Sfizio (svee-tsio) Modern Italian Kitchen is located in North Phoenix Arizona near the Dessert Ridge Mall. They serve Italian Style foods with flavors of South Italy. They offer small plates, three variety bruschetta plates, salads, wood fired Neapolitan Pizzas, calzones, hand crafted pastas, four entrees (pollo parmesan, eggplant tortino, pollo piccata, braised short ribs with risotto and vegetables). They also offer a kids menu, desserts, alcohol and more!
Inside they have one main dining room and a bar. They also have a patio that wraps around the restaurant.
We started out with the eggplant rollotini and the stone fired bread.
The bread is a little toasty and buttery. The eggplant is very thin with a nice texture and seems free of oil. It’s stuffed with creamy ricotta cheese and is topped with marinara, a little bit of a mozzarella type of cheese and a little fresh basil.
For dinner we tried the pollo piccata and the braised short ribs.
The pollo piccata is TWO pounded pieces of chicken breast that was prepared with white wine, lemon, and capers. It came with perfectly prepared spaghetti. For some this is a large portion and some people might get two meals out of this.
The braised short ribs are also a generous entree.
Here you get tender crisp fresh vegetables, saffron laced risotto and tender flavorful short ribs.
If you can manage to save room for dessert the cannoli are worth a try.
The shells taste house made and are less sweet and less bubbly than most. The filling is rich and creamy and is also less sweet and than most. But what is really special are the pistachios. They are so darn flavorful. They sure didn’t come from Costco. They use the very best pistachios that you can ever taste.
Sfizio Modern Italian Kitchen Phoenix AZ – Worth a Fork!
21050 N Tatum Blvd PHX AZ
480-687-8107
www.SfizioItaliano.com
Everything is subject to change.
