A Major Loss for Area Food Lovers

It's been mentioned elsewhere, but not loudly enough:  Roberto's is no more.

Yes, it was "way up in Bellevue" and we're aware that traditionally folks in the South Hills rarely venture up that way.  But when a city of our size can't support a pizza shop that was as uniformly excellent as Roberto's, that's not a good sign.

So now Ridgewood, New Jersey is the beneficiary of one of the top 13 pizzamakers in the entire country.

Roberto was an important figure in the nascent "slow food movement" here in Pittsburgh.  He did amazing things in his brick oven, including weekly tastings of traditional southern Italian treats that packed the house most Tuesday nights.

How do we let cooks like Roberto get away?  Why is it top culinary talent leaves here while more and more soulless chains move in - and then get rated on local top 10 restaurant lists?  What are we, Tulsa, Indianapolis, ORLANDO for crying out loud?  C'mon people.  We're better than this, aren't we?

Thankfully we still have Ron at Il Pizzaiolo.  For now.

Apologies for the rant. 

On second though, no, we're not apologizing.

Comments

[Natalie K.]

I used the word "devastated" when I described to a friend how I felt when I learned Roberto was leaving. Devastated is not too strong a word.
Ciao, Roberto...ti amo.