Yip on Little Star Pizza
Little Star Pizza * 846 Divisadero St @ Fulton * San Francisco, CA 94117 *(415) 441-1118
Cuisine: Pizza
Neighborhood: Western Addition
Buzz in my ear for months is that this pizza palace rivals the East Bay haven for deep dish delight: Zachary's. I'll be the judge of that, which I am sure is of no surprise to you. Note that they only take cash and there is no ATM (that I could see) on-site.
The Scene
Unassuming and dark from the street, this place has a small waiting area and access to the bar where you can get a beer while you wait. And a wait there will be, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. There are some sweet painted details on the wall and it's all around unassuming, but in a good way. They have a jukebox that I never graced but the music was perfectly pleasant during our stay.
The Menu
Salad, Garlic Bread and pizza. Just like a pizza place should be. No need for spaghetti or all that stuff. Oh yeah, and they have beer and wine too. And if you're lucky like us, when you go to the bar and order drinks, you order 2 glasses of wine and get a beer for free!
The Food
We ordered a mixed green salad and garlic bread to start. The salad was tasty, even though salad isn't my favorite part of a pizza meal. I do feel that some leafy greens are a necessary evil to what is going to be a filling and calorie loaded meal. The garlic bread is a must, but be sure to be prepared to "build your own." And don't expect them to tell you how. What comes to the table is some deliciously freshly toasted bread, a dish of perfectly melted butter and some roasted heads of garlic. Figure out on your own and invite the look of a perfectly annoyed waitress that you should pull off a piece of bread, butter it slightly, and scoop out some garlic cloves and spread away. It's yip yum once you make it happen. For the main course, we of course ordered the deep dish, signature 'Little Star' which consisted of spinach, ricotta, feta, mushrooms, onions, and garlic, and of course, topped with signature Chicago-style chunky tomato sauce. My first impression: no Zachary's. Sauce can't compare and could use a few more spices. My second impression: pretty good but too many onions.
The Service
Aside from the snottiness on the garlic bread, food was prompt (with our expectations managed for the wait time usually associated with deep dish).
The Bathrooms
I liked a cutie note they had posted in the bathroom (they have a nice minimal mural of a bird flying) that "We don't graffiti in your house, please don't graffiti in ours."
*************
In a spoonful, pizza is good, atmosphere is hip, service is fine. If you're craving Chicago style pizza and can't make it to Berkeley this will do. Though it can never be a replacement.
Yip gives it 3.5 spoons
Cuisine: Pizza
Neighborhood: Western Addition
Buzz in my ear for months is that this pizza palace rivals the East Bay haven for deep dish delight: Zachary's. I'll be the judge of that, which I am sure is of no surprise to you. Note that they only take cash and there is no ATM (that I could see) on-site.
The Scene
Unassuming and dark from the street, this place has a small waiting area and access to the bar where you can get a beer while you wait. And a wait there will be, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. There are some sweet painted details on the wall and it's all around unassuming, but in a good way. They have a jukebox that I never graced but the music was perfectly pleasant during our stay.
The Menu
Salad, Garlic Bread and pizza. Just like a pizza place should be. No need for spaghetti or all that stuff. Oh yeah, and they have beer and wine too. And if you're lucky like us, when you go to the bar and order drinks, you order 2 glasses of wine and get a beer for free!
The Food
We ordered a mixed green salad and garlic bread to start. The salad was tasty, even though salad isn't my favorite part of a pizza meal. I do feel that some leafy greens are a necessary evil to what is going to be a filling and calorie loaded meal. The garlic bread is a must, but be sure to be prepared to "build your own." And don't expect them to tell you how. What comes to the table is some deliciously freshly toasted bread, a dish of perfectly melted butter and some roasted heads of garlic. Figure out on your own and invite the look of a perfectly annoyed waitress that you should pull off a piece of bread, butter it slightly, and scoop out some garlic cloves and spread away. It's yip yum once you make it happen. For the main course, we of course ordered the deep dish, signature 'Little Star' which consisted of spinach, ricotta, feta, mushrooms, onions, and garlic, and of course, topped with signature Chicago-style chunky tomato sauce. My first impression: no Zachary's. Sauce can't compare and could use a few more spices. My second impression: pretty good but too many onions.
The Service
Aside from the snottiness on the garlic bread, food was prompt (with our expectations managed for the wait time usually associated with deep dish).
The Bathrooms
I liked a cutie note they had posted in the bathroom (they have a nice minimal mural of a bird flying) that "We don't graffiti in your house, please don't graffiti in ours."
*************
In a spoonful, pizza is good, atmosphere is hip, service is fine. If you're craving Chicago style pizza and can't make it to Berkeley this will do. Though it can never be a replacement.
Yip gives it 3.5 spoons
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