Location: 1747 India St., San Diego, CA 92101
Dates: 5/26/07
Price: moderate
Rating: 
Since the “Little Italy” section of San Diego was so close to our hotel (only a few blocks), we thought we should check out the most famous restaurant there, Filippis Pizza Grotto. The area around the place is very quaint with lots of little Italian places. But this clearly has been there for much longer than the other establishments. It is a cool looking place and I must say it’s almost worth a trip just for the atmosphere.
Having said that, I wasn’t terribly impressed with the pizza. We got a pizza with cheese and pepperoni. Nothing fancy. The sauce was what I would call “too sweet” and there was too much of it for my taste. It’s a bit different from what I’m used to. Maybe some people would like it because of that, though. The place was VERY busy — long line to get in. However, I think that is all part of the charm. It’s like an old Italian grocery store where you wait to go in. And the place itself is very cute. Prices are rather reasonable as I think the pizza was maybe $15 or so. Service was good, although I think our waiter was serving the whole place!
Overall, I think it’s worth a trip to Little Italy just to check the place out, as long as you don’t have too high expectations for the food.
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