Situated over two levels, Trio’s second floor over looks
North York’s Yonge Street and is ideal for larger groups or private parties.
The atmosphere is warm and cozy, reminiscent of traditional Italian restaurants.
The complimentary focaccia wedges alone are worth a visit; the decadent bread
further doused with olive oil and aromatic roasted garlic and rosemary sprinkled
over top. If it weren’t for the promise of pizza to come, I’d inhale the entire
plate.
Anyone who works at Trio has to have an amazing memory… that
evening they easily had another dozen off menu specials. The burrata caprese salad
($19.50) was the appetizer offering and great for sharing. A fair sized sphere
of milky soft burrata was simply dressed with olive oil, basil and salt. For
the winter visit, the meaty sliced tomatoes were surprisingly ripe and overall
the caprese a great start.
For a pizza called the al
pollo ($17), there was a sparse amount of actual chicken sprinkled over
top. There was plenty of cheese through, with a thick layer of mozzarella and
large dollops of goat cheese. Even with the roasted red peppers, something with
a bit of crunch like red onions would have helped to give the pizza some
interest and contrast.
My husband’s Calabrese
($16) was more flavourful from the salty slices of soppressata and green
olives. Additionally, it went really nicely with the chili oil the restaurant provides
for the added spice. Nonetheless, both pizzas had a wonderful soft Neapolitan crust
with its requisite chewy texture and little charred bits.
Although it’s like ordering apple pie at an American restaurant, the tiramisu was calling – so loudly that we needed two slices for our table of four. Thankfully we did order more than one as the cake was exactly to my taste – moist, well balanced between biscuits & mascarpone and an abundance of espresso flavours. A sweet ending to a decent Italian meal.
Overall mark - 7 out of 10
How To Find Them
Location: Toronto, Canada
Address: 3239 Yonge Street
Address: 3239 Yonge Street
Website: http://triopizzeria.ca/
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Gastro World's Grading System
- Anything under 5 - I really disliked and will never go back
- 6 - decent restaurant but I likely won't return
- 7 - decent restaurant and I will likely return
- 8 - great restaurant that I'd be happy to recommend
- 9 - fantastic restaurant that I would love to visit regularly and highly recommend
- 10 - absolute perfection!
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