Gusto

I finally made it to Gusto last night, definitely worth the wait. We chose the "Aphrodite" pizza which had a red pepper pesto, red onions, goat cheese, fresh basil and a balsamic glaze. The goat cheese was super creamy and rich and the balsamic provided a nice tang and balance.

For a starter I went with the house salad with a homemade balsamic-romano vinaigrette. They had a variety of house made dressings to choose from, Jared went with the garlic-fennel vinaigrette. Homemade dressings are often how I judge a great restaurant from an average one, it's not that hard to make salad dressing people. The salad reminded me of a lot of the Centro salad which is my favorite salad in town.

They are well deserving of a number one seed in The Great Des Moines Pizza Tournament.

Can't wait to go back again, I might even have to splurge on dessert, the holy cannoli with lemon ricotta was pretty tempting.