David Mc Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 I was told by someone usually trustworthy that Cafe Mis in MG is to become an Italian pizza joint next week. Anyone know anything more?! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
plimsoul Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 no but sounds interesting, i wonder if it will be a dial up one or decent sit down and eat place? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid Casual Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 If they do proper wood-fired pizza with proper dough and base along the lines of Franco Manca in Brixton, they will clean up.There is no decent pizza place for miles around (apart from Franco M which doesn't deliver) Firezza's base is so-so when they get it right, but are unable to follow basic instructions as to how you like it fired, The Gowlett is OK, but again doesn't deliver.Google Franco Manca if you want to see an outstanding commitment to proper Neopolitain authenticity. The trouble they have gone to in order to reproduce the simple brilliance of the real thing (save a couple of additional toppings) is simply amazing. The quality control that takes in everything from the flour used in their dough to the exact timings of the perfect pizza is something rarely seen anywhere these days.If I lived nearer Brixton, I'd live on their pizzas. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mc Posted May 16, 2009 Author Share Posted May 16, 2009 I don't know any of the details except that the owner is Italian. And not any good for me anyway unless they do gluten-free ones! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmora Man Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Franco Manga is brilliant - the closest I've ever found to Neapolitan (Pozzuali) pizzas Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid Casual Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Yeah, I believe that Franco Manca is one of only very few pizza makers in Britain to be accredited by whoever the Neopolitain body of excellence is. Not in London, but in The UK!That makes them part of a very select few. We're pretty lucky to have them on our doorstep. Try them once and everything else tastes like Birdseye. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodie Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 hi whers that (franco mango)? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid Casual Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 In Brixton Market. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Personally I'd settle for a decent pizza place open at reasonable hours, rather than a superb one which is only open for lunch. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I've bigged up FM before and whilst 'reasonable hours' might be a factor (PixxaHut are obliging in this respect), I think that what the pizza actually tastes like is just a tad relevant. A wood fired oven on Melbourne Grove would truly be a case of Franco Trovato? Not holding my breath though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Reasonable hours is definitely a factor.If I can't go there when it's open, I don't care what the pizza tastes like.That becomes like discussing how good the new Ferrari Testa-tostarona is...Wood fired pizza in Melbourne Grove would be superb, particularly if it is open when I need pizza. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodie Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 francos brixton, ah. thats just about the best in the world. thought you meant east dulwich. one of the reasons clapham life was so great was the short walk to there. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 The best pizza I have ever had in London is at The Gowlett - I think their bases are spot on. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid Casual Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Jeremy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Personally I'd settle for a decent pizza place> open at reasonable hours, rather than a superb one> which is only open for lunch.I'm sure I didn't mention a thing about opening hours.just that if they do a good wood-fired pizza, they'll do very well.Move along. Nothing to see here... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid Casual Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Mick Mac Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> The best pizza I have ever had in London is at The> Gowlett - I think their bases are spot on.Each to their own and all that. I agree The Gowlett's good, but too thin for my liking, and that's just my preference alone. The whole thin crust thing is a bit of an odd one for me. Authentic Neopolitain ones are by no means a Chicago style deep filled monstrosity, but they have a lovely doughy centre within a well fired bite.That just happens to be what I like and I really struggle to get one not only in London, but in the UK. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Gimme Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> If I can't go there when it's open, I don't care> what the pizza tastes like.> That becomes like discussing how good the new> Ferrari Testa-tostarona is...Exactly! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdaDoom Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 The pizza delivery from the Half Moon is excellent. Miles better than Firezza and very quick to arrive. hope we get a nice sit down place here though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alethea Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Jeremy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Gimme Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > If I can't go there when it's open, I don't> care> > what the pizza tastes like.> > That becomes like discussing how good the new> > Ferrari Testa-tostarona is...> > Exactly!But equally if it is a dogsh!t 3 in one kebab, pizza and chip joint, surely it doesn't matter if it is open 24/7 with a 5 minute delivery time to anywhere in the borough.OK, so what we are saying here is that we would like a good quality pizza place that is open from about midday to late evening...Wow! Who'd have thunk it!?!???!?!?!??? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 alethea Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> But equally if it is a dogsh!t 3 in one kebab,> pizza and chip joint, surely it doesn't matter if> it is open 24/7 with a 5 minute delivery time to> anywhere in the borough.> > OK, so what we are saying here is that we would> like a good quality pizza place that is open from> about midday to late evening...> > Wow! Who'd have thunk it!?!???!?!?!???I think you're onto something there. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
northlondoner Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Just poked my nose in the joint and spoke to the owner guy. Opening Saturday.Pizza, yes, but not wood fired, I'm afraid. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Let's hope it isn't a 3 in one kebab, pizza and chip joint AND that they open reasonable hours (i.e. in the evening and on Saturday) AND that the pizza is as good as Franco Manco's AND that the waitresses are all supermodels waiting to be discovered AND that pizza and a beer gives you change from a fiver........ and then they are guaranteed to do well.And then Gimme, Jeremy, Alethea and DC and everyone else will be all be happy.If not, see you down the Gowlett! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cate Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I heard it was also supposed to be opening at 6 am in order to feed the hoards of builders who used to go to the previous cafe. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
plimsoul Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 i'd be happy if they're as good as pizza express (i hope that this doesn't start some pizza express rant) as for me it's not about wood fired but just decent toppings, nice atmos but not OTT prices and a good pizza oven. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_birdseye Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 The sign outside says it's closed for a week for refurb. I'm guessing this may mean it will still be the same old Cafe Mis but with a Pizza oven installed, like what Petit Chou did. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-202973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_birdseye Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 It's bright pink! I can't wait to see all those letchy white-van blokes sitting outside that of a morning! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6305-new-pasta-pizza-joint-in-melbourne-grove/#findComment-206202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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