I originally planned to exclude Mici because of my no-franchise rule, but I rethought it after a friend pointed out that it is a Colorado-only chain (five Denver/Parker/Highlands Ranch locations plus Lafayette). Then I discovered that it is not actually a franchise, as the original family owns all of the current locations (though they are considering franchising at some point, according to the nice employee who told me a little about it). It is pronounced "Meechy," not "Meesy," and it is in the strip mall just east of Sprouts on South Boulder Road. I had been here once before for lunch right after it opened about a year ago.
It started out very quiet for a Saturday night, but other groups of diners came in after us, including some who were picking up takeout (delivery is also an option within 3.5 miles through the restaurant's own delivery service).
After debating between pasta and pizza, we decided to share a casa salad (gorgonzola, red grapes, candied walnuts, mixed greens, and balsamic vinaigrette) and a Pietro pizza (tomato sauce, family-recipe sausage, pepperoncini, onion, and mozzarella). Note that the restaurant website says their meats contain no preservatives! We liked this pizza very much, and the leftovers reheated well for breakfast this morning. I had a glass of red wine, and G had a soft drink. For dessert, I got the Andes mint gelato, which was also good. We noted the weekday lunch special (M-F, 11-2, choose 2 for $9.29: pizza, pasta, salad, soup) for future reference.
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| Casa salad with garlic bread |
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| Pietro pizza and Micelli family photo |
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| A pizza-eye view of the front counter |
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| Now a gelato-eye view |
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| Note the kids-eat-free Mondays and bottle-of-wine-with-pizza specials, plus gluten-free options |
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| Pizza good! |
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| Gathering information |
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