Friday, June 26, 2009

Where To Eat And Drink - Brixx Pizza


http://www.brixxpizza.com/wilmington.html

When you hear about brick oven pizza, your brain is set on tasty. Thin crust, fresh ingredients and the romance of the original method to cook a pizza come to mind. But Brixx's pizza oven are gas-fired , not wood-fired, so we were a little wary about what would come out of that oven. But we have to say that the whole-wheat pepperoni and fresh vegetable pizza that we got was pretty damn good. What is considered a large pizza at Brixx looks like a small anywhere else, but it did not disappoint our taste buds. There are also a few sandwiches, salads and appetizers on the menu, but we came for pizza.

They seem to hire some very polite and pretty waitstaff (all women) at Brixx at Mayfaire Center. There is outdoor seating and a fully stocked bar. The Guinness beer is one of the best in town. It is served in a frozen glass (Yes!) and poured the traditional two-step way.

Wilmington, on the whole, does not have great pizza. Brixx does not have the best pizza in Wilmington, but the ambiance makes up for a gas-fired pie and maybe you don't need your pizza to taste like burnt wood ash.

Mayfaire Center pretty much sucks, except for the bookstore and the movie theater and now perhaps this pizza place. Brixx is a chain restaurants, which is usually not a good thing, but this chain gets the thumbs up.

Next: Market Street Saloon