A World of Discovery

Pizzeria Mundo may not be for everyone, but it's definitely for people like that cowboy and me and John Pool: people who want something different, who aren't afraid to take a few chances, who are willing to risk the occasional disappointment for the payoff of a pizza as delicious and original as the Marakesh, as surprising as the discordant flavors of sweet potato and jerk sauce or a pie slathered in tikka masala sauce. And there are many more discoveries to be made. The do-it-yourself board of ingredients might be longer and stranger than that at any other pizzeria in the country: seventeen different sauces (at least half of them good, and a quarter shockingly excellent), eight kinds of cheese, thirty standard toppings (from nopalitos to pulled pork to hot dogs to pepperoni) and more than a half-dozen premium toppings. Tens of thousands of combinations are already possible, and Pool has barely started.

He says he's thinking about Chinese cloud ear mushrooms; a Vietnamese pho pizza with squeaky little Vietnamese meatballs, fresh mint and basil; a Spanish-style with fresh clams and chorizo. He's worried that he's spending too much time tinkering with things in the kitchen and too much time on the floor, worried that everything he's doing isn't going to be enough.

Mark Manger

Global warming: Pizzeria Mundo serves up the world on a pizza crust.

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Pizzeria Mundo

1312 17th St.
Denver, CO 80202

Category: Restaurant > Pizza

Region: Downtown Denver

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1312 17th Street, 303-825-6822, www.pizzeriamundo.com. Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.& #173;3 a.m. Friday-Saturday

Personal 8” pizza: $7.99
16” pizza: $18.99
Dessert pizza/calzone: $6

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Welcome to the industry, my friend. There are no amateurs here, just veterans and failures. It's still up in the air which side Pool will come down on, but he's headed in the right direction: not backing off, not doing less, but working harder and doing more. Always more.

He believes. Visit Pizzeria Mundo and you might, too. It's a small world, after all.