrabbiata ($10.95) sports an assortment of peppers, including jalapenos. The marinara sauce was average, the noodles were similar to sub-par ones found in a diner and the two thin chicken breasts were pretty tough.<\/p>\n

\"20170804_115545\"Other entrees include shrimp marinara ($12.95) and eggplant parmesan ($11.95).<\/p>\n

Among the subs, I got the sausage and peppers ($7.95). The slices of Italian sausage and strips of green peppers are topped with marinara sauce and cheese, then stuffed inside a huge roll. It’s a lot of bread, which turned out to be necessary to hold all the ingredients together.<\/p>\n

The west side location of Pizza Di Roma is open for lunch and dinner Monday-Saturday.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

See more photos in our Pizza Di Roma Flickr album<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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