I was looking for something unusual for my last night in Canada. I had seen this unique place down by the river, converted old gas station, and thought it might be good to try. I was surprised to find that pizza is a specialty for them. City Café is one of those pay-as-you-wish business. Everything is priced to the nearest quarter to make it easy. There is no cashier, just an old transit fare (metal/glass) box for customers to pay what they want (honour system); quite interesting.
When you walk in the door, nothing but a few tables, glass case for desserts, and plenty of bread baskets filled with home-made bread, etc. The limited menu is on black-boards hanging from the ceiling. Most everything is cooked in the huge stone pizza oven located right behind the baskets.
I ordered the regular pepperoni pizza. The crust was kneaded and formed right in front of me and covered in fresh pepperoni with cheese and home-made sauce. It was then slide into the massive oven where the fire was popping the fresh crust. Once I was able to taste it, it was wonderful. The fresh ingredients make a big difference but nothing like that stone pizza oven. Very thin crust with slightly burned ends (just crunchy, not burnt). The pepperoni was thick and fresh and the cheese was a nice offset to the sauce. I can only imagine the taste of their bread loafs, bagels and donuts.
Rating: 9
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