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Bitondos Pizzeria

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Bitondo's Pizzeria
Acrylic on canvas, 16" x 12"

Bitondo's Pizzeria is a no-nonsense thin-slice pizza joint in Toronto's Little Italy. The outside is classic College Street character house, but the inside decor features a few bright orange and beige plastic chairs, sixties-era ceramic tile, Italian soccer pictures, and a Ms. PacMan arcade game. It really hasn't changed in years, thankfully.

The menu is short and the pizza is straightforwardly fresh and simple and delicious and tastes, as one reviewer notes, "like it grew up out of the ground or came off a tree as "pizza"."

I painted it on a late winter-darkening afternoon in the manner of Tom Tompson's "Jack Pine", which is a favorite painting of the recipient. You can see the red underpainting, dark blue shadowed neighborhood houses, and even an actual pine tree off to the side. The effect is of a glowy favorite neighborhood place full of warm ovens and warm smells that welcomes you in after a long day of work and study.
Image size
2700x3600px 1.96 MB
Make
Apple
Model
iPhone 5
Shutter Speed
1/24 second
Aperture
F/2.4
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
50
Date Taken
Jun 12, 2013, 8:00:19 PM
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