Disappointing lunch at Triple Beam. Had everything. Toppings solid. Crust was so tough our jaws ache. The Autostrada was so salty, we couldn’t finish it. Thank goodness for the unlimited free filtered and sparkling water on tap. Maybe just a bad day.
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Yikes! So sorry to hear this chewchow!
Both times we’ve been there, it was about 30 minutes after opening. We found the crust crisp on the outside but tender chewy over all - maybe our slices hadn’t been sitting out that long.
My big “What?!” of the second visit was the price of the focaccia. I think it was over three dollars for a small chunk. And yes, it had great structure, but dang. Study the no knead bread recipe and you too can do that!
Last time we were there, I finally got a slice of the famed potato pizza - and it was fine. Dandy. Got it. My surprise fav of the day? The fresh asparagus pizza. So so good! And still love the classic margherita there.
Agree with you on all of this. Had the same thoughts when I was there over the weekend. That asparagus one was great. I will say that I thought the focaccia was worth it, though. The olive one was really nice. But I’ll take a look at that recipe you mentioned cause I would love to replicate it.
President Mochi -
Nancy Silverton’s breads are awesome. I’m a huge fan. But… The no-knead focaccia from Serious Eats is so good and so easy? It has spoiled me.
Here’s the link describing it and, there’s a link in it for the recipe.
Kenji has it all fancified with pistachios olives etc. - you don’t need that. It’s fantastic just with fresh rosemary and kosher salt or, poppyseed and kosher salt.
Happy baking!
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I wish you would also put that on Home Cooking.
I did! Just had a slightly different title. Here 'tis -
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Excellent! Thanks.
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Tried Triple Beam today, thought it was only okay. Lunch cost me about $20 (including over $2.50 for a can of diet coke). Crust is indeed a bit tough and dense, toppings are fine. Like the vibe and concept though. For about the same price or only slightly more, Sixth + Mill (sit down place next to Officine Brera) is more my style.
According to Eater, Triple Beam now has a lunch special - 4 slices of pizza, a roll and a drink for $10. Sounds great to me but could not find any mention of it on their webpage…
Click the link and go to lucky #13 : )
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Concur, not a fan.
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I can confirm that it’s true since I work nearby. Weekdays only.
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Moonboy - thank you! I am in!
I live not that far away and this would be a perfect, well priced weekday treat. Hooray!
that is crazy cheap.
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holy moly that’s a great deal. Has business been slow there?
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I don’t think so but the $10 deal definitely pulled me in for lunch much more often than if there were no deal. I think that’s the intent
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Never looks slow when I’m in there. I wrote about this a bit ago in the slice thread - I also think the pizza has gotten better over the last few months.
Moonboy thank you! So great to see the sign itself and - the pizza. Those are decent sized slices!
I know where I am going soon…
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Ditto. Completely limp and unremarkable. Maybe I caught them on a bad night…
Never had anything but perfect slices. Slight crisp, and slightly chewy.
Nothing ever limp or floppy.
Maybe it WAS an off-night. I wish I had something closer to where I live.