Ciro’s (Lancaster, PA)
My husband and I drove to Lancaster, PA to celebrate his
sister’s birthday. She chose the restaurant, Ciro’s, for dinner.
The restaurant is in a complex that includes apartments, townhomes, and a few
shops on the first floor of the apartments. The lighting was dim in this
large restaurant and there was a lot of seating. We were ushered into a
private room (there were 9 of us total).
There were a lot of vegetarian options, but I chose salad
and a pizza. The Arugula and Roasted Pear salad looked too good to pass
up - baby arugula with honey roasted pear and parmesan cheese tossed with
honey-champagne vinaigrette. The arugula was fresh and crisp and the
honey roasted pear was absolutely delicious. The pear was firm and
sweet. There were large parmesan cheese shavings topping the salad and a
drizzle of honey-champagne vinaigrette finished it off. The vinaigrette
was awesome and perfectly complemented the honey roasted pear. The salad
was lightly dressed and nothing got soggy.
As my main dish, I had the Verdura alla Griglia pizza. I
ordered the personal-size pie that had a medley of vegetables, roasted onions,
roasted garlic and mozzarella cheese. Unfortunately, my pizza came out
very well done. The waitress offered to take it back, but everybody else
was already eating, so I just kept it. It tasted like fire. I’m
sure that it would have been better (especially with the roasted onions and
garlic), but it was difficult to fully enjoy it. The center of the pie
wasn’t too bad, so I cut off the crust and “bottom” third of the pizza so that
I could at least eat some of it. That part was savory and soft.
The restaurant has its own gelato case and you can go up and
order your own. I had a mixture of peanut butter and chocolate – a
perfect ending compared to the disaster of a main course that I just had.
If I go to Ciro’s again, I will skip the pizza!
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