Pizzeria Bacio — Restaurant in Town of Poughkeepsie

We’ve been eating at Bacchio’s for years. Inside, usually outside, occasionally take out. It’s all been good, sometimes just okay, sometimes better. But today all the five stars aligned and the pizza gods smiled. Our Verdura pizza, with proper golden crust and perfectly proportioned veggies, moist but not wet or drippy, with enough cheese to participate but not take over, with a sauce to integrate and not drown, and with that universally recognized pizza aroma that suggests you floor it to get home quickly. Oh and what a prize! If the cook who prepared this masterpiece has a PhD in pizza (Pizza heavenly Deliciohso) s/he might consider teaching post docs in Rome. We can’t stop ooohing and ahhhing. And yes, we all consider ourselves pizza mavens and your taste may diverge from mine. But do yourself a solid. Place the order, already.

UPDATE: What a difference a month makes. We ordered another Verdura pizza tonight. Our order was based on our previous outstanding experience. Oiy vay! This time, instead of red pepper it had green peppers (yuck. Too strong a taste) And instead of olives it had broccoli (not my favorite on pizza). So I called up. Twice. I was told that menus change and that the ingredients were from a menu of six months prior. They were from Google, says the manager. Except they were from the restaurant’s own web site. Just the thought of a green pepper and broccoli pizza gives me agita. Is our world so twisted that you can’t even believe posted ingredients from barely a month earlier? Conclusion: The stars really don’t align that frequently and our historic pie was sadly an aberration. Of course, I should have asked to open the box before naively racing home, but is that what we do? Tonight’s pizza was not horrible. It was not delicious either. Nor was the shock of seemingly substituted ingredients and the manager’s response to my complaint satisfying. “Please listen to all the options as our menu has...

The manager of this restaurant kicked my niece out today for trying to bring her own meal of safe food into the restaurant. She has severe food allergies and literally can not have anything on the menu! She went in with her 4 friends who were all paying customers and just wanted to enjoy a nice meal with them. The manager came over, would not listen to her try to explain her side at all, just kept saying the policy this, and the policy that. This manager made her feel inferior to everyone else because she could not order something on the menu, she left in tears because she was so embarrassed. All 4 of her friends left as well and were extremely appalled by the experience. Where is the human decency….. what is this world coming to. This restaurant and manager disgust me. How could you make someone feel bad about something they can not control you should all be ashamed of yourselves. It may be time to update the old policy, if it even does exist, if no outside food if it involves the safety of someone there. If she had been able to enjoy something off the menu she would have but unfortunately she cannot and should not be made to feel...

I can't speak for the rest of the food because from day one, I have ordered the Chicken Scarpariello and absolutely love it. This is what i order every single time. They prepare it just the way I love and remembered it. The serving size is very generous. The other food looks amazing however it's Chicken Scarpariello. It's not on there regular menu so you need to ask for it. The service is always good.

updated reviewunfortunately, I am changing my 5 star to a 3 star. I have to update my review on the Chicken Scarpariello. I'm not sure if the cooks have changed the past year however The dish is just not the same. I have ordered at least 8 times hoping that it would be better however not so. The serving is much smaller, you no longer get a salad with the meal and more importantly the flavors are just not there anymore. I ask for extra hot cherry peppers and I get sweet. FRUSTRATING!! The only thing consistent lately is that I no longer love the Chicken Scarpariello from Bacio which is frustrating bc theirs was the best around hands down. Back to...