Pizzology

I love Pizzology.  We don't get that far north very often, but when we do it's often specifically because we want to go to Pizzology.  We decided to go one recent Saturday evening around 7pm, and, thinking it would be packed, I used their online "put your name in ahead of time" system.  That gave an estimated wait time of 45 minutes--yikes!  But when we showed up, there was no wait at all!  In fact, there were several tables open.  Very surprising.

Anyway, we were both super hungry, and I wanted to try at least one new thing, so we decided to get a starter, salads, and then to split a pizza.  We started with the arancini--balls of risotto stuffed with cheese and sausage and then fried ($10).  Sounds amazing, right?  Well, these were, sadly, just okay.  The risotto itself lacked flavor--it needed SOMEthing--seasoning?  More wine added during the cooking process?  I dunno.  It just needed flavor.  Because there wasn't all that much cheese or sausage.  When I think of arancini, I think of lots of gooey cheese inside, but there wasn't much at all.  And the sausage was in such a small amount that it added little.  The saving grace for this dish was the basil aioli that was served with it for dipping.  It was awesome, with lots of basil and garlic flavor.  The waitress told us it's her favorite dipping sauce and recommend we hold on to it for dipping our pizza later.  It proved to be an excellent idea.

Salad-wise, Tim got one of the specials (not sure how much it was--$7 range?).  It was arugula and other mixed greens in a nice vinaigrette and topped with peaches that had been specially treated (I'm thinking poached, maybe?  Our waitress forgot to mention them when describing the salad so we were just guessing).  Also sitting on top was burrata.  Our waitress described that as being an outer shell of mozzarella with ricotta inside.  When Tim cut into it, it was creamy inside.  I had a small bite and it was good, but not as good as my awesome Italian Chopped Salad ($4).  Man, do I love that salad.  I get it every time we go.  It's Romaine lettuce with plenty of slices of prosciutto, Gorgonzola, green olives, roasted grape tomatoes, shallots, and a fantastic "citronette" dressing.  The dressing is so tangy, and the olives and prosciutto and Gorgonzola are so salty...it's just perfect.  Perfect, I tell you!

We shared the Four Cheese pizza ($13), which has fresh mozzarella, taleggio, Parmesan Reggiano, and provolone on it.  Having tried a number of the others, it has become one of our favorites.  It's simple and just good.  The tomato sauce is very fresh, the cheeses nice and salty (with a little ooze from the fresh mozz and a little funk from the taleggio).  A sprinkle of red pepper flakes and it's perfection.  I love Pizzology's crust--thin but chewy and crispy around the edges.  It's *not quite* as good as the real stuff I had in Italy, but it comes the closest I've seen in Indianapolis.  It's truly a great pizza.

Website:  Pizzology