Masullo Pizza

Masullo Pizza
2711 Riverside Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 443-8929

With large communal tables (all made out of one tree), small space, friendly staff and no other way of cooking besides the wood oven stove, Masullo does a lot with just a little. Now we could get into an argument (even within our group) as to which pizza is better, Masullo or Hot Italian. But let's keep our eye on the prize - the pizza is delicious!

They have a nice selection of mostly arugula based salads that really pack in the spiciness of the greens with a salty, creamy component that makes them delicious. They have a rosemary bread appetizers that doesn't seem like much, but is absolutely addictive especially with their olive oil to dip it in.

We found out, a little too late that they were doing a half off bottles of wine on Thursday. Would have been nice to know that before we bought a round of glasses to start, but oh well. Live and learn. Their wine selection is small but has pretty much everything you need including tiny bottles of prosecco. They also have some local Two Rivers Cider on tap and some decent beers.

Now for the pizza. I'm a huge fan of sauceless pizza, but most people think I'm crazy when I want to order it. Come here, order the Eileen, and you will be a convert. Mozzarella, oyster mushrooms, bacon, cream, sage and black pepper. We had a few with sauce and a few without. All of them were delicious.

If you are lucky enough to be there when the Italian waiter Andrea is working you will love him. The owner come out and thanked us for coming which was a nice touch. They also just recently started serving lunch. All and all, you need to trek out and visit this tiny little space. The parking is limited, but it's such a nice atmosphere and dishes us such yummy food that you'll forget about all that as soon as you walk in the door.