Mezzaluna Willits — Restaurant in Basalt

Edit: to respond to the owner. I cook pizza with an ooni pizza oven, and have for many years. Believe me when I say your dough might’ve been the worst I’ve ever thrown with, suitable for perhaps only hardtack. Others beware, if this is the level of service they provide over Google reviews, imagine what it’s like in person???

I’m sure the food is okay, like much of the food in the valley. Not as good as Aspen, passable in Denver but decent for mountain food. Whys the two stars, one might ask? The absolutely horrific pizza dough I bought.

Called to get some dough. They said they needed to prepare it. “Oh no problem, must be cut and seperated. I showed up and promptly paid 30 dollars for 4 dough balls. Again, it must be good because their pizza looks fire!

I go back to my campsite, excited to whip out the ooni and cook up some pies. Impress my friends and woo some hearts. Instead, I start making pizza with dough that could only be described as “made for hard tack”. I mean, literally just flour and water with no fermentation. I can’t believe they would bamboozle anyone with promises of “homemade dough” only to piss in a flour bag and sell it. My friends were disappointed and I felt the fool,30 dollars lighter. I love supporting local business and as a Colorado native, I love the valley. But by...

I called before we went, to make sure I would be able to find vegan food to eat and the gentleman assured me "Oh YEAH, we have LOTS of vegan food for you!" My husband and I were on a weekend getaway to Aspen. He is not vegan, and I was craving Italian, so we decided to give it a shot. They do NOT, in fact, have very many vegan options. I wound up being charged full entree price for a plate of 8 slices of tomato with balsamic vinegar and some fresh basil on them. I couldn't eat the table bread, and when they brought out one piece for my husband, they brought red chili flakes and grated Parmesan with it. Like in a pizza shop. No balsamic vinegar to go with the olive oil. 🤷 My husband ordered a house special cocktail, the Willit's Delight Martini. It was supposed to have grapefruit and other citrus flavors. It did not. He asked them to remake it, and the next one was pretty much just vodka with ice chips. They charged us full price for both cocktails. My husband's entree was so heavily buttered that was all he could taste.

Our server was cheerful and apologetic, but overall it was NOT a...

We ordered takeout and would highly recommend. Even though it was a busy Saturday night the person taking our orderon the phone took his time describing dishes and making recommendations. The food was ready on-time and someone took care of me as soon as I entered the takeout area. We ordered an appetizer and two pasta dishes and everything was DELICIOUS. The eggplant and portobello mushroom app was my favorite and the wild mushroom linguini looked simple in person but was bursting with flavor, the other dish was a daily special (short rib ravioli) and was excellent. The only thing that was off was the tiramisu, it was somewhat sour and acrid tasting, unfortunately after one bite each we couldn’t eat it. I’m sure if we ate in the restaurant they would’ve resolved the issue. Despite the wasted inedible dessert we would still order again...