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Thread: Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??

Started 7 months, 3 weeks ago by Miami Danny
I love Racks. This new Italian place with a great view on the Intracoastal in N. Miami Beach has great pizza It is baked in a domed brick/coal burning oven, and has the perfect crust-charred, a little ash-y, thin/crisp, but also a little chewy on top with that distinct dry coal finish. The oval-shaped pie I had was topped with artisanal sopressata secchi, goat cheese, aged provolone, and San ...
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mialebven replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
You think they upped the ante against Anthony's?

Frodnesor replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
That's very high praise for a place that's been open - 24 hours? Is this the old Shooter's location? If so, about time something decent went in there. www.foodforthoughtmiami.com

The Chowfather replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I think the Water Club (opening soon) is going in the old Shooter's location. http://www.thewaterclubmiami.com/

Miami Danny replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
If it weren't so special, I wouldn't have bothered writing about it. What does the time open have to do with anything, anyway? La Cofradia re-opened and everyone's been on that pretty quickly. So in my mind, if there is an obvious commitment to the food, it deserves mention. Of course I have yet to try the rest of the menu, but the commitment to the pizza alone was pretty awe-inspiring (in a...

Frodnesor replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I'm glad to hear it's good, just a little dubious about handing out superlatives based on an opening party. There's going to be lots of competition for best pizza with a lot of new places coming on-line. Per MenuPages, Sosta (from the Quattro folks) on Lincoln Road is opening tonight (despite mysterious reports already issued), and per UrbanDaddy, PizzaVolante (from Jonathan Eismann of Pacific ...

tpigeon replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
If you are referring to me and sosta about already issued reports, I have heard from people who went to the friends and family pre opening and said the pizza excellent. I just wanted to report that because quattro gets a bad rap here (deservedly so in my opinion). I did also state that there is a difference between cooking for friends and family and cooking for the public day in and day out, ...

Blind Mind replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
"As for pizza being the new steak, I say bring it on. I think it will bring up the level of pizza in miami." Yeah, and the prices... I still think Spris is the best in Miami for taste and money. Let the arguing begin...

Frodnesor replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
You created quite a bit of mystery with that one. Forget pizza and steak. Give me banh mi.

lax2mia replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I've made treks deep into Broward for banh mi. It's not that hard to make!!!! If we can press ham, pork, cheese and pickles into a sandwich we can sure as heck make banh mi. As for pizzas, like Spris, but prefer Piola (oh wait, maybe I'm thinking of hostesses).

Miami Danny replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago
"I'm glad to hear it's good, just a little dubious about handing out superlatives based on an opening party." Frod-Again La Cofradia comes to mind. A place where one has eaten lunch exactly once at the first lunch service after re-opening. Merits 800 words. Dubiously delightful. And I'm not trying to predict the future, I'm just saying it may be the best right now.

 

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Frodnesor
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user's latest post:
Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-11-12 09:25:00)
The award-winning truffle pizza was on the specials board when I visited some time ago for $30+.
HabaneroJane
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Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-11-12 13:15:00)
agreed!
The Chowfather
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user's latest post:
Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-11-12 12:45:00)
I love pizza and I love truffles but I'm not sure I love a $30 pie from Racks...
rainroosty
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user's latest post:
Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-05-20 01:53:00)
It's not even 5 a.m. and I'm laughing in my dark living room :-)
Miami Danny
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Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-05-16 07:30:00)
If you are saying that great pizza and great meatball subs go hand in hand, then I wholeheartedly agree.
tpigeon
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Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-05-15 16:34:00)
So far so good on the prices...
Blind Mind
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Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-05-15 20:11:00)
last time I asked for banh mi I got slapped in the face...
lax2mia
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user's latest post:
Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-06-16 07:03:00)
Sosta has been good so far. This past experience was better than the first. And apparently if you're Italian, your experience will be even better (as evidenced by the staff fawning over anyone walking in saying "Bona sera". I felt like I was on the SNL skit where the Italian guy interviews people a la Charlie Rose or Family Guy when Peter decides he can communicate with Italians by just saying "Bubada...
dbarnard
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Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-05-20 07:05:00)
We ate there, and while nice, it didn't seem extraordinary. Our pizza came late, but the manager bought us drinks, so that made it OK. It is rather pricey, but the cheese had some real punch to it. Call me a philistine, but I really couldn't tell the difference between sopressa and pepperoni, but my wallet sure could! Pizza is basically peasant food, with no huge amounts of expensive ingredients. It shouldn't cost this much!
non sequitur
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Racks-best pizza in So. Fla??
Published (2009-06-13 16:36:00)
With Pizza Crawl parts I and II now in the history books, this thread has become a little stale, but after reviewing everyone's crawl notes, I took the brood to Racks tonight and was not disappointed. [side bar: I missed the 2 crawls because I was eating Deep Dish in Chicago during the first one, and Foccacia pizza in Long Island during the second. And it looks like I'll be missing the third because I'll be in Toronto]. It...

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