The ad in the Clipper coupon booklet said it was "the best New York-style pizza in Richmond." Most pizza in Richmond is so not-good, you wouldn't have to do much to be the best, but claiming "New York-style" is ballsy, so we clipped our coupons and headed to the Capriccio's on W. Broad. We had never heard of the place.It was in the TJ Maxx shopping center, which was packed with cars around David's Bridal Shop. Why are there so many people in the bridal shop in January? Anyway, at first we couldn't find the place because their roof sign was in red letters, which doesn't show up well. There wasn't a luscious smell when we entered, but the pizza arrived with little specks on it, which is always a good sign. Someone remembered a sprinkle of basil or oregano makes a pizza. Without it, I don't know what you've got. The only other place in the South I've ever seen specks was at Busch Gardens Ocktoberfesthaus, and that was only when they first opened. Jo Jo's downtown used to have good pizza, or maybe it was just better than what you normally get around here, but then they went downhill.
The first slice was delicious. The second was very very good. The third was okay, which is the problem with pizza. It's best oven hot. I shouldn't have had the third slice anyway.
I only lived in New York for 10 years, but that was enough time to be permanently branded with what food is supposed to taste like, and there are some things no other city seems to be able to do as well as the New York of my memories: Pizza, big salted pretzels sold from poles on a cart, Italian bread in paper tubes, Hoffman's or White Rock cream soda, bagels, soft ice cream.
The Holy Grail for soft ice cream is Carvel's. Carvel has made a few attempts to come to Richmond before and never stayed in business long. But in 2005, the same time I moved to the Dumbarton area, a Carvel's opened in the Crossridge shopping center way down on Staples Mill. It is still there. My birthdays are resplendent with Fudgy the Whale cakes once again, after decades of being Fudgy-deprived.
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If you get out to Charlottesville area, check out Crozet Pizza. Speckles noted there, and very good.
Place has about 5 and a half tables though so take out may be advisable. Popular with the UVA kids from NY.
Not quite as good but passable , certainly for Richmond, is Frank's West Pizzeria, on Patterson right near the Goochland county line.
I will have to check out Capriccios -hopefully it is the one at 9127 W Broad Street cause that is not so far from my work.
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