Wooden Heads

This weekend I was at United Empire Loyalist Heritage Centre and Park for the Alberry Family Reunion in Adolphustown, On. First, I had to pick up my little brother in Kingston, ON, where we decided to get some delicious lunch at Wooden Heads. This downtown restaurant features a brick oven in the middle of the room where gourmet pizzas are fired. After scanning a pretty tasty looking menu, we decided to get 2 pizzas to share:

Meraviglioso - lobster curry, brie, caramelized onions, fresh basil

I ordered the Meraviglioso, not quite sure what to expect. This pizza was really sweet, and if it didn't say lobster on the menu, I wouldn't have known it was there. The 'lobster curry' seems to be a sauce, with very few pieces of lobster involved. The taste was pretty good - it is hard to go wrong with brie! The real star of the show was the pizza my brother chose:

Arrabbiata - superdynamite, pomodoro sauce, mozzarella, calabrese salami, banana peppers

This pizza was perfect. It was greasy and cheesy, so if that isn't your thing then maybe it isn't for you. Calabrese salami is one of my favourites, and the banana peppers were an amazing choice I would not have expected to work as well as it did. We didn't figure out what 'superdynamite' was and forgot to ask, but I am guessing it is a sauce that was involved...maybe? It was hard to tell where all the spice was coming from, but each bite packed some heat. We also ordered the Calamari Mumbai off the 'Tapas' menu and I failed to take a picture of it. I was more annoyed at the gratuitous use of tapas than anything else all day. It was a list of Appetizers, not really what you would picture as tapas, but sure, go ahead. The calamari was almost all cooked well, I got a piece that was overdone and too chewy. The sauce was tasty, but the naan felt cheap and I have had better from the grocery store, never mind an actual restaurant.

Likes: The atmosphere was nice and relaxing and the Arrabbiata pizza was delicious
Dislikes: The lobster curry was a bit of a miss for me. Restaurants should only do naan if you are going to be serious about it, it was a disappointment.
Food: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Would I go again?: Maybe. I am not in Kingston very often and there are other places I would like to try. A couple other pizzas on the menu might make it worth another visit.