Marco's Pizzeria

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946 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28804

(828) 285-0709

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by vampirefan

Charlotte, North Carolina

March 30, 2012

Best of IgoUgo After Nick and I paid a quick visit to several stores to see if he could get his photo enlarged, we were getting hungry and knew we had a drive ahead of us to the next part of our journey to Winston Salem. Nick loves pizza and as we turned down ...Read more After Nick and I paid a quick visit to several stores to see if he could get his photo enlarged, we were getting hungry and knew we had a drive ahead of us to the next part of our journey to Winston Salem. Nick loves pizza and as we turned down Merrimon road we saw signs for several pizza places. Marco’s was the first, so we pulled in and went on in for Nick’s favorite meal..pizza.

Since 1933, this family owned business has been serving up top notch pizza to hungry Ashevillians and visitors alike. They have been voted the best pizzeria in Western North Carolina by readers of Mountain Express from 2003-2011 and the Asheville Citizens Times from 2003-2007.

You can start out with favorites such as calamari (though not my favorite by a long shot), garlic bread, or hot wings. They have quite a few salads including Mozzarella, Greek, or just a side salad to complement your meal. The house pizza is either margarita with tomatoe sauce, mozzarella, and fresh basil or white pizza with mozzarella, ricotta, and garlic. Other pizzas include Greek, BBQ, 3 Meat, Veggie, and Pesto. Or just make your own from you choice of 30 toppings and 7 premium toppings. Pizzas come in individual (10"), small (16") or large (18"). They have calzones or 6 varieties of Stromboli. Hot sandwiches include chicken, eggplant, or meatball parmesan, roast beef, veggie, and a number of hero sandwiches. They also offer a fish sandwich. Entrees include your typical Italian entrees…. baked ziti, lasagna, spaghetti, and other Italian restaurant favorites.

Nick likes the white pizza but I don’t. So we go with a large Margarita pizza and I get a side salad with vinaigrette dressing. We place our order, grab our teas, and go sit down while Nick plays on Facebook and I check in on Facebook and Foursquare and get ready to add my recommendations to Stamped and Google Places. It doesn’t take long before my salad comes out and I love the tangy vinaigrette dressing and end up having to share with my honey since we are both starving. Within a few more minutes, out comes our pizza. It was somewhat greasy on top but I just dabbed it off and continued on. I thought the pizza was great and the crust was light and tasty. It didn’t fare quite as well with Nick. But he still enjoyed it. He just grew up working in a family pizza shop in Philly so he is a little more of an expert in pizza. Just like he was more impressed with our cruise we just recently took than I was. They also have a very nice dessert menu and they had some beautiful looking cakes at the front, but we were both too stuff to think about it. So we just paid our bill, left a tip, and ventured on to Winston Salem with a full and happy tummy.

They do offer a beer and wine menu. They have catering for your next big event. Large parties are welcome. Vegans/vegetarians have plenty of options here. They do not have a kids menu, but it is a pizza place. What kid doesn’t like pizza?

Recommendation: Highly recommended.

Cuisine: Pizza/Italian

Price range: $10-$20 pp

Website: www.marcos-pizzeria.com

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For some great New York style pizza in the NC Mountains, make sure you give Marcos a try!

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