COLUMBUS, Ohio—BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, a BRAVO|BRIO Restaurant Group concept, is now offering pizzas the Neapolitan way — made with imported Italian pizza flour and topped with an Italian tomato sauce — then baked to crispy perfection in Artisan ovens. BRAVO!’s new pizza is a thinner-crust pizza made with fine Caputo pizza flour and made extra tasty by adding freshly roasted vegetables, Italian cured meats, fresh cheeses and herbs and paired with sustainable Italian white and red wines to enhance the culinary experience.
Verduta Pizza is the newest pizza selection, topped with roasted asparagus, portabellas, tomatoes, red onions with Fontina and Boursin cheeses and fresh basil. The Pepperoni Classico is a warm and toasty combination of pepperoni, roasted banana peppers, Mozzarella and Provolone cheeses and fresh oregano. The Margherita Pizza is topped with thinly sliced ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese and fresh basil.
BRAVO! chefs worked nine months to perfect their new pizza dough. “The magic of pizza is in the dough, and we have found the perfect combination of the right flour, water and yeast, and then made the perfect pizza sauce from tomatoes grown in Naples along with extra virgin olive oil, basil, salt and pepper,” says BRAVO! Corporate Chef Matt Harding.
BRAVO!’s Verduta Pizza is best paired with Petra Porzia Fraiscati, a light white wine served in Rome with a subtle lemon flavors taste that complements the vegetable topping. BRAVO!’s Pepperoni Pizza is paired with Barbera Araldica D’asti from Italy’s Piedmont region tastes great, offering a blend of ripe cherries and a hint of oak, while the Margherita Pizza tastes its best when paired with Torre Di Luna, a floral Italian white wine with hints of pear and white flowers.
Guests are also reminded to try BRAVO!’s piping hot flatbreads. The tasty Chicken Spinach and Bacon Flatbread is topped with grilled chicken, creamy spinach and Applewood smoked bacon with green onions, Mozzarella and Provolone and matches up with Tormanesca, a Chardonnay from Italy with flavors of apples and oak. The Grilled Steak Flatbread is tenderloin beef, grilled to medium rare and sliced, served over arugula with caramelized onions, portabella mushrooms and Reggiano Parmesan cheese and paired with the San Fabiano Chianti with flavors of tart cherries and herbs.
Guests can enjoy the new, tasty BRAVO! pizzas and flatbreads at half price during happy hours, along with $1.00 off wines by the glass and beers as well as only $4.00 well drinks.
BRAVO! Cucina Italiana is a casual, white-tablecloth restaurant offering classic Italian food amongst the shadows of Roman ruins. The subtitle “Cucina Italiana” means Italian kitchen, in which all cooking is done in full view of the guest, creating the energy of a live theater. BRAVO’s popular entrees include grilled steaks, chops, and made-to-order pizzas, pastas and house specialties, similar to an authentic ‘ristorante’ in Italy. BRAVO! is part of Columbus-based BRAVOIBRIO Restaurant Group. Founded in 1992, BRAVOIBRIO Restaurant Group currently operates more than 80 restaurants including BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, BRIO Tuscan Grille and Bon Vie Bistro. Please visit the Web site, BravoItalian.com for a list of locations, or to follow the restaurant on twitter or facebook.
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