Mugliani oven needs adoption

Good news! There is a top of the line Mugliani wood fired pizza oven in Eureka, CA in need of a good pizziaolo. The owner of the building that used to house Cin Cin and The Ritz restaurants has installed an impressive Mugliani oven at a cost of over $60,000. Some of his motivation appears to come from his native France where ovens like this are well loved and respected as a center of the community. I admire this motivation but see a big difficulty for this new oven. First, neither the customers on the Ritz side nor the Cin-Cin side can actually see this magnificent oven. This is not good for the ambiance of a restaurant that has put such considerable investment in this oven. If you have been to Brick and Fire Bistro, in Eureka, you know how that Alan Scott oven sets the ambiance. This new restaurant looks like it will hide away its best feature.

While tonight's "free pizza event" should not be used to judge the future pizzas of this establishment, the pizzas were not impressive. It appeared the low hydration crumbly dough was being made just minutes before being used. The dough was neither fermented not cooked to any level of char. Let's hope the future operator knows more about pizza than the newbies who were working tonight. If you or someone you know would like to run a restaurant centered around a gorgeous Mugliani oven, contact the building owner of 421 Third Street, Eureka and start making the food that is worthy of this impressive oven.

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