Vanessa and I visited Pi Bar (new pizza/good beer place on Valencia) with a large group on its second night, which was also a Friday (October 2). As Chris posted over on his blog, we had a mixed experience that night. The wait was a bit long, some of the pizza was great, some wasn’t so great, etc. About what you would expect at a place working out the kinks, so you cut it some slack.
Last Friday (October 9), Vanessa and I popped in for a pie before we headed down to Carmel for the weekend. We ordered a salad to start and a small pepperoni pizza. The pizza was cooked about to perfect (although we initially feared it was a bit overdone) and the salad was great. About the only area for them to improve was a long wait for the pizza. But hey, they haven’t even been open a month, so they are definitely still in their grace period. Pauline’s and Gialina are still my faves in town, but we’ll keep checking Pi Bar out, especially given the close proximity to our apartment, and the tasty beers on tap.