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Friday, June 21, 2013

Nashville Food Friday: Bella Nashville

Bella Nashville, wood fired pizza in Nashville Tennessee
I'm constantly on the quest for delicious pizza. As a native New Yorker, of course New York style pizza is my favorite, but I've come to the conclusion that true NY style pizza does not really exist in Nashville (with 5 Points Pizza being the closest thing). This means I have to branch out and learn to love different styles of Pizza. Lucky for me, Bella Nashville makes amazing wood oven pizzas, similar to what I had in Italy.
Bella Nashville, wood fired pizza in Nashville Tennessee
Located inside the Farmer's Market on Rosa Parks Blvd., Bella Nashville provides a very casual dining environment. Steve and I went on a Saturday and the place was packed! Once you order, you wait for your name to be called, which was about 20-30 minutes (for fresh pizza that's acceptable to me). We grabbed a seat at their eat-in bar and waited our turn.
Drinks at Bella Nashville, wood fired pizza in Nashville Tennessee
Bella Nashville offers fresh sodas with house-made syrup. Steve ordered the lemon soda with basil and I had the orange soda with mint. This was the perfectly refreshing on a hot day and a great compliment to the pizza.
Pizza at Bella Nashville, wood fired pizza in Nashville Tennessee
All the pizzas at Bella Nashville are personal size, so Steve and I decided to order two and split them. The first one we ordered was the Meat Pizza, with thin sliced country ham, mozzarella, crushed tomatoes and basil. This is a very simple pie, and done very well. The ham itself had a really nice flavor and provided a good dash of salt. The dough was cooked well in the wood oven, leaving the beautiful tell-tale charred marks around the edge.
Pizza at Bella Nashville, wood fired pizza in Nashville Tennessee
For our second pizza we went for the daily special: the spring chicken. It contained honey-lemon local chicken, chard, roasted green garlic, aged Gouda and sheep's milk cheese. Holy Hell this was amazing! I have to say that my favorite part was the blasts of flavor I got when biting into a spot of that roasted green garlic.
Bella Nashville, wood fired pizza in Nashville Tennessee
I really like Bella Nashville's overall vibe. All their ingredients are super fresh, as any restaurant located in a Farmer's Market should be. The staff was friendly and the pizza was tasty. What more can you want for a summer lunch?
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7 comments:

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  2. Try Bella Napoli in Edgehill Village, DeSano's, and Mafiaoza's.

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  3. Oh mannn I love a good wood fired pizza. This place looks like my favorite local joint, The Good Pie. Ok bye getting pizza now

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    1. I really have to head back to STL and try more things. I feel like the city has so much awesome stuff that I missed!

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  4. This place looks awesome. I definitely need to go check it out. I love a fresh made soda...I always get one at the pharmacy.

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  5. THAT PIZZA LOOKS SO GOOD! I AM SO HUNGRYYYYYY
    WHY AM I COMMENTING ON THIS POST SO LATE?!?!?!

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    1. Haha! I'm not getting comment updates at all and it's making me sad! let me know next time you are in town and we can go together. I miss your face!

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