Fabrica Pizza — Restaurant in Saint Petersburg

I read a lot of reviews here, and the one that stands out in particular is from Michael P. He’s spot on, and here’s why. There’s quite a bit to unpack here so, I’ll try to be as detailed, and concise as possible. I too, grew up in New Jersey and our family traveled frequently to some of the oldest, well revered pizza establishments in NYC, and across the country. It was our first experience here. We purchased two frozen, cheese only pizzas today, and baked them at home. I followed the directions accordingly. The results and the end product were not good. The crust did not rise. The space between the cheese, and the first layer of crust was soggy. There was little to no sauce. If they are using San Marzano tomatoes, you couldn’t tell, which was disappointing. More like a tomato paste on the crust. After the first bite, it was obvious the flour was 00, and high quality, as expected. The cheese was sparse. It did not have the consistency or mouth feel of a whole milk mozzarella, and tasted like a low moisture, part skim version. Perhaps a provolone blend. At $15 per pizza, and 12 in., in diameter, it should be labeled as a flatbread. For two pizzas, It should have fed four people comfortably but left us not feeling full or satisfied. The owners have to know all of this, if they’ve baked their products at home or they’re either complacent, inexperienced or don’t care, which I doubt. Now, I will give them another try, but not take and bake. The value, and execution is poor. Only dine in the next time. And, if the toppings, cheese and sauce are this sparse when dining in, I’d be concerned for their future, which I hate to see for small businesses that work hard, and dedicate themselves and their livelihood to...

Ok. So, I'm from the Northeast, so the best pizza in the US is in NYC, Philly, Boston, etc. That's the context of my my review. The pizza here is pretty good. It's probably in the top 3 downtown, but the issue here is the same as with Pizza Box and Bavaro's. They give you child size pizzas for a lot of $. Now, I lived in Hoboken NJ for 9 years before I moved to St. Pete. Look up the website for Benny Tudino's and on the landing page, you'll see one slice of their pizza (which is very good..better than here) and it's bigger than a plate. One slice there is bigger than 2/3 of an entire pizza here. Now, you can't tell me the rent is higher or the taxes are higher or you use different ingredients. It's a lie. How do you make a pizza crust? Flour and water. Tomato sauce is cheap. Mozz is a little more, but still cheap. Raw indredients cost of a pizza is like $2. The only reason I even go back is convenience, but I think I'm done. I had to eat 1 1/2 large pizzas to be full here. So, $30 almost for pizza and I'm only...

Good pizza but doesn’t live up to the recent hype around their Tampa restaurant being rated one of the worlds top pizza spots. I had the special, a white mushroom truffle 12” pie, that came slightly undercooked with little or no crunch or char to the crust. It is done in the classic Napoli style and lacked any wow factor but does have a decent chewiness that elevates the experience. The specials had good flavor but limited topping density. Service was prompt, done at the counter so if you’re looking for table service their is none. Their is really no ambience to speak of as its more of a cafeteria style with coolers and soda machine easily accessible at the front. A decent enough indoor area and large outdoor sitting area on a relatively quiet side street. They have a decent draft beer selection and the staff was very prompt and friendly. Since this was my first try I will go back for other options to round out...