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By: DM Blog ~ Pulcinella

DM Blog ~ Pulcinella — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:13:51 +0000

[...] Italian pizza (and specifically in Calgary) and came across a blog on WordPress.com, “Are you gonna eat that?“. In a February 2007 review of Pulcinella, the author writes: Pulcinella is one of only 20 [...]

By: are you gonna eat that?

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:51:50 +0000

Sure, I agree with being on time for reservations but we were missing one person out of seven. And the subsequent two visits weren’t any better in terms of host/hostess service.

By: gail

gail — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:03:42 +0000

I think Pulcinella was great when it first opened, and now it seems that it sometimes is completely off the mark with exceedingly terrible service.

However, it is normal for a busy restaurant to wait until an entire group has arrived before seating them. Who knows – maybe there are only three of you – when they have reserved for more. A reservation isn’t really a guarantee…especially if the entire party isn’t present. A little rude, but then again, you did reserve, so you should be on time too, no?

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:22:22 +0000

I enjoyed the arancini, and I’ll definitely have to try some of the other appetizers.

However, my experience with the pizza hasn’t been great either, and I’ve been back a few times just to see if I caught them on an off day. I love Italian food and I understand their dedication to simplicity, but to me, the pizza dough was burnt on the bottom and quite soggy on top in the middle. Plus, the pizzas with ham (cotto) on them seemed like they were just diced up, sliced cold cuts. No, I wasn’t expecting proscuitto. Just not sliced ham from the grocery store. I didn’t have mushrooms but I’m not surprised they would come from cans, which is disappointing.

Anyway, I’d go back for appies, but not pizza…

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:12:52 +0000

My experience there was pretty awful. I could not get an explanation as to why my pizza was loaded with soggy canned mushrooms.

This made eating it difficult – I couldn’t pick it up and I couldn’t cut through the rubbery dough with my serrated knife I was given so I ended up tearing if off piece by piece and spilling those unwanted (unnecessary!)canned mushrooms on my lap.

By: Gees

Gees — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:44:57 +0000

PS – if you ordered the quattro stagioni and were expecting raw prociutto, that’s where you went wrong. Try the crudo.. meaning raw prociutto. It’s covered in the prociutto you’re expecting.

By: Gees

Gees — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:40:26 +0000

Hey azlebert! Check that ham again.. it IS prociutto. It’s called Cotto. Cured Prociutto. You might want to check the place out again. I go at least twice a month and there’s never been any “ham” as you call it.

By: dragonlife

dragonlife — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:54:42 +0000

I love the title! How many spams or queer requests did you have to fend off?
My favourite pizza is gorgonzal cheese with pears topped with plenty of basil!
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:28:14 +0000

Probably one of my favorite Pizza Places in the city, I liked Stromboli’s but I have less guilt with these pizzas.

Plus the Illy espresso is SO good.

I can’t really understand why people don’t like this place all that much.

I suppose it’s their loss though

By: azlebert

azlebert — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:46:29 +0000

I spent a few months in Italy when I was in highschool and managed to eat my weight in pizzas during my stay. The Quattro Stagioni was one of my favourites, second to the one that came with four simply huge globs of ricotta cheese. So when Pulcinella opened I couldn’t wait to get in the door. I was so disappointed I have never gone back. The pizza was more than just a little burnt and the cheese was a bit thick. But more to the point I could NOT believe they used ham instead of prosciutto. Perhaps I’ll go back and get the Crudo… or better yet go back to Italy.