Backyard Pizza Shop in Kingston?

Yeah, I do make my own! But I’d like to find a proper one. We have a garden full of those kipflers, I threw a few out decades ago as they were sprouting, and they went mad and multiplied. free spuds.
That Delicateating place in O’Conner did a bloody good Patate pizza, I have made a few, but as usual they just didn’t sparkle. I’ll note down your recipe Danman! don’t need a bread machine, I have a little wire implement that mixes up the dough very quickly. and I have a bottle for rolling it out. A blue one.

I rang Pizza Arte today to see if they were opening, got a gentleman with an Italian accent who apologised that they weren’t opening until Wednesday next week. Nice bloke. I can’t wait to buy some pizzas off them! I’ll be sitting in the gutter outside waiting.
(the place and phone number are obviously their home and home phone! Good on them).

Make your own pizzas at home….

Use a bread maker to make the dough, roll it out, then chuck some blanched sliced kipfler potatoes on it with some garlic infused extra virgin olive oil, cracked pepper, sea salt, and fresh rosemary. A sprinkle of (FRESH) shaved parmesan if you wish…hot oven (230 deg cel) for 10 to 15.

Has to be done.

I had a Margherita at La Rustica before Christmas, and it was dry, tasteless and the base had those incriminating lines of pin pricks in it….

One day I will go to Italy and learn to make the damn things properly myself.

Go to Naples for the best margherita! Only $7 or so for a big one, at a restaurant….why can’t we do’em so cheap…I suppose economies of scale…they make a lot more.

I’ve never really been into the gourmet pizza thing. First, I want a really good Margherita, which shows if the dough is good, or not. Never had a good one in Canberra.

Then I like a hot spicey one. And that’s about it!

waiting for Pizza Arte to open so I can try them out.

My big issue with pizzas in Canberra is how EXPENSIVE they are – in Melbourne (excepting the chain restaurants) they are generally half the price and twice as good as any in Canberra.

I’ve tried Pizza Arte a couple of times and I have to say that I’m not overly impressed. The Pizza’s were nice enough, but very expensive. And they’re competing against 4 or 5 other places in Kingston which all offer take-away gourmet pizza, so I can afford to be choosy.

Personally my preference goes to La Rustica pizzas as best quality and value, with La Cappana around the corner coming a close second.

Pizza Arte is OK, but not fantastic.

please jas, don’t mention that place in same virtual breath as pizza arte – an artist may be smote with angst at the name…

funny old word, pizza, when you look at it. but arte, yum!

Pizza Arte it is, it’s fantastic, I used to live just around the corner, you will never see Pizza Hut etc in the same way after a Pizza Arte pizza!

The Kingston pizza place is actually marked on Google Earth. It’s called “Pizza Arte” and is at 13 Leichhardt St. Phone: (02) 6239 6777

the cork street cafe at gundaroo was the most excellentest pizzas in canberra until i also discovered the kingston pizza arte place – from portia’s turn left, then right at the end of the block and it is on the next corner. their calzone are also excellent but i love the blue cheese and mushroom. [drools…]

firestone at dickson now also make pretty good pizza and are much closer to me in my inner norf abode. it’s a long cycle to kingston, alas. and longer to gundaroo, alasser…

Apparently, it so good, it messes with your spelling and ability to link properly to google maps too. Even weeks after consumption.
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Thiers a pizza cafe at Gundaroo which makes the perfect pizza. Everyone should check it out, its a nice afternoon outing too.

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Ah HA! Thanks, people! I went prowling today (after getting some haberdashery at Cassidys in Kingston, what an excellent shop), and Dawes st drew a blank. I went along part of Eyre st, as she said “the street near Portia’s Place”, but couldn’t see anything promsing either. Well, she likes the pumpkin and parmesan pizzas. So, time to see what’s what.

For great pizzas try Zucchini Brothers in Chisholm. Freshly made tons of toppings and very filling, I ve been going there for years

I’ve been meaning to go there too. Yeah it’s on Eyre St, just up from the parking, opposite the hideous abandoned public housing.

That place is awesome. My recommendation is the Picante with artichokes. I think they might closed for a little while longer this month.

http://www.manuka.com.au/eatingout/menu/photo.php?who=pizza_1.jpg&pid=3798

It’s in Eyre Street, I think. It’s a house just up towards Canberra Ave from the shops.

Hmm…I’ve heard about this too, but could never get confirmation that it exists.