A Dallas pizzeria recognized for its artisanal dough is coming to Houston. Pie Faucet will open its first Bayou Metropolis outpost in June.
Positioned subsequent to Fielding’s River Oaks within the Novel Residences luxurious house constructing, Pie Faucet is an endeavor from Dallas restaurateur Wealthy Hicks and Italian chef Giovanni Mauro. The chef is answerable for the restaurant’s pizza dough, which makes use of a mom starter and a 96-hour fermentation course of that makes use of pure yeast to attain a superb steadiness of crunch and chew.
“With out nice dough, you may’t have nice pizza,” Mauro instructed CultureMap Dallas when the primary location opened in 2016. “The concept that the crust is solely a automobile for toppings is the incorrect strategy. There needs to be an ideal steadiness of sauce and topping, however you need to have a dedication to the dough. If dough is every thing it ought to be, the pizza is stellar.”
Utilizing Italian flour and pure yeast are important parts of the dough’s taste, Mauro added.
“It is the form of dough our great-grandparents used to eat,” he says. “It is a very pure, gradual course of. We do not use any business yeasts. We began a ‘mom dough’ with a starter that is proprietary to us. It is a five-day course of, an absolute minimal of 96 hours, from after we begin to after we put the pizza on the plate.”
The restaurant makes use of that dough to create pizzas that embody classics like a margherita, pepperoni, and veggie. A few of the extra inventive choices embody the Prosciutto (topped with dates, pistachio, arugula, cheese, and balsamic) and the Salami (calabrese salami, fennel sausage, pepperoni, bacon, and mozzarella).
Along with pizza, the restaurant touts its rotisserie rooster, which is served each as a half fowl with mashed cauliflower and greens and as a part of sandwiches, pastas, and salads. Different pastas embody pappardelle bolognese, ricotta gnocchi, and the on-trend rigatoni in spicy vodka sauce.
Having lined “pie,” let’s flip to the “faucet” portion of the restaurant’s title. The bar program begins with 30 beers and wines on faucet. They’re joined by cocktails, extra wines by-the-glass, and non-alcoholic choices. Taken collectively, it’s a compelling package deal that earned Finest New Restaurant within the 2017 CultureMap Dallas Tastemaker Awards.
“Our gifted and devoted staff has been anxiously awaiting this thrilling entrance to the Houston market as it’s the epitome of all issues fascinating in meals and tradition and one of many friendliest and most various cities within the U.S. In terms of our model, if it’s not distinctive, it’s unacceptable,” Hicks stated in a press release. “We’re proud that we have now one of the vital clear, wholesome, and scrumptious artisan pizzas you may take pleasure in on the market as a result of it has no preservatives, fillers, or components.”
Pie Faucet can be open for lunch, dinner, glad hour, and weekend brunch.
