Openings: Palà

Posted by Adam Kuban, February 1, 2006 at 8:54 AM

Über-technical Lower East Side pizzeria Palà opens today, according to Daily Candy. The site says owners Giglio and Edena Palazzo have been working on the place for three years. Which makes sense, last we heard, it was supposed to open November 2005.

We at Slice don't know much about Palà except that press reps were required to sign nondisclosure agreements about the joint, reportedly to protect information about how the crust is made.

With nine to 12 different flours used to make the dough and a rise time of 48 to 60 hours (both facts via Daily Candy), Slice is eager to see what results.

PALA
Location: 198 Allen Street (b/n Houston/Stanton)
Phone: 212-614-7252

[Thanks, Shannon, for the Daily Candy tip!]

2 Comments

Tags: Manhattan, New York, NYC, Openings, U.S.

2 Comments:

My LES operative gushed about it: "There's a new Italian place with
extraordinary Roman-style pizza called Palà
at 198 Allen Street (just south of Houston). They don't open until next week, but I walked in off the street tonight and they fed me and introduced me to the Roman master baker responsible for their very impressive dough (all organic, untreated whole wheat
flours, five day rest & rise, thirty minute cook time).

He also said they had fresh sprigs of oregano available so you get DIY pizza seasoning and they do some very cool flavor combinations you might not expect. (Hummus!) Takes about 30 minutes to make one, because they're all fresh. We can't figure out how the hell they're going to make any money unless they charge astronomical prices.

Slice missginsu at 4:52PM on 02/01/06

Kick ass! Thanks for the report, Miss G.

Adam Kuban at 9:11PM on 02/01/06

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