NEWS ABOUT Buenos Aires Pizzeria
Rocky Mountain News, 2004
Dining Guide 2004 -Top 150 Restaurants - South American
Top of the Rocky, October 28 - TOP CUBAN SANDWICH
Clarín, Buenos Aires, 22 de julio, 2004
Milanesa, divino tesoro "Los enviados argentinos tuvieron que adaptarse al cambio de horario, cuatro horas menos que en Buenos Aires en la Costa Oeste, tres en Denver. . Con cinco días en EE.UU., los periodistas estaban dispuestos a canjear su reino por una milanesa, una porción de pascualina o alguna comida con sabor a casa. Entonces, como por arte de magia, apareció la pizzería Buenos Aires. Sí, un rincón argentino en Denver. La música de Los Piojos los hizo sentir en casa apenas atravesaron la puerta. Y en el piso de abajo, directamente creyeron estar en su hogar. A través de una pantalla gigante transmitían el partido de la Selección ante Colombia. Había un grupito pequeño de celeste y blanco, cantando que esta barra quilombera y gritando por la goleada. Francis Carreras, el dueño del lugar, se mudó hace 16 años para acá. Hincha de Boca, se ocupa de disimular el desarraigo. Los cronistas, agradecidos. Sobre todo tras la milanesa con ensalada rusa y el flan de postre..."
Rocky Mountain News, August 6, 2004 - Review
Pizza place serves melting pot of tastes, by John Lehndorff- “Some restaurants just feel good every time you visit them. It has less to do with the particular cuisine or ambience than with the spirit of the place.
I like how Buenos Aires Pizzeria feels, and have since it was just a fledgling takeout shop at 1319 22 nd St., two blocks from Coors Field…While that original location remains, a sit-down Buenos Aires Pizzeria recently opened two doors down with an expanded menu that includes gnocchi, but only on the 29 th day of each month.
The bright, high-ceilinged space with a rough old wooden floor is decorated with posters and photos highlighting the major passions of Buenos Aires’ huge Italian community: food, soccer and the tango. Owner Francis Carrera is an Argentine native, and the pizzeria is staffed in part by family members of all ages. It’s the perfect setting for a melting pot menu that is simultaneously familiar and exotic…
…We began with some of the 10 types of first-class empanadas … one lightly baked pastry pocket is stuffed with sautéed onions swathed in creamy bleu cheese. Another handmade winner is the chicken with cheese, basil and tomato. …
…The core of the menu is Argentine-style pizza …The topping combos are divided between pizza brushed with good olive oil and those topped with tomato sauce. Unlike New York-style or Neapolitan pizzas, this crust is a little thicker and breadier but still crunchy. …the sauces and toppings are spread to the edge of the circle. … Among the unusual variations is the signature Buenos Aires pizza… It’s hard not to lapse into tango analogies describing the captivating Borges pizza. The thin bready crust is brushed with olive oil and layered with good mozzarella, sliced tomato, and tons of chopped spinach all drizzled with a well-made, lightly herbed Bechamel sauce. It takes pizza to a higher level. Besides, you’ve got to love a pizza named after a literary giant like Jorge Luis Borges. …
…What is cleaar is that obvious care is taken in preparing every dish, and the ingredients are all quality stuff.
Pizza’s nice, but I’d go back to Buenos Aires (Pizzeria) just for another taste of the best Cuban sandwich in Denver. Thin-sliced roast pork and smoky ham plus good Swiss cheese and pickle slices are tucked dinside a mustard-swabbed roll griddle-pressed until warm and gooey. Man, that’s good eating! …
Buenos Aires (Pizzeria)… is a welcoming, affordable place to meet in Lo Do that has free parking nearby. Besides, where else are you going to go for a slice, a brew and a tango lesson?
Westword, December 8, 2005, by Jason Sheehan
Up to this point, I had given about as much thought to the foods of Argentina as I had to the high peaks of Cincinnati or the beaches of Kansas...That is, until last month, when I discovered Buenos Aires Pizzeria. Now I'm ready to pack up the wife, the kid, the cats and the typer and move to Argentina myself. They make really good pizza, different in many ways from the pizza we're accustomed to in this country, flavored with a strange, transatlantic mélange of culinary influences." Read more here...
Family has all the ingredients for a dining empire - By Janet Forgrieve, Rocky Mountain News, August 11, 2006
""We had worked really hard already for so many years," she said. "But he has such enthusiasm and he puts his heart and soul into it, and I do end up getting excited." Ana and daughter Paula run Soft Delivery, while Francis and Alex run the restaurants - along with help from some good friends."
Westword – Best of Denver 2007
"Buenos Aires has long been a magnet for immigrants. Successive waves of wanderers from Italy, Africa, Asia and elsewhere have washed up in that cosmopolitan city, and each group has brought a little taste of their homeland with them. And now we have all those tastes here in Denver at Buenos Aires..." Read more here...
