This shop is in my 'hood, and we've been several times, but not since I started to write this blog. At first, I was hesitant to go, the pizza had slipped in quality, and there was never enough sauce on the 'za. What's the point in paying over $12 for bread and cheese? I thought.
Of all the pizzerias I've been to, I have to say that the interior of Queen M is the nicest. The bar is down stairs, the upstairs is the main seating area, which has beautiful windows and an industrial feel. It's just damn cold in there, but the building is old, so that can be excused.
The Italian boyfriend and I arrived before 7 PM, so no reservation was needed, but I recommend them. Usually, the line up is out the door (literally), and wait times can be over an hour. It's nice that the staff usually looks after you by offering drinks if you wait too long. Tonight, we found that we waited at our table for a while before the waitress came, but since she was also working the bar, this can be excused.
I ordered the Doppio, which comes standard with Bufala mozzarella, and the Italian had the Extra Margherita, which had fiore di latte and fresh cherry tomatoes.
The usual food auctioning happens when the pizza arrives, but I can only chalk this up to the fact that the food runner was not the bartender who took our order.
My pizza was excellent. The sauce was fresh and tasty, the mozzarella was earthy. The Parmesan cheese added a touch of salt, which made the flavours pop. Finally, there was enough sauce, not just a cheap daub that seems to evaporate once the pizza hits the oven. Italian boyfriend's pizza had the added extra sweetness of the cherry tomatoes and from the left over evidence (that means there wasn't a speck of food on our plate after eating), I have to say, Queen M is back to making excellent pies. I just wish they would put a swirl of olive oil on the pizza, like back in ol' Napoli.
Consensus? 10/10!
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