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| About: | Located in an 1888 wonderful old building, this contemporary Italian restaurant specialtizies in authentic wood oven pizzas, unique salads, baked lasagna, and delicious panini style sandwiches. They are open daily for lunch and dinner. |
| Hours: | Lunch & Dinner 7 Days A Week |
| Categories: | Italian Restaurants, Continental Restaurants, Carry Out & Take Out, Restaurants, Pizza, Breweries |
| Parking: | Street |
| Payment: | MasterCard, Visa |
| Specialities: | Hero, Isla, Lasagna Salsiccia, Lasagna Vegetariana, Margherita, Mediterrannl, Montenotte, Drinks, Desserts & Kids Menu, Delightful Salads & Desserts, Compobossa, Calzone Vegetariana, Calzone, Biella, Also Available |
| Cuisine: | Italian, Pizza |
| Reservations Policy: | None |
| Smoking: | Special Section |
| Dress Code: | Casual |
Took a day trip up to Salida *just* to go to Amica's. When you walk in there is a menu on the wall and you are expected to know what you want before you are seated, something I am not used to. Reminded me of a New York deli I went to once.
They had an impressive beer list. We ordered some pizzas and Caesar salads and of course beer!
The Caesar salads at Amica's are the absolute best I ave ever had, no lie. They top them with real anchovy, you don't just taste it in the dressing. The pizzas were good, but the salads outshined the pizza something fierce.
The beer was all delicious. Not one beer from the sampler was flat, infected, or nasty in any way, they were all tasty.
We ordered a few growlers to go and here's where my review goes downhill, the beer didn't last in the fridge, it went flat rather quickly in comparison to Mc Clellans which lasts a week in our fridge and tastes fresh from the tap.
My biggest beef with Amica's is the bums rush.
I did not like the rushed feeling we got AT ALL. We drove quite a ways to visit and we were handed the check and the door hit us in the rear before we even ate a bite. I do not like that at all. We were given our check three different times before we were ready for it and in the end Amica's lost out money in the rush to get us out. After reviewing my receipt in the car later they charged us for all of our beer beer and a tiramisu (which I wanted but we were chased out!).
Advice for Amica's: take a chill pill and stop pushing the check until we ask for it. Good beer, but it doesn't keep.
A nice change of pace, really good food and even better beverage. Salads, calzones and pizzas are darn good. The brew choice is good as well. Atmosphere is pretty good, considering it's the old Salida morgue. Only drawback is the wait during the weekends and all summer long-always a line and be ready to wait for a table.
Amicas: Consistantly very good. Great pizzas, great salads.