Emilio Finatti Pizzeria – PoCo

Emilio Finatti Pizzeria – I am always on the lookout for some great thin crust artesian style pizza. When I saw some signs of this place opening up during a drive by, I knew I had to give it a go. Funny enough, this isn’t my first encounter of this pizzeria – their first location was in Langley which I had went to prior to Covid. I fully enjoyed the experience of the food and the atmosphere there. I didn’t connect the two together until I had browsed through their website. This review will be their Port Coquitlam location. This location is within the industrial area where their bottom level is serving pizza while the upper level focuses on selling the machinery / equipment. Since it was my first time at this location, I went with the suggestion of getting the verdure suprema as my friend and I were feeling more veggie than meat that day. I appreciate that they make it to order to ensure freshness! I like the fact that each pizza – they would scribble a little cartoon of any kind as their way of saying thank you. I love it – since it’s unique and it provides a nice personal touch to it. They also include any dipping sauce of your choice to go along with the pizza. Once you open the box to check out the pizza – you can definitely tell there has been alot of thought put into each pie. The amount of ingredients are fresh and generous and wonderfully topped on top. I will say though – because it’s thin crust – it doesn’t hold the ingredients well and some of the toppings will fall off due to the weight. However, I do manage to get a bit of topping in each bite. I like that they add a slight sweetness – not sure if it’s honey but some sort of light syrup on the edge of the crust to get a sweet savory taste. It’s quite nice. The dipping sauce is also really nice and fresh and depending on the flavour – it packs a punch. I do recommend not to put too much since the dipping sauce will over power the toppings on the pizza. I would highly recommend to try every flavour they have. I can’t wait to try it again! By the way – did you know they competed in Las Vegas’ pizza challenge twice. That’s pretty impressive in my books!