While looking for a place to eat dinner after attending an art exhibition at the Perpich Center for Arts Education I did a "search nearby" and found that there was a D'Amico & Sons location at 7804 Olson Memorial Highway, Golden Valley, MN 55437, about a mile away. Looking at the reviews on Trip Advisor for the restaurant, I saw one where it mentioned "wood fired oven" so that restaurant location seemed worth a try.
This time I didn't have my camera with me, so there are no pictures.
There is a menu that you can download from their page. The actual selections available in the restaurant were a bit broader.
The good news: They really do have and use a wood-fired oven to bake their pizza.
The bad news: They run their oven at a comparatively low 500 degrees or so.
As a result, their wood-fired pizza is just OK.
I ordered their Neapolitan (a highly ironic name considering the temperature of true Neapolitan pizza ovens), which had fresh mozzarella, tomato sauce, and basil. The pizza was thin crust, not overloaded, and had a bit of char on the bottom. It would have definitely benefited from some attention from a bubble popper. A couple of big bubbles had pushed the sauce and cheese away from substantial portions of my pizza.
Even with those problems, it was a pretty tasty pizza, and one I would order again.
