On Mar 6, 3:02 pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 6, 1:09?pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > > Looks like Tokyo has its own A16 pizzaria. Try the "romana"; very strong
> > > flavors, if it's anything like the A16 here in SF. It was voted one of
> > > the best 25 in the US, so it has to be top 2-3 in Japan.
>
> > >http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fg20100305rs.html
>
> > > Mike
> > Hey, I know where that is at!  Thought about going there for lunch a
> > number of times but then take
> > one look at the price on the menu and keep moving on.  For a JPY 100
> > cheaper pizza, I can walk a little
> > further to Tokyo Station to Da Ciba which includes salad and drink.
> >http://www.dacibo.jp/
> > My cultured palate isn't quite as fussy as my wallet.
>
> It's worth a try; here in SF, more "authentic" (ie, Italian-style)
> pizzas are all the rage. This means thinner crusts, cooked under very
> high heat for 2-3 minutes. Definitely worth a trip at least once, to
> impress a girl-friend, make up with the boss, er, wife, etc.
>
> Oh, and here's a line from the review; "The wine list is far longer than the
> food menu, and is split pretty evenly between southern Italy and California.
>
> In fact, without advertising itself as such, A16 is the kind of all-day
> wine bar that we have craved so long in Tokyo. It has bottles in all
> price ranges and a solid base of quality cuisine to match them with --
> and best of all, with a refreshing absence of highfalutin pretensions."
>
> Mike

This one might fit the bill for that as well:

http://www.rigoletto.jp/main.html

The one in the Shin Maru Building is a wine bar an about 2 blocks up
the street from A16.  They have
a JPY 1000 pasta lunch (choice of pastas or pizza, green salad, coffee
or tea) with similar
pizza styles and apparently a rather large selection of wines (you
have to walk through their
"cellar" to get to you seat.)  Not much keen on wine though so can't
really talk much about
their selection.