Datsa Pizza | 907 N. Pennsylvania (downtown Indy) | Visited: Friday, November 28, 2014

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Intro

My brother (a transplant from Los Angeles and now a ten-year resident of the Circle City) swears by this place. Based on his recommendation, I had tried Datsa a couple of times in the past. But we had yet to work it into our Slices of Indy rotation. 

Another thing the Hollands had never checked off our family to-do list was to go downtown for the world's largest Christmas "tree" lighting ceremony. Since my new office overlooks Monument Circle, it was a chance to see the annual event from the warmth and comfort of a 13th story vantage point. 

So, with those goals in mind, Benjamin, Amy and I set off for our chance to kill two birds with one trip downtown.

Atmosphere & Service

Since it was the day after Thanksgiving (technically Black Friday), we figured the restaurant would be crowded. We figured wrong. Truth be told, we were the only people in the place for most of our meal. 

The 36-seat restaurant is cozy (if not a bit cramped), with local artists featured on its walls. The staff of two was friendly, accommodating and contemplating shutting down (since they weren't busy) to head down and watch the lighting ceremony themselves. Not sure if they decided to do so or not. 

My previous two visits to Datsa had been at lunch, when business is a bit more brisk. Datsa Pizza is conveniently located on Penn, just northeast of the main library and catty-corner from the amazing new farm to fork restaurant, Plow & Anchor. 

Pizza (breadsticks)  

The breadsticks looked and tasted pretty decent. Above average. I'd give them a solid B in my breadstick gradebook. 

Since we were sans Sophia for the evening (Wesley was missing, too), we went with the Datsa Meaty Meat pizza, featuring sweet or spicy sausage (we chose the former), pepperoni, ham, ground beef and bacon. 

The crust didn't seem all that flavorful, but the combination of the rest of the toppings made for a delicious overall experience. 

In conclusion, I think Datsa is a good value for your pizza-buying dollar. You should give it a try the next time you're at the main library or meandering near downtown. 

Verbatims:

Ben: Breadsticks are doughy. The pizza is, um, hot. Tastes like some other place, but I'm not sure where. 

Brice: Sticks are solid, not too garlicky. Good cheese sauce, pretty sweet marinara sauce. Meaty meat has good flavor. 

Rating (out of 8 possible slices)

Dad: 5.0

Benjamin: 6.0