Located at Almirante Cadarso, nº8, this Italian-American pizzeria doesn’t beat around the bush: daring combinations, unique flavours and a lot of attitude to vindicate the ritual that is generated around pizza. Because the important thing is not the dough, but who you share it with. On Sunday 1 December, Pizza Day will take place: a special day on which the establishment will be giving away free pizza slices to anyone who comes to pick them up between 5pm and 11pm!

The establishment is backed by Cosmic Group, the Valencian firm behind ‘Mamma Pazzo’ and the nearby Maison Lupin cocktail bar, among others. It is designed to offer a delivery service, through Glovo, and a take away option, from the premises. And furthermore, located as it is in the Cánovas area, it has long opening hours – from Sunday to Thursday, from 1pm to 11.30pm; Friday and Saturday, until 1pm – to satisfy all the customers in the neighbourhood: young people, office workers, families, neighbours, and even late-nighters and people passing through. Another aspect to highlight is the interior design, which includes numerous reminiscences of its Italian-American roots. Neon signs, chequered walls, a sturdy industrial steel bar and a semi-circular oven that opens in front of the room, allowing you to watch the pizzas being made. Not forgetting the photo booth at the entrance, where you can take pictures with friends while waiting for the food to be ready, as the façade has the air of a clandestine business, in the purest style of New York’s Little Italy neighbourhood.

Especially when hamburgers have become the protagonists of food delivery, dressing up as exclusive and provocative, the arrival of Mamma Pizza is a declaration of intent to change the established order. It is very clear: ‘Big mouths eat burgers. Big minds order pizza’. With this philosophy, the brand not only seeks to satisfy the stomach, but to challenge all those who have forgotten that there is nothing like the ritual of sharing slices with friends. And it does so with provocative packaging and very emphatic phrases (#MakePizzaGreatAgain). The pizza is the original, the one that has always been there, and that’s what the mysterious man behind this new place will defend, who is already claiming to be the best pizzaiolo in the city, ready to challenge whoever he needs to. Backing him up is his family, made up of those friends he calls bros or panas.

Pizza has its ritual, and Mamma Pizza has the rebelliousness.

From the moment of agreeing on the flavours with friends to the moment when the boxes arrive and it’s time to pounce on them; the pizza ritual is shameless and provocative, it’s about the ceremony that takes place around the table. To open the debate, Mamma Pizza’s menu offers creative flavours, streetwise and with character, because let’s remember that this is not Italy, but New York’s Italy, where the rules are much more fluid. The variety of flavours expands to….

🍕 The carbomamma, the classic you can’t miss: stracciatella base, pecorino romano, peppery egg sauce and crispy guanciale.

🍕 Georgie Dann BBQ. Italian-American essence, with a signature recipe, featuring San Marzano tomato base, cured BBQ sauce, jerky, bacon and fior di latte mozzarella.

🍕 Diavola. In any group of friends there are two types of people: those who love spicy food and those who can’t stand it. This pizza is for the former, with mozzarella, San Marzano tomato sauce, nduja, spicy splanatta and pepperoni.

🍕 Pastrami Star. If there’s a pizza with character and style, it’s the pastrami pizza, with a base of sweet provolone, Dijon mustard alla antigua, rocket and parmesan.

🍕 Anchiovi. Because pizzas can also have a Mediterranean character: slices of Valencian tomato, basil leaves and anchovies from Cantabria.

Fresh, authentic, quality ingredients; sausages that are not so well known on this side of the Mediterranean – has anyone heard of Calabrian nduja – and dough with a lot of personality. Each and every one of Mamma Pizza’s recipes has attitude, because if there is one thing the brand says, it is that ordinary pizzerias get boring, and the best decision is always to open your own path. However, its proposal does not end here, because it also offers various starters and a wide range of focaccias. Good examples are the Focaccia alla antico, filled with pistachio pesto, Sicilian mortadella and burrata; or the Vecchio toro, with low-temperature Genovese beef ragu, bacon, provolone cheese, ancient mustard and sweet and sour gherkins. Not forgetting, of course, the delicious desserts, which include cheesecake and La Mamma’s Tiramisu…

Report by ‘24/7 Valencia’ team

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‘MAMMA PIZZA’

C/ Almirante Cadarso, 8

46005

Web: https://www.mammapizza.es/

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