April 16, 2008

Picturesque Pizza in Costa Rica

Imagine this....

Driving around late afternoon along the coast after a day of surfing and playing in ocean, starving for a quick bite on your way
back to Hotel Luna Azul. Five minutes north of the hotel, you come across a small sign pointing down a path into the woods that say "Pizzeria". You have a flashback to 5th grade, and you recall Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken", and you decide to make a quick left turn down the path. Your four-wheel-drive vehicle barely fits on the "road", and you slowly descend down a narrow windy path. Fifteen minutes later, you start to worry that you this was a bad idea, but you push on since you don't know how to turn around. The sun is starting to set so you begin to ponder the feasibility of leaving in reverse. All of a sudden there is a clearing and you see two people hopping back onto their ATVs and realize there *is* something here. The pizzeria is in a hut on top of a cliff overlooking the ocean.

Now, this fares 20x better than pizza hut ;) but for the standard New Yorker it may not beat your all time best pizza. But this thin crust pizza is solid, and the view alone makes the pizza and the beer seem like some of the world's best. If you have time and energy you can take the 30mins walk down the cliff side to the beach to watch the sunset, but I suggest sitting at one of the tree stump tables, munching on the thin crust pizza and sipping a nice cold beer while watching the sun set over the cliffs and bright blue ocean. A truly serene and peaceful moment. This place is a (well) hidden gem, and definitely worth the effort if you're in the area around sundown.

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