Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Due Forni brings two great pizza styles to Summerlin

Due Forni

Beverly Poppe

Due Forni, with two styles of crust done in separate ovens, ups the Summerlin pizza game.

I’m not trying to hate on you, Henderson, but you better watch out. When it comes to competing cuisine in the similar suburbias of Henderson and Summerlin, the west side has traditionally edged the east, if only by a slight margin. It’s always tight. We’ve got Rosemary’s over here, you’ve got Todd’s over there. Until recently, westsiders had to make the trek to your ’hood to get the best pizza in the valley at places like Settebello and Grimaldi’s.

No more. We’ve got our own Grimaldi’s now, in Boca Park, and with the recent opening of Due Forni near the Gardens Park, Settebello’s monopoly on neighborhood Neapolitan-style pie is in jeopardy. It’s getting serious.

The Details

Due Forni
3555 S. Town Center Drive
586-6500
Sun-Wed, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Thu-Sat, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Map of Due Forni

Due Forni

3555 S. Town Center Drive, Las Vegas

The Due Forni concept: two ovens for two types of pizza crust—Neapolitan, which is cooked at higher temperatures for chewy, tender goodness, and Roman, which is crispy and firm. There are seven pizzas to choose from. If you’re loading it up, as with the Tartufo, a rich combination of fontina cheese, crimini mushroom, black truffle, Parmesan cream and a soft-cooked egg, better go with the chewy crust. Roman works better for simple-yet-flavorful pizzas like a classic margherita, or the four-cheese. The restaurant’s namesake pizza has sausage, bacon, San Marzano tomato, imported bufala mozzarella and piquillo peppers.

Both crust styles are delicious and the imported ingredients make all the difference, but Due Forni has other charming attributes. Hot and cold starters are tempting, including an ahi tuna and lemon oil crudo, gnocchi with bacon and peas or savory turkey mini-meatballs in marinara. To show off the bufala mozzarella from Campania, you’re allowed to choose soft, smoked or creamy cheese and to pair it with roasted peppers, anchovies or marinated artichokes to create a perfect appetizer. The wine list is ridiculous in a good way, because they do everything by the glass. I probably won’t sample California blend the Puzzle for $45, but it’s nice to have the option.

Due Forni is a cool space, too. From the main dining room you can see those two custom pizza ovens, or enjoy a family dinner on the patio on nifty orange chairs. I can see this narrow, stylish bar area becoming the new wine-and-nosh hotspot in Summerlin. Point, westside. Sorry, Henderson.

— Originally published in Las Vegas Weekly.

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