Hie Pie

Being off the main strip, Yauca's Lounge on Dovercourt never had much traction with the Bloorcourt Village neighbourhood. New spot Village Pizza is aiming to be different. They're off to a good start, earning a spot in Now's Best Pizza issue with their "authentic" Hawaiian pizza offering, complete with spam.

On Sunday, I dropped by for a slice ($5) and a pop ($2.50). With prices like that, it certainly won't be my go-to place for a quick bite. Two-fifty for a can of Coke? Sheesh. The slice of margherita was pretty good, certainly better than anything offered by the Pizza Pizza at the corner. On the other hand, it was pricier for a smaller slice. Yet despite being just out of the oven, it lacked that wonderful baked dough taste and flavour from places like Pizzeria Libretto. Certainly with a standard pizza oven, you can't really expect more. But on price, typically around $20+ for an entire pie, they are competing against these better restaurants. So they'd have to up their game. Will they last? They do have that trendy hipster vibe. But it is a hidden spot that likely won't get much foot traffic or business from the older working class residents.