Lucia Alimentari
How To Get In and What To Eat
How to get in: Lucia Alimentari is a new restaurant located in Soho that was opened by the owners of the famous pizza slice shop next door, Lucia. And because it is on the Infatuation’s Hit List, you know it’s good. During the day they sell pastries and sandwiches, but they are open Wednesday to Sunday for dinner. If you have been to Lucia, you know their pizza is really good. But when you thought it couldn’t get better, Lucia Alimentari makes the famous slices you like into more personal pies, and somehow they are even better. I made same day reservations for a group of 3 people on a Wednesday, and it seems that even though reservations seem scarce on Resy, a bunch of them always seem to pop up the day of. I have also heard that you can walk in and the wait won’t be too long (for now).
Vibe and drinks: The inside is quite small and there are only a couple of tables. The walls are filled with pastas and canned tomatoes for purchase, making it feel like you are in a cute, Italian deli. The lighting is dark at night and it is a very intimate space for a nice pizza dinner! For drinks we each ordered a wine (they do not have cocktails) and they were pretty standard. Nothing outstanding about them but I enjoyed it with my food.
Food: To start off we had their Burrata. I absolutely love burrata, and this one was really, really good! We got a ball of burrata that was topped with a roasted red pepper and sea salt, all atop a bed of olive oil. The burrata itself was so creamy and delicate and I loved how it tasted with the smokiness of the roasted pepper. They also gave us bread on the side, which was perfect for dipping in the olive oil and scooping up some of that burrata!
For the pizzas, we got the Vodka Pizza and the Caramelle Piccanti. The vodka pizza was just a plain pizza with vodka sauce, topped with lots of fresh basil and it was WOW. The crust is so thin and crispy it is just perfect! I love when there’s a nice crunch to the crust and this was exactly that. The vodka sauce was also full of flavor and so creamy and indulgent - I just loved it! The Caramelle Piccanti normally comes with hot cherry peppers, pepperoni and Mike’s hot honey. We opted to take out the pepperoni (since the other people didn’t eat meat). The pizza itself was absolutely delicious and the spicy cherry peppers were so flavorful. My only qualm was that I think they added extra peppers since we didn’t get pepperoni and that made it a bit too spicy for us. Next time I will definitely get their creamed spinach pie, which I have had in slice form from Lucia and it was delicious. If you do eat meat- definitely get the Caramelle Piccanti, I just don’t recommend getting it without the pepperoni.
Overall: I thought this place was great. It was perfect for a weeknight dinner when you don’t know where else to go but want something delicious and reliable. I recommend looking the day of for reservations as a bunch of them get released or just walking in and if there’s a wait, pregame at Lucia’s with a slice :)
Must orders: Burrata, Vodka Pizza, Caramelle Piccanti Pizza (only with the pepperoni though), Creamed Spinach Pizza
Need to go back!