La Panzeria
Montreal, Canada
The read// why locals go
The owners of La Panzeria trained as bakers and chefs in Italy, and it shows first in the panzerotto — Puglia's folded, filled answer to pizza. Their small room on Rue Saint-Denis keeps to that one region: focaccia with a proper crumb, orecchiette, lasagna and parmigiana, pasta rolled in-house, desserts made rather than bought. The space is compact and fills quickly, which in the Plateau is the usual sign that a place is kept alive by the people who live around it rather than by passing traffic. There is a terrace, there are vegetarian options, and a main stays near sixteen dollars — a Puglian bakery's discipline applied to a neighbourhood restaurant.
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Rue Saint-Denis 4084 — Montreal
The read// why locals go
The owners of La Panzeria trained as bakers and chefs in Italy, and it shows first in the panzerotto — Puglia's folded, filled answer to pizza. Their small room on Rue Saint-Denis keeps to that one region: focaccia with a proper crumb, orecchiette, lasagna and parmigiana, pasta rolled in-house, desserts made rather than bought. The space is compact and fills quickly, which in the Plateau is the usual sign that a place is kept alive by the people who live around it rather than by passing traffic. There is a terrace, there are vegetarian options, and a main stays near sixteen dollars — a Puglian bakery's discipline applied to a neighbourhood restaurant.