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60a Fitzroy
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St Kilda 3182 - Phone
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| After much success with Pizza e Birra in Sydney's Surry Hills, tuned-in culinary entrepreneur Mauro Marcucci decided it was time to spread his wings south of the border. The result is a St Kilda-style twin of the original, characterised by the same fusion of traditional Italian cuisine and Australian ales. Located on the former Termini site, the restaurant sits smugly at the mouth of the Fitzroy Street club-hopping strip and alongside two of Melbourne's top summertime drinking spots, the Metropol and Lionel. The name is a simple summary of this place's offerings (you don't have to speak Italian to translate it as just "pizza and beer") but a quick glance at the menu reveals a heck of a lot more. If you've overdosed on pizza, line your stomach instead with arancini balls, risotto, maybe a plate of seafood such as the barramundi on warm lentil salad, or their signature pappardelle with duck ragout. The pizzas are served piping hot from the woodfired oven (no, that stack of wood outside is not just a rustic prop), with cheese still bubbling on the top. Popular pizzas include the gamberi e rucola, with mozzarella, prawns, cherry tomatoes and rocket; or the sopressa, with tomato, mozzarella and slices of spicy cured sausage.
The venue also houses a separate bar area with local and Italian wines available by the glass as well as a host of Australian boutique beers. The star of the show is the restaurant's own birra, produced at Holgate Brewhouse in Victoria's Macedon Ranges.
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12:00am 3:00pm
6:00pm 12:00am
Restaurant Licensed
