Mimi's Pizza & Family Rstrnt

Kathleen Squires

Citysearch

The Scene
The pink dining room, decorated with pictures of Frank Sinatra and the Pope, has seen better days. But the clientele of local businesspeople, shopkeepers, students and residents don't linger long enough to notice.

The Food
It's hard to top the simple cheese pie with its chewy, firm crust, slightly salty mozzarella and thick tomato sauce. But if you get fancy, you may end up disappointed. Pizza verde, for example, is soggy under the weight of canned artichokes and chopped fresh tomatoes. The same philosophy holds for the dinner menu: While plump cheese ravioli, covered in the same terrific tomato sauce, has an unmistakably homemade flavor and farfalle in Alfredo sauce with mushrooms is mercifully light, bland potato croquettes stuffed with mozzarella and prosciutto are proof that sticking with the basics is a good idea.