Porta Casa

We thought we’d try a different local for take-​out. I went for the Volcano and my wife the cannelloni. Both meals were surprisingly nice. The Volcano is definitely hot, and the cannelloni was good if a little salty. All at a reasonable price. Will happily go back.

Porta Casa isn’t really a sit-​down pizza joint. They’ve got tables, sure — a couple inside and maybe three or four outside. But really, it’s designed for you to pick up your pizza and go. (They do deliver, but given I live across the road from them I don’t bother with it).
But what pizza! They’ve got three or four winners from the last few Melbourne shows. There’s a four-​cheese pizza I’d kill a man for. There’s a prosciutto pineapple, chilli and bocconcini which is worth at least a maiming. Best thing is, they’re willing to accept dollars instead of acts of physical damage — it’s up to about twenty dollars for a large gourmet, often less. Certainly not the cheapest pizza in town, but it’s worth the price.
The only complaint I’d have about them, really, is that they don’t do the more… old-​school varieties well. Sure, they can do a good prosciutto pizza, but ask them for an Aussie (ham and egg, for those not from Australia) and they’ll use swanky ingredients which actually make the pizza slightly worse.