Fiore Pizzeria & Bakery in Forest Park opened in early 2022 within the former area of Francesca’s Fiore. The Scott Harris Hospitality idea supplies native and city-dweller friends with wood-fired pizza and freshly made in-house pasta. The handwritten menu is refreshed continuously with new selections of antipasti, pizza, and pasta that includes seasonal substances. For friends with a candy tooth, Fiore Pizzeria & Bakery presents a menu of Italian desserts that embody an assortment of gelato and sorbetto, tiramisu, and affogato. On a latest night, we had the pleasure of visiting Fiore Pizzeria & Bakery, which is overseen by Govt Chef Jon Courtroom, who creates and develops the restaurant’s do-it-yourself pasta that’s distributed to all Francesca’s eating places beneath the Scott Harris Hospitality umbrella.
In case your need to have garlic breath is on the docket, go for the pungent Cauliflower. A complete head of it’s roasted till al dente, then nestled in an odiferous pool of whipped garlic.
As somebody that completely loathes beets, I used to be shocked that I didn’t hate Fiore’s beet salad. It got here extremely beneficial by a number of Fiore staff members so reluctantly, we had them carry it out. Although my plus one was chargeable for consuming most of it, the few bites that I attempted had been fairly tasty and never too beet-y. Brilliant citrus provides the proper quantity of punch whereas whipped goat cheese balances the bitter taste of the beets.
This time of 12 months, corn holds a particular place in Midwesterner’s hearts, so the Candy Corn pizza is a must have when visiting the Forest Park restaurant. Confetti-ed with these valuable kernels of gold, onion, chives and black truffle, this pizza screams with summer season flavors.
The kitchen introduced out the Sausage pizza to indicate off their impeccable decision-making in the case of high-quality substances. Although I’m not normally a fan of overloading a pizza with meat, the carefully-selected sausage couldn’t be extra welcome with every chunk. Genius-ly pairing the protein with vodka sauce and candy pink onions makes this usually plain pie a standout on the menu.
With a nod to Chicago’s favourite condiment, Fiore’s culinary staff provides giardiniera to their conventional Pepperoni pizza.
A tribute to summer season and the bounty of Midwest produce could be savored within the Agnolotti Quattro Formaggio. That includes Nichols Farms heirloom tomatoes, this saucy backyard of stuffed pasta is complemented by bits of torn basil, heavy on the garlic and brought up one other acidic degree with lemon agrumato.
The Sicilian Gelato Sandwich is something however a handheld. A spoon and perhaps even a knife is required to devour this large dessert. The scrumptious pistachio gelato is a number of the greatest I’ve ever had however its temperature makes the outer fudge brownie almost too tough to carve off. When you do handle to get a superb bit with all the pieces (together with some whipped cream and sizzling fudge), it’s actually a heavenly dessert.
You’d be good to go to on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday to benefit from the adjoining Mercato di Fiore having Glazed and Infused Donuts. You learn that proper! Glazed and Infused is again and may solely be discovered on the market which opens at 7am Friday to Sunday.
It gained’t be laborious to search out this Forest Park pizzeria and bakery. When you flip west on Madison Avenue off Harlem, you gained’t have the ability to miss the standout pink and white locale on the north facet of the road (7407 N Madison, 60130). They open at 11:30am Monday by way of Friday and 10am on the weekends.
