Zavino Pizza (and some gelato) in Philadelphia
Tack another margherita onto my list of those sampled across the country. In Philadelphia a few weeks ago on business. Looking for something close to our hotel, found this one on Yelp. Since it was only a couple blocks away and the other choice was Maggiano’s (sorry chains will always lose out to independents if I have any say…) this was the choice.
As we were walking down the street looking for it, at first we thought it wasn’t even open. It was dark and there was a sign posted on the bottom of the front door. One of those signs that looks like a building permit posted in the window. Luckily we crossed the street and looked closer. It was open. But quite empty. I guess that is to be expected since it was something like 8 or 8:30 when we got there. We had several of their starters and of course I went for the margherita. Very good wood-fired style pizza. Would definitely go back again. And don’t miss Capogiro Gelato across the street. They have a very very good dark chocolate gelato that was a nice ending to the night.
Zavino 112 S 13th St Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.zavino.com Capogiro Gelato 119 S 13th St Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.capogirogelato.com