Pizza

Who comes to a Spanish country thinking about pizza. You think about empanadillas, the spices in sofrito, the coffee, the stew called salcocho... but pizza...not really.

Well, if you were raised north of this place from time to time, you do get a hankering for some great pizza. Now I come from the heart of pizzaland... which for you Chicago readers is New York City...regrets. One of the virtues of Puerto Rico is that many on the Isla have spent a good bit of time in the New York area and when they came back to Puerto Rico they brought their taste for great pizza back with them.

One of our favorite places is Brothers Pizza which is located on the square in Rincon. As you can see this fellow has the touch. He tells me he wants to be a chef someday and is taking classes in culinary school. I've told him that if the other things he cooks are as good as his pizza he has a bright future ahead of him.

They don't do delivery here (its not NYC!) but if you call ahead the pie will be ready when you arrive. Of course it is fun to go into the square at night, order the pizza and then either soak up some of the Brother's 50's style atmosphere or take a walk and catch a late night game of dominoes which is likely to be in progress. The fellows are experts and the game is intense...more on this in another post!