So right here’s good and unhealthy information for followers of Park’s Pizza Kitchen on Monroe Road in Midtown. The unhealthy information: The Midtown location has closed. The excellent news: Proprietor Josh Park is opening a brand new restaurant referred to as Park’s Twisted Pizzeria and Grill by the spring at 2819 Mahan Dr. within the former house of Da Khyber Grill –that’s the purchasing middle with Habana’s Boardwalk, New Orleans Seafood and Wok N Roll Tally.
The brand new place will develop on Park’s present menu of pizza, salad and calzones by including steaks, wings, extra appetizers and deep-dish pizza in addition to the New York-style pies Josh presently serves.
The “twisted” half within the restaurant’s identify, Josh stated, refers back to the twisted gears on show as a part of the venue’s steampunk decor, which sounds fairly cool. It’ll function rustic accents and metallic works. One facet of the restaurant shall be all brick. The brand new signal, made by Josh’s sister, Allison, is now up on the new location exhibiting a cranium imposed on a pizza.
Josh is a former automobile and boat mechanic who determined to enter the pizza enterprise and went to the Large Apple to study the methods of New York Metropolis-style pizza.
I visited his present location at 1216 N. Monroe St. due to a suggestion by Alix Kalfin, who’s a fan of the Mexican pizza with a black bean unfold.
When my husband and I visited, we have been within the temper for a extra fundamental Margherita with ricotta, a flavorful tomato sauce, grape tomatoes and slivers of basil on a skinny, crisp crust. For a heartier dish, dive into the meat calzone filled with pepperoni, sausage and mozzarella and tomato sauce for dipping. We took half of it house. There’s additionally a veggie model.
Sorry to see Park’s Pizza go away Midtown however the brand new location, with an expanded menu and distinctive decor, sounds intriguing. Will maintain you posted!
