Dough Pizzeria Napoletana

My mom was in town for work and a visit with the grandkids, so my wife and I had a Friday night where we had some free babysitting.  We took advantage of the evening and decided to venture South of IH635 for dinner.  Dough Pizzeria is one of my in-laws favorite restaurants and has been getting good reviews, so we headed to Dallas in anticipation of trying some Neapolitan Pizza.  

Wood-fired Oven at Dough

We arrived a little after seven p.m. and the restaurant was very crowded, but they did have one two-top available for us to be seated immediately.  The menu had several items that looked appetizing, but we started with an order of the flatbread and marinara sauce. The flatbread was topped with extra virgin olive oil, oregano, thyme, sea salt and Parmigiano Reggiano.  Since we were eating a late dinner (at least for us), we dug in.  There was no disappointment on either of our faces as we inhaled the flatbread.  This item is a staple at many pizza restaurants, but we both agreed that this was some of the best we have had.  The bread itself was bursting with flavors and the marinara was fantastic.

Flatbread with Marinara

For our pizza, my wife let me choose what we would get on this evening.  I chose the Pork Love Pizza, which was featured on an episode of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.  The pizza arrived right as we finished the flatbread and it looked like a million bucks.  The Pork Love is topped with Sopressata salami, house made Italian Sausage, pancetta, speck, fresh house pulled mozzarella, and tomato sauce.  As great as the pizza looked, it tasted even better.  All the pork-tastic ingredients blended well into a fantastic slice of pizza.  All the ingredients were flavorful, but the house made sausage tended to be a little over-powering at times.  Despite, this I can honestly say that the Pork Love was in the top five pizzas I have ever had.

Pork Love Pizza

When we finished the pizza, we still had a little time before our movie started and we decided to eat dessert.  The house-made tiramisu sounded very appetizing, but we chose to sample something the Nutella Panino because it was something we have never had before.  The Nutella Panino is a dessert panini sandwich made with sweetbread, nutella, and marshmallows.  Our order was much larger than we had anticipated, but that didn't stop us from eating the entire plate.  The dessert sandwiches tasted like s'mores and they were even better when you added whipped cream to them.

Nutella Panino

Our visit to Dough Pizzeria was great from start to finish.  The food was wonderful and the service was spectacular.  This restaurant doesn't get a lot of the press that others in the area do, but I could easily put it in my top three pizza joints in the Dallas area.  We will be going back here very soon!


Dough Pizzeria Napoletana
http://www.doughpizzeria.com/dallas/
Livin the Good Life Rating= 4