In the beginning, Brigantessa was going to be all about pizza. Of course. What new moneymaking restaurant ambition in Philly these days does not begin with a wood-fired oven and a peel-ful of molten mozzarella dreams?

And given chef Joe Cicala's stellar track record at Le Virtù, it's worth paying attention to what emerges from the flaming Neopolitan-made hearth at the heart of Brigantessa's Southern Italian-inspired mission.

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