Neapolitan Style Pizza on Wilson Blvd

For this month's edition of family food adventure, we went to Pupatella neapolitan pizzeria & friggitoria. Rick had been there before and thought it was worthy for FFA. One thing I would like to call out, you may want to check out their website for the operating hours, and they are closed on Sunday and Monday -- which we learned after driving there on Monday night and sitting in the parking lot trying to figure out where else to go for dinner since Plan A didn't pan out! We were hoping for a sneak preview before the official FFA event.

I thought we were gonna go towards the tail end of the lunch rush, but when we got there on Saturday, the place was packed. They do not take reservations and it's a seat yourself type of place. After grabbing a menu and waiting around for a table to free up, we decided on 2 orders of fried risotto balls, 3 pizzas and a calzone.

So let's back track a little bit before I get to the good stuff. How is this place different from any other pizza joint? Well for starters, they are a certified neapolitan pizza place. There are certain standards and high quality ingredients that you must use to be certified. And I love that their pizzas are made from simple ingredients -- San Marzano tomatoes, sea salt and fresh mozzarella! And they have one pizza maker, Enzo. You can't miss him, as soon as you walk through the door, he's the dude wearing the fedora and orange sunglasses.

Now back to the topic at hand, the food! Their  pizzas are made super quick, they only cook for 1 minute in the 1,000 degree wood oven and this makes the crust a super light and pillowy texture. Rick actually did time them and it was a legit minute. You can taste the freshness in the pizza, and even though the ingredients are simple and few, there's no skimping out on the flavor. .

The SIMPLE MARGHERITA pizza is actually one of their true and authentic neapolitan pizzas made with fresh mozzarella, basil and olive oil. And then we made our own pizza with mozzarella and pepperoni just so we could have a good old classic.

Next up was the SAUSAGE pizza - grilled sausage, sauteed onions and smoked mozzarella. For those of you not used to this style of pizza, because the crust is not super crispy and they use a lot of mozzarella, you'll notice that towards the center of the pizza, it has a soggy consistency. Best way to tackle, use a knife and fork to devour the pizza, or fold the slice in half and enjoy the gooey cheese!

The fried calzone had us all raving, how can you go wrong with fried dough stuffed with fresh mozzarella, ricotta and prosciutto. It was definitely a crowd pleaser. Don't know how they did it, but the crust was perfection.





So overall consensus, this is a winner. And the prices were super reasonable. I'm not sure how long they've been open, but since they are literally 10 minutes away from where we live, I can see future trips down the road for some delicious pizza. And as a cherry on top, they have fresh gelato, which was a great way to end another successful FFA!