Pizzeria Capri

I will begin by thanking the ever-​patient waitress as we knew very little Italian and her English was limited.
Walking down the cobblestone street to this restaurant was interesting. I never pictured so much grafitti in Northern Italy (Milan, Pavia, Caronno) — and not the artsy kinda grafitti, but the unfortunate talentless grafitti. Anyhow, we stumbled upon a large neon pizzeria sign and said «Why-​The-​Hell-​Not?»
Americans apparently eat very early in comparison to Italians. I found most restaurants in Italy don’t open until 8 PM. I believe this place was open at 7:30 PM and we were the first customers. We were seated at table near an open window, ordered acqua frizzante (sparkling water) and acqua naturale (still water), and were handed menus. The menus were in Italian and we fumbled about finding some recognizable entrees. The waitress helped us a bit, as well.
We started with a basic insalata misto (mixed salad). They bring out a couple of olive oils to choose from, but you will not get the typical salad dressings around Italy. We then had a pizza which the waitress suggested. It was pretty effin’ amazing! The thin pizza crust was perfectly cooked in their wood fired oven; covered with ricotta; and topped w basil, cherry tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, and olives. It was brought to the table pre-​cut into three portions. Most of the pizzerias do not cut your pizza for you; however, since three of us were sharing it as an appetizer, they did cut it for us. My colleagues (American and Israeli) did not like the fact that it wasn’t cut. I could care less! It was magnificent! Grab your knife and fork and silence your mouths with some pizza, ladies!
I chose the stuffed calamari rings for dinner and was very satisfied with my choice. The calamari was very tender — cooked just right. I’m not sure what the stuffing was, but it was very good. I would highly suggest this entrée if you love calamari as much as I do. After having salad and pizza, I did not finish my calamari. My colleagues also enjoyed their entrees — spaghetti and scallopini with funghi porcini (mushrooms). Since the funghi porcini were so good, I bought some at the market and took them home with me!
All in all, we left happy with stuffed tummies and walked our way back down the cobblestone street to our hotel.