Franco Manca

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Nobody Hates Pizza: Franco Manca - Root and Bone

Franco Manca makes great pizzas.

There is something beautiful about the process of traditional pizza making and, gloriously, at all branches of Franco Manca you have full view of the kitchen.

I think the trinity of charred sour dough, aromatic, fluffy and chewy, topped with super-tomatoey tomato sauce suffused with basil and finished with good fresh mozzarella is one that is rather cohesive and wonderful and is the reason why Franco Manca is now in the dining repertoire of most people who live in London.

I heard a middle-aged couple commenting on the elongated queue of people waiting to get in on a Thursday night – “Why are they all queuing when there’s another pizza place round the corner?”

Something new comes along, it trundles by quietly plying its trade mostly to friends, gets word-of-mouth publicity, friends of friends of friends start turning up, a second branch opens up, it catches a zeitgeist, Timeout gives it a good write up, it gets big, now everyone’s going, it gets corporate investment, ten more branches open up, the original owners walk away millionaires, five slightly worse simulations appear all financed by big restaurant money all graphic-designed within an inch of their lives, Topman do a range of T-shirts referencing it, its mainstream, its over, its bull-shit, the Evening Standard do an opinion piece on it as a cultural trend.

Anna, Look!: Restaurant review: FRANCO MANCA (Bromley)

Living out in the suburbs of south east London can be a bit of a drag sometimes, given the Tube connections revolve around north London, and all the coolest events are generally in central.

As someone who has almost gotten used to the surly ‘you should feel lucky to be eating here’ expression that I’m greeted with at every other central London restaurant I dined in when I have the temerity to ask for so much as a serviette, I was taken aback by such a display of hospitality.

My pizza, Number 6 (Tomato, Organic chorizo) was flawless.

You could add extra ingredients, so I had pesto and onion, two things I love but has not really been an option to add onto your pizza before.

My share of the bill came to just £15, an absolute steal considering I'd had half a starter, a lush pizza and a beer!

Major Foodie Review - Franco Manca

One of a growing chain in the UK serving very reasonably priced pizzas using excellent sour dough bases This is a high tempo, casual and fun place to have a pizza and I was always interested in their josper oven cooking at 500 degrees and making the pizza in very quick time.

Great pizzas where I almost preferred the crust to the actual pizza, but this venue would benefit from outdoor lamps to combat the cold.

The (6) wasn’t bad but simply didn’t ring any loud bells of happiness compared to other pizzas had as an overall effect, but what I thought was excellent was the freshly made and baked sour dough, the crust of which can be dipped in the home made chili and garlic oils – these were both not too strong at all and were significantly better than any run of the mill dough balls and garlic butter or oil that you can get at other pizza venues.

Good news for those that love this original chain, and although it was a Friday night I was still surprised at how long the queue was throughout the evening, roving its popularity and was nice to hear the number of Italians dining as well which is another good sign.

I do think this branch would benefit from some heating lamps for those dining under the umbrella outside as we approach the cold months as my only other observation, but ultimately I was pleased with the package here and is certainly a good confirmation to have for future drops ins which I will definitely do when needed in the mood for a fun, quick fix.

Franco Manca Tottenham Court Road review – West End take away ...

The only pescatarian option is a pizza topped with anchovies, tomato, garlic, oregano, capers, olives and mozzarella.

The flavours of the punchy oregano, fruity tomato sauce and hints of garlic were stronger than that of the mozzarella, but this slight imbalance, along with the somewhat uneven placement of toppings, were the only flaws in this otherwise well-crafted pizza.

The meat toppings on this pizza alternated between thin slices of dried and semi dried chorizo – both were excellent.

The thickly sliced, meaty chunks of semi dried chorizo added a gentle, but distinct and flavoursome smokiness to this pizza along with hints of fatty chewiness.

The more thinly sliced pieces of lightly salty dried chorizo were moreish in their own right and contrasted nicely with the light fruitiness of the tomato sauce and the creamy viscousness of the mozzarella.

Franco Manca W4 restaurant review 2013 June London | Pizza ...

Franco Manca in Brixton Market is something of a legend amongst foodies; open only for lunch, people queue around the block to eat its pizzas.

The lovely tiled floor uses tiles (some dating back to the 16th century) from a villa in Naples that was damaged in the earthquake in 1980; piece of damaged tiles are used to decorate the pizza oven.

The pizza oven is a wood-burning “Tufae” oven constructed on the site by builders from Naples, and weighs eight tons, getting to 550C.

Sad foodie that I am, I was there early to ensure that I ate the very first pizza produced from the oven on the restaurant’s first service when it opened.

However, no one wants to eat elaborate food every day, and it is a delight to see someone with such passion trying to produce the very finest pizza that can be made.

Franco Manca North Laine | Brighton Restaurant Reviews ...

Founded in Brixton Market in 2008, Franca Manca's Brighton plot assumes the rustic and gourmet stance of this humble pizzeria with a restaurant plot in North Laine.

A 130 seater restaurant primed for those with a love of all things savoury and doughy, Franco Manca doses the town on only the finest in sourdough pizzas alongside a roster of craft beers and wines in a pastoral, rustic and re-purposed inspired setting.

Expect to gorge on pizzas the likes of their wild broccoli with Gloucester old spot hand sliced sausage and their traditional tomato and mozzarella.