Food Porn: Pizzeria Basta

For this week's Cafe review, I headed to Boulder and Pizzeria Basta, where chef-owner Kelly Whitaker and his partner, Alan Henkin, have been pushing to make pizza better since Basta opened in early 2010. Basta means enough, but enough will never be enough here. Here's a serving of food porn...
By Laura Shunk
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For this week’s Cafe review, I headed to Boulder and Pizzeria Basta, where chef-owner Kelly Whitaker and his partner, Alan Henkin, have been pushing to make pizza better since Basta opened in early 2010.

Basta means enough, but enough will never be enough here.

Here’s a serving of food porn from Pizzeria Basta:

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Laura Shunk was Westword‘s restaurant critic from 2010 to 2012; she’s also been food editor at the Village Voice and a dining columnist in Beijing. Her toughest assignment had her drinking ten martinis and eating ten Caesar salads over the course of 48 hours. She still drinks martinis, but remains lukewarm on Caesar salads.

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