text: I tried Mercurios gelato two years ago and more recently at the Yelp Burgh Bash this past Sept and I finally had the chance to stop by for dinner last Sat Based on my experience with the gelato and what I would heard from Yelp and elsewhere I was eager to try Mercurios savory offeringsnnMy dining partner and I shared a house salad insalata de la casa as well as a prosciutto pizza Thanks for the great recommendation fellow Yelpers The house salad consisted of spring greens tomatoes fresh mozzarella and parmesan dressed with balsamic vinaigrette dressing and included two pieces of toasted Italian bread I found the salad to be quite fresh and flavorful and large enough for two people to share comfortably In terms of flavor I found the pizza to be quite solid with the prosciutto being the standout with just the right amount of smokiness and saltiness It also hid a few key shortcomings such as a sparserthanpreferable amount of cheese quite effectively If you have read my reviews of other pizza places around PGH you will know that the aspect of pizza that I tend to be persnickety about is the crispness of the crust While the crust was light and airy which was great it unfortunately lacked the key crispness on the bottom that is essential to a perfect pizza in my view Nevertheless I was generally pretty satisfied with the quality of the pizza esp compared to other woodfired pizza places around townnnNeedless to say after finishing the savory portion of our meal my dining partner and I had to order the gelato since that is what Mercurios is best known for I had a small which I split between mint chocolate chunk my favorite and triple chocolate and my dining partner had a medium split between chocolate and caramel The gelato was just as delectable as I remembered with satisfying creaminess and flavorsnnWhile the ambiance was a bit minimalist I did not mind My one complaint about the layout was that the dining area was quite small and could feel a bit cramped at times At one point we had to move our table over a bit so that our neighbors could squeeze through I found the service to be a slower than I would like but this was probably due to there being only one waitress responsible for serving all of the dining tables Even one more waiter probably would have sped things up and reduced the stress on her significantly Overall despite a couple of shortcomings I had a pleasant experience dining at Mercurios and would definitely return