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Farnia Pizzeria
By Kenny and Rebekah | January 25, 2009
The owners of the popular Artichoke Cafe here in Albuquerque recently opened a wood oven pizzeria and wine bar called Farnia Pizzeria. It’s located next to Artichoke Cafe in the city’s EDO District–an urban revitalization of Central Ave. between Broadway and I-25. We had recently heard about Farnia and had even passed by a few times. We love wood oven style pizzerias (Il Vicino being the top pic) so we decided to check it out last Friday.
The atmosphere is great: dark woods, contemporary lighting and an exposed brick interior wall of an old Cash and Carry make it a cozy-cool experience. It certainly is a small place though. The tables are a bit closer together than what you might be used to (dinner with your neighbor, really). Though we did observe that having people so close to your right and left really make you focus in on each other a bit more. It’s true. If you glance to the right or left your literally looking right at your neighbor. It didn’t take too long to get used to it though.
We would probably recommend making it an earlier outing if you can. We showed up about 5:45, missing the big crowd and a much longer wait (again, a fairly small establishment). There are certainly signs of it being a new restaurant—you just notice the small things a bit more knowing it’s brand new. The food, however, is fantastic. We shared the verde salad and the margherita pizza (with an addition of roasted artichoke hearts). I jsut love that crispy smokey wood oven flavor. All in all, a pleasant experience. I can certainly see us going back again.
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