Harvest Pizzeria

August 28, 2013

On this second visit to Harvest Pizzeria http://harvestpizzeriacom/ on the edge of German Village, I'd say that it pretty much lived up to my first impressions. My dining partner in crime accompanied me for a nice mid-week meal right after work. We were seated right away on the patio near the street for a nice view of operations.

Jumping right into the drinks, we ordered cocktails. My Front Porch Tea, a combination of OYO vodka, lemonade and ice tea, was frankly disappointing, especially for the steep $9 charge. It was not very vodka-y, very lemon-y, or very tea-y. Her Hibiscus Margarita was more tasty, pink, salt-rimmed, and sweeter. Still not a knockout with the alcohol, and her orange ended up in my drink for more taste. I guess we won't be getting cocktails at Harvest any more. Perhaps Curio next door mixes a potent cocktail...

I ordered the roasted red pepper hummus and it was not a huge amount of hummus, but what was there was tasty, accompanied by spiced flaxseed crackers. There were also tasty organic carrot slices. It was a good appetizer to get us going.

She ordered the full Butterhead salad and the server graciously offered to bring it on two plates. This gave us likely more than we would have had otherwise, and was a good value. Fresh goat cheese in healthy amounts topped very fresh spinach greens, beets (not many), toasted pistachios, and house buttermilk dressing (too much, really, but tasty).

We then got into the pizza and decided to create our own. They are 10-11 inches in diameter, so a nice size for two to share. We opted for the tomato sauce, goat cheese, cherry tomatoes (ripe green), kalamata olives, bell pepper, and the following freebie toppings: spinach, jalapeno, red onion, sweet corn, and garlic. With that many items, nothing was too overpowering, though the upcharge toppings I would have liked to see more of. The other downside was that the pizza was soggy in the center (perhaps due to our choice of toppings) and made it hard to pick up. Perhaps one is supposed to eat it with a fork? The outer crust was tasty, chewy, and dense.

Following up our meal was admittedly more than half the reason we decided to come back: the Butterscotch Budino (squee!). It's a little pot o' heaven, with dense, sweet butterscotchy pudding topped with creme fraiche, caramel sauce, toasted hazelnuts and sea salt. Yumm! A wonderful way to celebrate the end of the day and the beginning of vacation for one of us. Alas, that was not I. Still, it was too enjoyable not to leave a nice afterglow.