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This one issue aside, Forcella's food (at least what we tried) was excellent and inexpensive. Indeed, I can't recall a single item that broke $20. Forcella is primarily chi chi pizza, but there are a handful of more traditional Italian dishes like lasagna and some more American dishes like what Shrink ordered, a Hamburger (I can't remember the name, dammitall) with a small side salad. Shrink loved the dressing and loved the burger, saying that it was the best she could remember having. While I might not go quite that far with regards to the hamburger, it was pretty tasty. Everyone who's written about Forcella has written about their deep fried pizzas and who am I to fight the herd? So, I decided to see what all the hype was about and ordered a Montanara. Essentially, Forcella deep fries the dough before making a pizza out of it. The result is... different. Like I said, I tried the Montanara, which is basically a margherita pizza (sauce, mozzarella, basil) but with fried dough. I liked it, but I can't say I loved it. If you thought that frying the dough would give it a crispy, fried chickeny crust, you're way off. Think funnel cake. The crust was intensely sweet and extremely pillowy. It goes without saying that it was pretty damn greasy, too. The next time I go to a county fair, I'll think of Forcella, but the next time I go to Forcella, I think I'll stick with a standard crust.

Still, there was dinner to be had... and a half bottle of wine left. I stuck with my New York State locavore rah rah rah self this evening and chose the Hudson Valley Duck Breast for my entree. Cooked medium rare, it was almost like eating steak. It came with a peppering of braised baby turnip, cabbage, and, with some of the same blood orange as was on the foie gras, it was the perfect accompaniment. It literally melted when I bit into it. Unlike the foie gras, it wasn't at all heavy. Speeds ordered the Hatfield Farms Pork Chop Milanese, a layering of shnitzelized pork chops, apples, and brussels sprouts under a mustard sauce. It was very good but a little bit boring. So although I liked it and I'd recommend it if you were really in the mood, I would personally probably have preferred some of the more interesting items that were on the menu, like Florida snapper or the Maya Shrimp. Since the pork chops was a far larger entree than the duck breast was each bite didn't feel like it would be your last. In fact, Speeds didn't finish it and she took what was left to go.