Pizza and a Movie

Yes. It's a Monday and I'm supposed to be writing about a movie.

But the most recent movie I've seen was "The Hangover," which really doesn't have much to be said about it. It's a fairly fun, fairly raunchy, almost smart (at rare moments) movie, which I have to admit that I laughed at from time to time. Overall rating: B (It wasn't made to be a high class movie, but it had more potential than it fulfilled).

So, that said, I'd much rather focus on tonight's dinner. Christopher and I went out to dinner with a couple of friends to a relatively new pizza place called "Black Sheep Pizza." Their claim to fame around here is that they're the only coal-fire pizza joint in Minnesota. What does that mean? It means that the crust is thin and crisp around the edges -- and thin and just a little softer in the center.

The space is small -- and we were told frequently pretty busy -- but the wait staff was incredibly friendly, and the open kitchen means you get to watch the chefs twirl the dough. (Kind of like a Shakey's for the 21st century.) We each ordered a 12-inch pizza, and our waiter cautioned us that it would probably be a lot of food for four people. But we assured him that we would be okay with leftovers.

By the time we were eating, there were a "hot salami and dried chilis" pizza, a "cheese with artichoke and cracked green peppers" pizza, a "mushroom, garlic, rosemary, and artichoke" pizza, and a "chicken and pickled peppers" pizza on the table. They all looked amazing. They all smelled wonderful. And, thankfully, they also all tasted great.

Okay, yes, we each brought home about half of our pizzas, but it wasn't because we didn't like them. In fact, I immediately packed mine up so that I can take it in to work for tomorrow's lunch. (Oh. In case you're wondering, mine was the chicken with pickled peppers. The peppers were rings of banana peppers, some mild, some spicy. And the chicken was shredded dark meat -- moist and full of flavor.)

Granted, I don't know that I've ever not enjoyed a meal with the people we were out with, but the food at Black Sheep Pizza gave even a blah Monday a good ending.

Oh. And the Black Sheep Pizza logo (below) is definitely a winner. That's almost reason enough to go there!