Always a great topic to start off any day, let’s talk about pizza! Yes, folks, let’s chat about Via Napoli Pizzeria e Ristorante!
Never been to Via Napoli? Believe it or not, neither had I! It was actually Evan Chaisson’s recent post – right here on All in WDW – that brought it up to the top of my list.
Therefore, let’s start with him. Evan covered his fantastic dinner a few weeks back. Catch it here at … Dining Recon: Via Napoli!
Yum! Personally, pizza is one of my very favorite foods. Little peek behind the curtain, there! Anyway, the day I stopped by Italy, I didn’t have time for a full sit-down experience.
Never fear, the pizza window was near! Check it out!
To find Via Napoli, enter the Italy Pavilion, of course!
Via Napoli is directly in the back of the pavilion.
The pizza window is on the left side of the building.
For lunch, I started with Napoli’s pizza “special”. A thick-crust Pizza Bianca covered with pomodoro (tomato sauce), prosciutto, arugula, and freshly-made mozzarella, I wondered if they gave me a double portion!
Initially, I had intended on going “boring”. My goal had been to buy a simple slice of pepperoni pizza. In the end, I wish I had. I found the bianca to be too much “bread” and too little sauce. The prosciutto and mozzarella were good, though.
When it came down to it, in reality, I had come for the meatballs! I knew that I wanted to sample the window’s Polpette E Mozzarella Parmigiana!
Almost identical to a dish served by Italy at 2017’s “Food” & Garden Festival, Napoli’s version was equally outstanding! Hand-made beef and veal meatballs. Tomato sauce. Mozzarella. Parmigiano. Fantastic!
My friends, my first taste of this iconic Epcot table service restaurant was a mixed bag, that’s for sure. In the end, though, if those meatballs had been part of Food & Wine, they might have won the festival!
My recommendations? Stay simple with your pizza order but get those meatballs! Whether you dine inside or out, however, you’re bound to have a great Italian meal! Buon appetito!
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