Cuisine:

• American
• Pizza

American Flatbread Burlington Description:
Gourmet pizza is again en vogue, but Burlington's been slinging innovative pies for years. Flush with local produce (sweat leaf lettuce, organic mozzarella), American Flatbread is more than a slice-and-soda joint. Guests swarm the upscale bar, jockeying for quaffs of in-house brews like Zero Gravity Boognish Brown, nutty ale that's good with smoky servings of roasted tomato pie. Outsiders might overlook the lonely Evolution Salad (it's the menu's sole appetizer), but every meal should begin with this mesclun mix, tossed with shaved carrots, crumbled chèvre, and a bright ginger-raspberry vinaigrette. Still, it's the wood-fired squares of milled wheat that have earned this hearth its deserved legacy. Flatbread's signature cheese and herb pie (sans red sauce) tastes like tarte flambé. Baked into crispy, elegant strips, the pizza seems impossibly thin for such rich oregano flavor. Also first-rate is the nitrate-free New Vermont Sausage, where every bite brings a balanced burst of fennel, sweet onion and roasted red pepper. This is pizza for gourmets and casual palates alike.


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