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Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria
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There are only two pizza restaurants in Columbia City. One of them is Pagliacci, which you should only order from if you’re hosting a middle school soccer team at your home. The other is Tutta Bella, a Seattle mini-chain that serves delicious Neapolitan pies and is one of the best sit-down spots for a meal in Columbia City.
You’ll want to keep things simple when you’re at Tutta Bella. Fill your table with a couple of pies, like the margherita, which proves that all you need to make charred dough delicious is buffalo mozzarella, san marzano tomatoes, and a few leaves of fresh basil, or a white pie with prosciutto and arugula. We’ve also found that asking them to leave the pizzas in the oven for an extra minute or two makes every pie here way better since there’s a little more crunch to the crust. Don’t tell anyone from Naples.
The rest of the menu is filled with mostly small plates, salads, and pastas, but stick with the salads if you’re looking for something other than pizza. The Salerno, with romaine, cucumber, fennel, fresh mozzarella, basil, tomato, and a dijon vinaigrette, is our favorite plate of greens here. And you’ll want to avoid the more complicated pizzas, like The Roberto, a sausage pie topped with two different cheeses and a pistachio puree that is unfortunately too reminiscent of peanut butter.
If you’re anywhere else in town, you should go to one of the places on this list. But Tutta Bella’s your best pizza option if you’re in Columbia City. And even if you have a minivan full of ravenous teenage athletes, we’ll bet a few Neapolitan pies would make them happy, too.