Awesome Italian food!

me too. but the food and experience is so worth the effort of driving past sandestin. its not quite into Destin or I may say fagettaboutit. no, I would still go but maybe not as often. it isn't that far thankfully.

wait til your try memo's garlic rolls....

Wait until you see Memo.....

me too. but the food and experience is so worth the effort of driving past sandestin. its not quite into Destin or I may say fagettaboutit. no, I would still go but maybe not as often. it isn't that far thankfully.

wait til your try memo's garlic rolls....

Wait until you see Memo.....

The pizza maker guy is great. I walked in and ordered a pizza. I asked how long and was going to sit outside. He said "Thatsa fivea minutes" He wasn't kidding either. That oven must be 700 degrees. The only problem I had was the pizza is so good, I come home with an empty box. Its that good!

what a cute place! who is going to take me there?

We'll take you next week.

I agree with foodie -- we always loved Jordano's back when we used to go to Sandestin.

We rarely leave 30A, but we'll go anywhere for good Mexican food and good pizza or Italian food.

I still like Amor? better.

I really like Fat Clemenza's but always forget that they're there. Their food is almost as good as my favorite's Sicilian's.

And it was delicious as always tonight.

I agree that their pizza is good, but the last time I went I ordered the Prosciutto pizza (my 1st time ordering it)...I was expecting the topping to be the razor-thin-sliced prosciutto one gets at a decent deli. Instead, what I got was sliced "formed lunchmeat style ham" cut into pieces. What's up with that? Is this what they normally use on their "Prosciutto" Pizza or are they cutting costs?


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Spicy Noodle does this too, I prefer my prosciutto thinly sliced and not chunked. Reminds me too much of that tub of ham on a salad bar.

This wasn't even "real Prosciutto" like this:



It was like the formed ham lunchmeat rolls that's sliced thin for sandwiches (like at Subway) and then cut in little pieces and sprinkled on top of the pizza. The kind of "ham" topping I would expect from Papa John's.

Like this:



If this rolled and sliced ham product is what they normally use on their Prosciutto pizza, they could get away with calling it such on the menu since "prosciutto" is Italian for ham--but I think that might be pushing the envelope just a bit and they just went down a notch in my book.

I agree that their pizza is good, but the last time I went I ordered the Prosciutto pizza (my 1st time ordering it)...I was expecting the topping to be the razor-thin-sliced prosciutto one gets at a decent deli. Instead, what I got was sliced "formed lunchmeat style ham" cut into pieces. What's up with that? Is this what they normally use on their "Prosciutto" Pizza or are they cutting costs?


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Please rest assured, my friend, that we use actual prosciutto. We have our own meat slicer and Am slices it himself. I asked him about it and he said he thinks he slices it thin but is also conscious of the fact that people want to taste the meat. He doesn't want folks to feel like he's being too skimpy!

It was like the formed ham lunchmeat rolls that's sliced thin for sandwiches (like at Subway) and then cut in little pieces and sprinkled on top of the pizza. The kind of "ham" topping I would expect from Papa John's.

Like this:



If this rolled and sliced ham product is what they normally use on their Prosciutto pizza, they could get away with calling it such on the menu since "prosciutto" is Italian for ham--but I think that might be pushing the envelope just a bit and they just went down a notch in my book.

I guess the question is, how did it taste? did it taste like prosciutto? it's not always bright red. plain ole sliced ham is boiled or baked. Prosciutto is air cured for at least a couple of years. You can taste the difference. . No self respecting Italian will ever get upset with about slicing you a piece to try prior to purchase.

I'm a fan of cured prosciutto and this stuff neither tasted nor looked anything like the "prosciutto" I know and love -- it tasted and looked like Subway? lunchmeat. The edges of the cut portions were clearly circular-in-nature like it was sliced off a roll of meat. I remember it as one of my "WTF moments."

I'm just curious if anyone ever ordered that pizza before and got "real" prosciutto and if they're trying to hold up their profit margins in these tough economic times.

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That's why I responded to let you know that, NO, we are not serving you Subway luncheon meat to cut costs. Amory cuts it himself. We have not compromised any of our ingredients to improve profits margins. If we were feeling the impact of a down economy, I think we'd rather raise the prices and keep our quality consistent! Nuthin's changed.

Sorry you weren't satisfied. Next time you go in, ask Am to show you the proscuitto. I'm sure he'd be happy to!;-)

No, no, no!...I wasn't referring to your place....my post was about Fat Clemenza! (Scroll back to post #36)

....but now that you've thrown down the gauntlet--I'll have to make a point to swing by Amore for a REAL Prosciutto pizza!


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I forgot about Enzo's on 393 (just past Gulf Place). My wife likes their Pesto sauce and I like their roasted garlic cream sauce. Overall its a good option for Italian on 30A.