but hi. i'm stephanie wong. i'm not going to do keystone and $5 papa john's for dinner. (at 2 am..that might be another story..) but this was going to take the place of a very yummy brisket sandwich (with hot georgia peach sauce and a side of twiced-baked potato casserole...)!!!!
many of you (slashh maybe 1 of you) know mirabelle as a cute bakery in downtown urbana that has delish croissants and super early closing times (3pm on saturdays?! like really). what you may not know is that they make pizzas friday and saturday nights. i only found this out from this article in smile politely over the summer.
the night we went, they had margerita pizzas but we decided to go for the veggie goat cheese pizza. mr. baker-man said it was "his most popular". so how could we not?
(sorry i couldn't get a good pic and i was too hungry to keep trying..)
the pizza had a tomato sauce and caramelized onions, green and red peppers, artichoke hearts, fresh grape tomatoes sprinkled over it. in addition to goat cheese, the pizza was covered with some hard cheese. it tasted saltier than mozzerella but it might have just been that, ha. the crust was really good. according to the smile politely article, homedude takes his breadmaking seriously. and it shows! it was chewy and crusty but still moist and buttery. but for the pizza as a whole -- i was more ehh. don't get me wrong -- it was a good pizza. but honestly, i kinda got bored with it after 1.5 slices. the toppings and everything together were just kinda mehh. and i still think the pizza with the salad on top from bread company is my fave in the c-u.with that said, i'd be up for stopping by again. i really want to like the place after re-reading the smile politely article. i find the whole it's-kinda-a-secret thing awesomeee (ummm i'm all about knowing things other ppl don't!) aaaand i like that he only makes 20 pies per night. and that he really cares about what he's doing. so what if his most popular one was only so-so to me. there are still other combos to try...and deep dish! they have a facebook page with status updates about the pizzas available each weekend. so i'll go back when there's an interesting sounding pizza.
ok so yeah, the title says pizza AND beer.
we decided to go with two brother's bitter end. two brothers is a local brewery that we've heard about and words like "bitter" and "pale ale" sounded cool. so that's how we painstakingly chose it, lolz. i like this beer. easy to drink, decent bubble size, crisp and slightly bitter. did it go with the pizza? not really. it kind of needed to be either more hoppy or more dark to go against the pizza. it may have added to the "i'm bored with this after a slice and a half" thing. whoops. but i'd drink it again..just not with that pizza. this beer would be good with something spicy or intense with flavor. i'd do it with something like chipotle (or black dog...)
if u wanna get a pizza with me next time lemme know :)
and wooo i'm food blogging again. i have another post comin soon about lula cafe in the chi!
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