The Pizza Only True Love

In the category for sexiest, candlelit ambience where you can find delicious pizza, the nominees are … Well … there’s only one nominee and, therefore, one winner in this category … The Pizza - Only True Love.

The Pizza - Only True Love is the new pizzería located on Caseros Avenue, on the boundary between San Telmo and Barracas, brought to you courtesy of the highly successful proprietors of the much lauded Hierbabuena, half a block away. What do the two restaurants have in common? Nothing … other than owners that seem to have their fingers firmly placed on the pulse of the food consuming public of Buenos Aires.

The décor is simple, but sexy. Candlelight twinkling here and there. Upbeat music playing at the perfect decibel level the in background. A bearded cook compiling the next masterpiece behind the long service bar.

There’s a huge and impressive copper oven that looks antique, but probably isn’t, and a huge mural on one wall that just sticks in your memory. As does the pizza.

The yeasty, elastic dough was blistered and charred to give that fantastic rustic appearance and taste. I just had to do the classic Margherita pizza. The dough was killer. The sauce was just fresh, pulverized tomatoes. Lusciously sweet ones with a tiny tart twang behind the sweetness.

The mozzarella was good, but not as good as that dough and sauce.

I gushed a bit when I reviewed Cosi Mi Piaci in Palermo. It was the reigning pizza in Buenos Aires for close to two years. It stood out in the crowd of pizzas in a city full of pizzas. Well now there’s another front runner in the pack.

The Pizza OTL is a great pizzeria. Service was attentive and friendly although it wasn’t very busy, and therefore demanding, on the day of my visit. It’s a better than pleasant ambience and they serve great pizza. We’ll be back to try the pasta soon.