{"id":5061,"date":"2011-06-17T08:44:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T16:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2011-06-17T08:44:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T16:44:42","slug":"pizza-rock-80s-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=5061","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Rock – 80’s Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan and I got together with friends Wednesday night to try Pizza Rock<\/a> on K Street in Sacramento. I’ve been wanting to try it\u00a0and it\u00a0was my girlfriend Michelle’s last evening in town before heading out on her summer adventure. She is a summer camp director and she’ll be gone for 6 weeks. It also happened to be 80’s after 8:00 p.m. Wednesday. 80 cent meatballs, 80 cent drink specials, all 80’s movies and music videos (I know right? What are those?)<\/p>\n

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It was also the K Street summer block party – drink specials at District 30, Dive Bar and Pizza Rock.<\/p>\n

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The DJ booth is\u00a0located inside a\u00a0Peterbilt truck cab suspended above the bar. Loved when he honked the horn – as if it wasn’t loud enough already.<\/p>\n

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The ceiling is painted with a rock and roll take on Michelangelo\u2019s painting of the creation of Adam.<\/p>\n

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A game of tic-tac-toe was immediately played on the table between Dan and Michelle and Tom’s son. He was not a fan of the place due to the noise – and I’m pretty sure the Thriller video ruined him for a good week or two. Scary zombies.<\/p>\n

I loved that all of the table place settings were stored in the tomato cans, I’m totally going to steal that for my next Italian themed get together.<\/p>\n

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Michelle and I decided that we wanted to start off with the baked formaggio.<\/p>\n

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Too bad it didn’t arrive until all of our food did – disappointing, but at least they apologized, they were slammed.<\/p>\n

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Goat cheese, Brie, pesto and tomato jam wrapped in puff pastry and served with fuji apples and toasted baguette. It was really good, but since we got everything at the same time, it was carb\/bread\/pizza crust overload.<\/p>\n

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We did partake in the 80 cent meatballs… I easily couldn’t have eaten several. We each had one.<\/p>\n

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I chose from the Pizza Napoletana section of the menu – pizzas cooked in their\u00a0– 900 degree wood fired Cirigliano Forni oven. The dough is hand mixed using San Felice Flour, proofed in Neapolitan wood boxes and created with San Marzano Tomatoes, Mozzarella Fior di Latte, basil,\u00a0Extra Virgin Olive\u00a0Oil\u00a0and topped with sea salt. This is the pizza that co-owner Tony Gemignani baked to win the World Pizza Cup Competition\u00a0in Naples, Italy.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I liked the crust, the pizza had great flavor, it was perfect… not too heavy. I ended up folding some of the pieces in 1\/2 to eat them.<\/p>\n

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Dan chose the “Sacramento” from their Classic American menu – The pizza was cooked in their Rotoflex gas brick oven. Toppings included mozzarella, pepperoni, Molinari & Sons Salami, bacon, mushrooms, red onions, bell peppers, black olives, Italian sausage and cherry tomatoes. I tried a bite and thought it was great. I don’t like meat on my pizzas, but I did love all of the fresh local veggies.<\/p>\n

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Michelle ordered from the Classic Italian section of the menu – cooked in the same oven as the Sacramento. The “Cal Italia” made me drool just reading the description… Asiago, Mozzarella, Imported Gorgonzola, sweet fig preserve, Prosciutto di Parma, and Parmigiano-Reggiano with a balsamic reduction. Apparently it was a gold medal winner in the Food Network Pizza Champions Challenge. It was like eating dessert. I took a tiny sliver and it was the perfect ending to my meal.<\/p>\n

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Michelle’s husband Tom went for the Stromboli. I tried a bite of that as well, the pepperoni had a lot of flavor, I liked it.<\/p>\n

We kept ourselves entertained with good conversation and 80’s mix sing-alongs. Yaz, Madonna, Duran Duran… We watched movie clips from Back to the Future, Footloose, and Ghostbusters. Speaking of Ghostbusters… their 80 cent drink special was “Ectoplasm” – ghost slime.<\/p>\n

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Cheers! It tasted like Midori and Nyquil – ha! Tom and Dan thought they tasted like lime Jello.<\/p>\n

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Michelle ordered Gelato – can’t remember what flavor it was. I was intrigued by the little cookie package on the plate.<\/p>\n

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Lazzaroni – Amaretti di Saronno Cookies – dipped in the gelato… Yes!<\/p>\n

Another fun part of the evening was the employee 80’s fashion show. Our server rocked a headband and guitar.<\/p>\n

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Skinny piano tie and leopard print hair – the bartender was awesome!<\/p>\n

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I missed the mullet guy and a few others. The place\u00a0was full of energy. The crowd cheered while the DJ introduced them.\u00a0 We had a really great time and went home with lots of leftovers.<\/p>\n

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Now I’m not sure I can ever go on anything but 80’s after 8 Wednesdays ;).
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Dan and I got together with friends Wednesday night to try Pizza Rock on K Street in Sacramento. I’ve been wanting to try it\u00a0and it\u00a0was my girlfriend Michelle’s last evening in town before heading out on her summer adventure. She is a summer camp director and she’ll be gone for 6 weeks. It also happened … <\/p>\n

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