July 30th, 2016
Boston, MA
Our second stop in Boston for the weekend of pizza was Ernesto’s. We decided to switch gears from our dinner and drinks at Coppa and venture over to the North End for some slices for lunch. After trying so many slices in NYC, we’re a bit picky about our slice joints. We’re happy to report that Ernesto’s ranks up there with our favorite slices around the entire US!
We’ve been to the North End of Boston many, many times. It’s one of our favorite places to go to eat and drink and also to just wander. Back in our days of undergrad when I was living in Boston, we’d go for fancy date night dinners at cute Italian restaurants in the North End and usually would follow up our pasta with cannoli or pastry from Mike’s. We never ran out of Italian restaurants to try because every restaurant there is better than the last. We also always seemed to forget which Italian restaurants we had been to before, since they all look very similar and serve similar food. We can only say that we never had a bad Italian meal. In all those trips to the North End, though, we never thought to seek out pizza, and we never thought about just going for slices.
Well, we were certainly missing out. Ernesto’s has been operating in the North End since 1984. The slices are very large, but priced well, and there is no shortage of toppings to choose from. They say that one of their most popular slices is the chicken ranch. We didn’t try that one, but a lot of people seem to like it. You can take out or eat in. We’d recommend taking it outside and walking around by the water, although that’s hard to do if you are ordering more than one slice. If you’re dining in, you can also get beer or wine in plastic cups. It’s very high end.
We tried a good variety of slices, of course. A couple of the tomato and basil, which were some of our favorites. We each had one of the white spinach, which was the perfect amount of heavy. Eric liked the slices so much, actually, that he had to go up and order a third slice. He couldn’t stop talking about how good the crust was. We’d argue that the slices here are just as good as a NY slice, and probably cheaper than most of the slices in NYC. Ernesto’s hasn’t made the Daily Meal list since 2015, and we’re quite sad about that. It should be on that list, and you should go if you’re in Boston.
They also serve salads. You should just skip those.
To visit:
Ernesto’s Pizza
69 Salem St
Boston, MA 02113
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