text: With all the rave reviews this place gets I had been wanting to try it for ages As good as Bianco everybody says My first impression upon seeing the place was very good for as busy as it was it still felt small and intimate The minute wait was not terrible considering the crowd and after that we were seated in a small corner of the house with only a few other tables in viewnnWhen we arrived the table on one side of us was empty and the table on the other side had a family with a screaming baby just finishing up their mealnnWhen the waitress arrived she took our orders I went with the marinara and a bottle of root beer The root beer came back barely chilled with a glass of ice First mistake Bottled soda should be served cold Pouring warm soda into ice leaves you with watered down sodannAt some point someone at the table noted that we should have ordered appetizers because our food was taking so long Both of the other tables had received new parties and their pizzas The waitress returned to apologize for our pizzas taking so long but we must understand there is a very large party they are serving outside Now I do not like to get too philosophical when reviewing restaurants but if the reason for the delay is a large party why do the two tables who were seated minutes after us already have their pizzasnnEventually of course we received pizzas I noticed right away that all of the toppings could be found in a small region near one side of the pie while entire slices contained nothing but sauce Clearly this was hastily assembled no problem I just took a few seconds to spread out the toppings Certainly the kitchen could have taken a little more care with my pizzannAs it turned out the pizza was underwhelming It was a fine pie to be sure but there are much better artisan pies in the valley If you are going to wait you might as well go to Bianco If you want a crowded environment go to Pomo Those places also have their issues but they have better pizzannUnfortunately despite all the hype this place gets I left with the realization that there is really no reason to come back