Dino's Wood Burning Pizza

 Below is a Review of Dino's from Amy Pataki at the Toronto Star
I too enjoy Dino's Pizza and his shop - although there have been occasions when I tried to order some pizza and for some reason didn't connect and ended up having to go to Pizza Nova instead.  
Hopefully Dino fixed his telephone and great wood fired pizza is flying out the door. Have a read of Amy's excellent write-up then go check out Dino's and enjoy delicious pizza
- Bobby
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Dino's Wood Burning Pizza
(out of 4)


Address: 820 The Queensway (near Royal York Rd.), 416-259-0050
Chef: Dino Ari
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Reservations: Yes
Wheelchair access: Washrooms downstairs
Price: Dinner for two with pop, tax and tip: $30

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There must be easier things to tend all day – colicky newborns, say, or David Hasselhoff – than the wood-burning oven at Dino Ari's Etobicoke pizzeria.
It's a 12-hour babysitting job, six days a week. Ari comes in at 9 a.m. to care for his two-metre-long charge. He starts by raking out the ashes and gently mopping the insides with a damp cloth. Then he lays down kindling (his preferred starter is the Toronto Star). Once the kindling catches, Ari slides in huge chunks of Manitoba maple that he chops and cures himself.
All day, he stokes the 1,000-degree fahrenheit oven, hot enough to cook a pizza in three minutes. Sometime before 10 p.m., Ari closes the metal doors and puts the fire to sleep.
"It's a big job. With an electrical pizza oven, you just turn it on," Ari says. "But I love fire. It's relaxing to me. People go and buy artificial fireplaces. I watch the real thing all day."
The pleasure is shared by all of us. Dino's pizzas – both Italian and Turkish – are gorgeously crusty and delightfully restrained.   READ MORE