$$$$Price: Moderate • Pizzeria • Desert Ridge
Lamp Wood Oven Pizzeria, in Scottsdale, crafts superb pizzas and other Italian-inspired specialties in its welcoming and warm eatery. For starters, the fried zucchini cakes with basil aioli and sausage-stuffed mignulata dough with pecorino cheese and cauliflower make unique and tasty appetizer options. Some of Lamp Wood Oven PizzeriaÕs specialty wood-fired pizza options include the side kick, a classic margherita pizza topped with hot sopressata salami, the veggie-friendly terroso topped with roasted cremini mushrooms, artichoke hearts and red peppers and the L.P. topped with capers, cured black olives and Italian anchovies. If saucy pizzas arenÕt your thing, Lamp also has a slew of white pizzas, such as the Gordon with capicola, roasted mushrooms, goat cheese, spinach, garlic and sharp provolone and the rapini with toasted pine nuts, ricotta and chilies.
Homemade desserts, such as the Frangelico-spiked Nutella milkshake, are divine and make a great end to your meal.
