Punch Neapolitan Pizza
St Paul, MN 55116-1319
Phone: (651) 696-1066
- Price:
- $$
- Best of Citysearch:
- Pizza 2007, Pizza 2006, Pizza 2005
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11am-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
Editorial Review for Punch Neapolitan Pizza – by Florence Byrd
In Short
The tiny dining room is painted in cheery shades of orange and yellow and filled with rustic wood tables and chairs. Lively Italian posters decorate the walls. Punch attracts a diverse neighborhood crowd, from middle-aged couples enjoying dinner without the kids, to first-date types exchanging witty banter over wine. All the pies are fired in a wood oven, true to the Neapolitan style of pizza-making. Ingredients range from San Marzano tomatoes to creamy, fresh mozzarella.
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Insider Tips
Where to SitWhen it's warm, grab a table on the tiny deck out front. The large umbrellas and colorful flowerboxes will disguise the fact that you're in a parking lot.
User Reviews for Punch Neapolitan Pizza
06/14/2007 Posted by chiliboots
My sister and brother in law recommended this place while I was visiting last weekend, and we ordered takeout, so I have no feedback on the restaurant itself. However, the pizza was good. The menu (which I unfortunately didn't keep) states that the restaurant is "one of the few" pizzerias outside of Italy to receive an official stamp of approval from the Naples Pizza Police, so it must be good, right? The crust, as you'd expect, is nice and thin. The flavor reminded me of freshed-baked naan like you'd find in an Indian restaurant (the flavor, not the consistency). I do remember that my favorite pizza was the Vesuvius, which was nice and spicy, as you'd expect a pizza named after a volcano to be. Because the crusts are so thin, anyone with an average appetitie could probably snap thru a whole pizza by him or herself. Which could get a little expensive, at ten to eleven bucks per pizza. The place needs a website, too. C'mon, it's the 21st century!
Pros: great pizza
Cons: high prices
05/09/2007 Posted by smokeyust
This stuff is awesome! Just like the litttle roadside places in Italy! The center is never 100% "cooked", but that is what makes it so great; all of the respective flavors join there and it tastes amazing. I love how two pizza's are never the same, you want to just keep eating to see what flavors you get next. And the pizza chefs are quite entertaining also. Overall GREAT!
Pros: Amazing pizza
Cons: Can get crowded
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