My spouse and I dined at Pizzeria Francesco for dinner on a
Thursday evening in late March 2017. En route from our nearby hotel Cabo de
Hornos to the grocery store, the wood-burning pizza oven positioned in the
window of this restaurant caught our attention, and we returned to dine later
in the evening. Note that the staff speaks no English, nor is an English menu
available. Although we are not Spanish-speakers, we were able to communicate
adequately with the staff.
You can dine at an ivory-padded booth or at a wooden table and
chairs (with matching ivory cushions) in this busy restaurant that has a fancy tile-covered
pizza oven and chef’s counter in the front and a service bar with a glass-fronted
dessert case in the rear. The rear wall and the ceiling are wood-paneled also. Framed
prints decorate a side wall, many of which contain Spanish versions of commonplace
motivational expressions (we enjoyed trying to make the translation). The
opposite wall contains colorful chalk sketches on a blackboard-painted surface
mounted on a bright-red wall. The chalkboard wall also offers a narrow wooden
counter mounted as a bar rail where you can dine while seated on tall stools.
Pizzeria Francesco, as its name implies, serves an
incredibly wide variety of artisanal pizzas in several different sizes. We split a large pizza,
debating over the size and the ingredients, most of whose Spanish names were
completely unfamiliar to us. When one particular word on the menu was foreign
to us, our waitress took the initiative to walk over to the chef’s counter and bring
back a sample so that we understood. (FYI, “rucola” means “arugula” in
Spanish.) Our pizza was filling, and our waitress wrapped the leftovers for us
to take back to our hotel. Fortunately, we saved room for one of the yummy
desserts, which presented layered ingredients in glass mason jars tied with a
ribbon. Alcohol is served, so you can enjoy a drink with your pizza. Credit
cards are accepted as payment.
We enjoyed our dinner at Pizzeria Francesco: fair prices, generous
portions, helpful staff, and a pleasant atmosphere.
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