Ordered and ate: 5/20/24
I’m coming in hot with a controversial opinion.
I don’t like marinara, red sauce, pizza sauce, or whatever you want to call it. It’s overrated.
Disclaimer because I know this is heated: This incredibly controversial opinion is mine and does not reflect the opinions of The Woodshop team.
You’re probably thinking, who let you write this blog if you don’t like red sauce? (before you come at me with your internet pitchforks) I eat it and I tolerate it, okay? All this controversy to say, I love pizza, not all pizzas need red sauce and some red sauces can gleefully surprise me. Take my review lightly if you will die on the hill that is canned spaghetti sauce.
My roomies (also known as, my parents) can be hard to please; one of them is gluten-free and the other is very meat and potatoes. Vicino Pizza in Coeur d’Alene has a gluten-free crust and I love a wood-fired pie.
I wanted to surprise my roomies and pick out a pie that I felt they would like. Was this risky? Always. But it worked out. We’ll be back to Vicino’s!
Our order consisted of the Vicino Chopped Salad, Sausage and Honey pizza, and the Parm Pizza (gluten-free).
- Vicino Chopped Salad
- This will be the salad of the summer: salami, olives, pecorino, and a creamy-style vinaigrette
- If you aren’t putting green olives in your salad, start today
- 12/10
- Sausage and Honey Pizza
- Created with house-made sausage, jalapeno, honey, tomato sauce, mozzarella and oregano
- The pizza sauce at Vicino’s isn’t offensive, it is light and mild and paired well with the strong oregano in the sausage.
- This is a spicy pie with potential, remove the jalapenos and add Mike’s Hot Honey *chefs kiss*
- 6/10
- Parm Pizza (gluten-free)
- Prosciutto di parma, mascarpone creme, arugula, balsamic reduction, shaved pecorino
- Perfect, no notes (if it didn’t have to be gluten-free)
- The gluten-free crust tried so hard, A for effort, but it felt like a chewy communion cracker.
- 7/10
See you guys on the lake with a glass of white and Vicino’s Chopped Salad.
