Some sentences can ruin your whole day.
“Mario Batali’s making you pizza tonight” isn’t one of them.
Fold over Babbo Pizzeria, an enormous new Neapolitan-pie and pasta chamber from one very famous orange-bearded individual, now open in Fort Point. (Slideshow’s here. Menu’s here.)
These are the numbers...
Batali-helmed projects in Boston when this week started: 0
Batali-helmed projects in Boston today: 1
When we’re finally getting an Eataly: TBD
Square footage: 8,700
Number of carb-forward summer dates that will play out amid its tile floors and green banquettes: ∞
Total number of marble bars: 3
Chance there’s a Negroni resting on every one of them: high to very high
How much more amaro the Sardinian Iced Tea contains than standard iced tea: 100%
Average pizza circumference: 12 inches
Total pizza options: 14
Number of those that involve pickled chilies and meatballs: 1
Temperature of the enormous oven in back: 700 to 1,000 degrees
Time it takes to bake a pizza: 60 to 90 seconds
Instagrams of octopus with shishito peppers you could edit in that time: 2 to 3
Approximate number of “oohs” and “aahs” the oxtail gnocchi will inspire in your companion: 9.3
Number of “oohs” and “aaahs” that would be considered too many: 9.4
“Mario Batali’s making you pizza tonight” isn’t one of them.
Fold over Babbo Pizzeria, an enormous new Neapolitan-pie and pasta chamber from one very famous orange-bearded individual, now open in Fort Point. (Slideshow’s here. Menu’s here.)
These are the numbers...
Batali-helmed projects in Boston when this week started: 0
Batali-helmed projects in Boston today: 1
When we’re finally getting an Eataly: TBD
Square footage: 8,700
Number of carb-forward summer dates that will play out amid its tile floors and green banquettes: ∞
Total number of marble bars: 3
Chance there’s a Negroni resting on every one of them: high to very high
How much more amaro the Sardinian Iced Tea contains than standard iced tea: 100%
Average pizza circumference: 12 inches
Total pizza options: 14
Number of those that involve pickled chilies and meatballs: 1
Temperature of the enormous oven in back: 700 to 1,000 degrees
Time it takes to bake a pizza: 60 to 90 seconds
Instagrams of octopus with shishito peppers you could edit in that time: 2 to 3
Approximate number of “oohs” and “aahs” the oxtail gnocchi will inspire in your companion: 9.3
Number of “oohs” and “aaahs” that would be considered too many: 9.4
