I recently spent a weekend in Seattle. After much research I came across a little bit of buzz for Serious Pie, the new Tom Douglas restaurant opening downtown. Being from Vancouver, I am spoiled for good food of all budgets and all styles, but pizza is one thing no one here seems to have taken to a high level and mostly the best pizzas I made at home. Well, that was until we ate here. The room is small with comfy high bar style seats, a cozy pizzeria sort of feel. Service was good. The crust was a perfect base. Crispy from the wood fire oven, a nice amount of chew, thin but with enough thickness to hold the toppings well, and a neutral flavour. The "Foraged Mushroom" pizza had chanterelles as well as other wild mushrooms and a truffle cheese. That's it! The mushrooms were full of flavour and since you don't need to do much to a Chanterelle, the fact that they left the ingredient alone with only the addition of a nicely flavoured cheese was fantastic. After it came out of the oven they drizzled olive oil and sprinkled sea salt over top- a nice touch. A couple days later we enjoyed the classic Margherita pizza. San Marzano tomatoes and fresh made mozzarella and sprinkling at the end of a very wonderful dry oregano. Again, great quality ingredients left on their own. There were about 5 pizza's on the menu, not sure how often the menu will change. I really respect the restrained use of quality toppings. That's the way a beautiful, gourmet pizza should be.
