March 20, 2019
San Fransisco, CA
I was really looking forward to pizza at Arizmendi Bakery, mostly because I LOVED the pizza that we got the last time we were in San Francisco at the Cheeseboard in Berkeley. Since I was staying downtown in SF on this trip, I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to make it out to Berkeley for another Cheeseboard pizza, but Arizmendi works the same way and it part of the same cooperative. Even better, while the Cheeseboard only has one location, Arizmendi Bakery has expanded to four locations around the city. I was lucky enough to have one right near my work meetings!
When we went to the Cheeseboard, Eric and I ordered a whole pizza, which was a lot. Here, my friend and I decided to just get a couple of slices (it was our third pizza of the trip). Arizmendi serves one “pizza of the day”, and they change the selection each day depending on what is available. You can check out their pizza schedule on their website each month.
The day that we stopped for lunch, the pizza was tomato, ricotta, garlic oil, basil, and parm cheese. It wasn’t their most creative option, but it seemed to be a good “classic” to gauge the style and taste of the pizza. I ended up getting two slices, but probably could have gotten more. These slices weren’t as big as the slices from the Cheeseboard. It wasn’t really an issue, though, since I also ordered a delicious homemade scone.
The slices were nicely crispy. I don’t really want to compare it to a frozen pizza, but you know how those frozen pizzas crisp up in the oven and are stick straight when you pick them up? That’s what this was like. Although the flavors on this were much better – perfect amount of parm cheese and basil. You don’t really get that on one of those frozen pies.
The seating in here is tight, especially right around the lunch rush. We were lucky enough to grab a spot by the window. They don’t have any outdoor seating either, so you probably would have to count on taking your slices to go.
I just looked at their schedule for April, and they have listed a pizza with cauliflower, baby kale, masala curry, and garlic oil. Would love to try that! Actually, it’s probably a good thing that I don’t work near one of these places in SF because I would have to grab a slice every day. And also probably would grab more scones, and bread, and rolls….
To visit:
Arizmendi Bakery
1331 9th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122
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