1437 99 Street
http://www.famoso.ca/
Famoso, first heard about it a couple years ago when one opened in Riverbend. Except I never went to try it. Until a few friends always pick this restaurant for gatherings, then I start noticing what this place is about. There is an interesting story of how normal travellers meet authentic Italian pizza making and decide to bring into Canada. Now the place has over two handful of restaurants across Alberta and British Columbia. This must suggest how popular it has become.
The gimmick about this place is that their ingredients fly straight from Italy, pizza dough is hand-tossed, and pizza is cooked in a fire oven at 900F and cooks in 90secs. Pretty Amazing! The following three pizzas are shared between four girls and we still couldn't finish it! My favourite of the three is smoked salmon.
$14.5
Extra virgin olive oil, garlic, oregano, and slivered onion. Baked, topped with smoked Atlantic salmon, capers, housemade dill cream sauce, lemon wedge.
$14.5
Extra virgin olive oil, garlic, and oregano base, fresh mozzarella and chili-lime marinated roasted chicken. Baked, topped with avocado, diced tomatoes, slivered red onion, cliantro, drizzled with light cream, lime wedge.
$14.5
Spicy peanut sauce, fire-roasted chicken, fresh mozzarella, and smoked mozza. Baked, topped with matchstick carrots, bean sprouts, cilantro and crushed peanuts.
GELATO 3 scoops $5.5
Location: 9/10 Their location across Edmonton are very convenient and with nice spacious parking lots which is an absolute bonus!
Food: 8/10 I quite enjoy their pizzas and I love their roasted tomatoe bisque soup too! great for dipping your pizzas. But sometimes I find the pizza gets cold really fast, and when it gets cold I find the dough really difficult to chew. So despite how amazing the flavours are I get turn off by the texture.
Price: 8.5/10 Their price range is on the good range. Great for sharing and not too expensive. And I've tried to order their soup and pizza combo during dinner hours even though it is for lunch, which is a great deal and you get the best of both worlds.
Service: 8/10 Generally really good service every time I go (about 5 times now). But this time I went, not so good, maybe because we have a table of 8 or so and the waitress was really annoyed with us and won't offer to help us take pictures or they charge us the gelato as in three individual scoops ($3.5 each) instead of three scoops ($5) which we asked for.
Decor: 9/10 The restaurant vibe is very modern and casual. Great for meeting friends and you can sit for hours to chat without getting into trouble by the waitress (usually, except this time). Lighting is just perfect to have the warm but modern feel.
