Modena Pizza & Pasta

description: A Build-Your-Own Calzone with pineapples, olives, and roasted garlic The first thing I can talk about is the absolute size of this thing - what a beast I was not expecting it to be this big - when they brought it out I was actually shocked My first thought was "can I finish this" What an incredible eating experience this was Firstly, the fried dough was pretty much perfect.
It was a beautifully golden brown crispy on the outside coated with just enough oil, but the inside has a softness and was relatively easy to cut with a fork and knife.
Just a fantastic outer layer Eating this started with an near life-changing cheese experience.
The amount of cheese piled into the first part of the calzone was incredible - and it was so beautiful - the cheese pulls, the way it combined with the dough - everything was perfect.
I can't talk enough about what a cheesy goodness experience that is Going onto the rest of the calzone - the pineapples and olives were excellent - and combined incredibly well with the remnants of the cheese and the rest of the dough I wasn't a huge fan of the garlic, though.
there was just wayy too many cloves, and placing them individually meant that you really had to eat them as the focus of a bite rather than adding as a side to a bite.
I ended up taking out a lot of them because they didn't taste very good as the focus I did have a main issue with this calzone.
All the cheese was essentially on the left side, and all the toppings were on the right side - so these weren't evenly distributed at all.
This led to an amazing explosion of taste during the first part of eating, but the second half was still good, but completely stuffed with toppings so that I got way more of the toppings than any cheese or dough while eating that half.
While the toppings were good - I began to get tired when every bite was just toppings.
I wish the toppings and cheese were spread out through the whole calzone equally For the price, this was a really strong amount of food.
I was able to finish it all but felt quite full afterwards.
The dough being consistently good throughout really helped Overall, started off incredible but tapered off a little towards the end, but still top-tier as an experience.
8.75/10

Owner response

Update: This place is better every time we come.
Couldn't recommend more highly...
We love Modena!! We've been here twice now and this place is low-key amazing.
Very chill but thoughtful dine-in vibes, extremely family-friendly staff, and very tasty food for the money.
We've had two pizzas, three pasta dishes, and two salads.
Note: the cream-based pastas are VERY rich.
Love this place ❤️ PS: this place looks to be under be ownership so reviews from 2 years ago or more are not relevant 😊

Owner response

This place is absolutely delicious.
The servings are generous and the quality is top notch.
While it's a smallish venue the atmosphere is great for casual dining.
The staff are also super friendly.
Highly recommended, we've gone back so many times and the food is always great.

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