Napoli’s Italian Restaurant

Self-indulgence via pizza

Is there a more universally loved food than pizza?  Exploding with the perfect symphony of textures and flavors, pizza is arguably the perfect food.  It’s acceptable eat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.  It is incredibly diverse with unlimited topping possibilities.  It’s the undisputable ultimate late-night snack.  It’s convenient, it’s affordable, and it’s available most everywhere.  With so many choices, narrowing down where to get your hands on a prime slice of pie can be tough.       

Originally from Palermo, Italy, owner Jimmy Krivaqa opened Napoli’s Italian Restaurant in 2009 and has steadily offered guests a selection of Neapolitan inspired pizza, along with numerous other well-loved Italian dishes.  Featuring six varieties of pie with fixed toppings, the option to customize a pizza that caters to the guest’s specific taste is also on the menu. 

The Margherita Pizza is the star in Napoli’s pizza lineup.  Known for the ingredients representing the colors of the Italian flag, Napoli’s interpretation of this globally adored, humble pizza highlights fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic, spinach, and Napoli’s homemade pizzola sauce, all blanketed in gooey, mozzarella cheese.  The crust is chewy (in a good way) with blistered bubbles around the edges, baked in a blazing hot brick oven.  This is an unfussy pizza that is satisfying.  If a pizza loaded with meat is preferred, Napoli’s has a Meat Lovers option with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Italian sausage, and hamburger.

With a sizeable menu, the variety can seem never ending.  One favorite is the Three Meat Combo.  Shrimp, veal, chicken, and mushrooms sauteed in a brandy wine cream sauce served over spaghetti.  Regardless of what is ordered, it is basically impossible to not go crazy over the homemade garlic rolls.  These delicious bites of heaven are drenched in butter, garlic, herbs and parmesan.  Order a side of the Alla Panna sauce (a creamy, tomato-based sauce made from scratch) for dipping and it will be a challenge to not finish the entire basket of rolls in record time.    

There is a strong link between food and mood, and pizza equals happiness.  It’s a delicious boost of serotonin.  While Napoli’s may not be the first place to come to mind when the craving for pizza hits, it should be.  It isn’t a corporate pizza restaurant with thousands of options created by focus groups.  No.  It’s an Italian family sharing pizza the way they know it, and we are luckier for it.  Grab a pie and a bottle of wine and indulge yourself.  After all, it’s una bella vita.