Wood Fired Pizza

Today I had something a little different for lunch. Instead of preparing lunch myself at home, or going to a restaurant for lunch, I visited an outdoor food stand downtown. This stand offers only one lunch item - pizza - but the pizza has been perfected. The set-up is basically a mobile hand-crafted, wood-fired brick oven. The oven is parked outside next to a stand where the pizzas are prepared to order. The organic, whole wheat crusts are topped with just enough sauce, then your toppings of choice, which are always fresh, and cheese of course. The pizzas come in personal or family size, and gluten free crusts are also available upon request. Then the pizzas are slid into the oven via a wooden pizza board, and baked until perfection. The entire process - from ordering to eating - takes less than ten minutes. The pizzas offered today included pulled pork, Hawaiian, and the classic pepperoni and cheese, but I went with the Mediterranean. This included broccoli, tomato, onion, green peppers, and green olives. This pizza was perfect - a thin and very crispy crust, that would have been good enough even plain, but was topped with just the right amount of toppings. These pizzas are Neopolitan-style, and definitely a welcome change from the usual Americanized pizzas - with thick, doughy crusts, overloaded with sauce, cheese, and meat. These pizzas are light, but satisfying. They come in cute little boxes to go, and are given to you piping hot. I really enjoyed this pizza lunch, and I'm sure I will return to this hidden gem. Among all of the restaurants around, this stand offers pizzas that are the freshest and the quickest. They may not be the cheapest, but they certainly aren't expensive, and the quality,freshness, and attention to detail is well worth it. My only complaint - the stand is only set up at certain times and certain days.