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Location: Little Italy - on Dante, east of St. Laurent. It's also right across the street from Impasto! The closest subways are Jean-Talon and de Castelnau. Street parking is available and usually easy to find if you dine early. The place: Small and intimate, lots of wood, a cool bar. I liked the space a lot. It's more casual than Impasto. The food: If the name hasn't given it away already, this is a pizza joint, and therefore, you go for the pizza - un point, c'est tout. Forgione offers up a few different varieties of pizza - not too many so that you feel overwhelmed and not so few that you feel like there aren't enough choices. We started with an order of suppli that were on par with those I had in Italy. These were delicious and you could really taste the cheese, which was of a smokey variety (I forget the name). Now for the pizza: My pick was the pizza of the month - they had me at pistachio pesto and home-made mortadella. The scent of the meat wafting into my nostrils practically had me salivating before the waiter set my plate down on the table. I couldn't wait to dig in! Unlike some of the other reviews, my pizza didn't lack in toppings; the surface of the pizza was covered with mortadella, had the right amount of pesto and not too much cheese (how I like it). The crust was fresh and thin, and the overall pizza was absolutely delicious. I would definitely have this again. My date had the Bari - tomato sauce, Zampina sausage, rapini, cheese. Now, her pizza was looking a little bare and it definitely could have used more sausage. Flavor-wise, it was good but not as tasty as mine. I should mention that Gema make their own pepperoni and sausage as well as the mortadella, and it shows (or tastes, in this case). The waiter basically hustled us into getting the frozen custard for dessert. No idea if they were other dessert options because he kept ignoring my request to see the menu. After boasting that Gema was the only place in town with frozen custard, blah blah blah, I finally just ordered the damn thing. Both my date and I shared the same thought - this tastes exactly like ice cream. So when my date pointed this out to the waiter, he replied 'well it's ice cream!' OK, so which is it? Custard or ice cream? Anyway, I don't normally order ice cream for dessert because frankly, it's ordinary and I can have that anywhere, anytime. The home-made Baci that topped the custard/ice cream/frozen thing was great. Service: I'm on the fence here. We were seated quickly and were well attended to - our water was topped up regularly and the wait staff checked on us regularly. However our waiter, though very good at his job, gave off a little attitude that just occasionally rubbed us the wrong way. Not enough to dock stars, however. Overall, the service was good. Price point: Wine, shared appy, pizza, custard/ice cream/frozen thing + macchiato ran me $37....Pick your answer from: +negative; +positive; I think the answer is
positive