And it’s not just the slices that are big – all the portions are. And, fortunately, so is the taste. Savas Brick Oven Pizza opened up about a month ago at 35th and Lancaster, but it’s more than just another pizza joint in town. The gourmet brick oven pizzeria sneakily combines a takeout operation on one side with a full service classy restaurant on the other, serving three full meals a day, as well as a full bar. This place has everything!

If you’re looking for takeout you can sidle up to the counter, look at all the gorgeous, thin-crusted pies, and take your pick of the exotic slices. But if you’ve got a little more time to spare do yourself a favor and sit down for a meal in the sleek European-designed restaurant (or at the bar, if you really just want to tipple). Basically, this place has something for everyone, and there’s not a single type of person who wouldn’t feel comfortable here. When I checked it out for dinner on Saturday night there were tables of families with young kids, a group of 20-somethings celebrating a friend’s birthday, middle-aged couples sipping drinks at the outdoor tables, and a handful of students in dubious states of sobriety picking up slices to go. Everyone seemed equally at home and relaxed (a whopping 70 choices of bottled beer certainly helped on that front!).

The two things that are most striking about the restaurant are the size of the menu and the super-low prices. In addition to the pizzas there are burgers, hoagies, wraps, salads, entrees, special Greek entrees (the owners are Greek), wings, small bites… and a million other categories. It’s hard to find an entrée that’s over $10, which is also where medium-sized signature pizzas clock in (the gourmet slices will run you $2.77 each). The Mediterranean and Ricotta pizzas were my favorites – both are white pies, the former piled with eggplant, roasted peppers, kalamata olives, red onions, garlic, imported feta, and mozzarella. If you’re in a salad kind of mood try the Vegetarian, which is healthy, hearty, and loaded with roasted veggies. With the garlicky spiral of bread that it comes with, it’s a whole meal in itself. I couldn’t resist trying out one of the Greek Entrée specialties, too. The Pastitsio is the Greek answer to lasagna, with its mix of tube pasta, ground meat, and Bechamel sauce. As the menu says, “it will make your mouth exuberant on first contact.”

Though most of the food didn’t blow me away, the atmosphere and options were excellent, and you can stuff yourself while making only the slightest dent in your wallet. I’ll be back soon. Maybe mid-afternoon with my laptop, to use the free wifi while sipping a superb Illy cappuccino.

Savas Brick Oven Pizza
3505 Lancaster Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-222-7777
www.savaspizza.com/index.jsp

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by lori on May 6, 2010

This place is Awesome! The pizza is delicious - a light and airy crust and perfect sauce. The veggie stromboli (lg) is huge and really fresh and not soggy like most other strombolis. And if you are lucky enough to be there on a day when Maria, Savas' wife has made a delicious Greek dessert you will not be sorry and save room as its worth it! They also offer breakfast for a good part of the day, a few tables outside and the cappucino is fab.

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