Best Restaurants with a Wood Oven in Old City

Toska (Töska?) is a laid-back two-storey restaurant in what I would say is the main drag (or village center) of Mount Airy. The décor is simple, spare, and there are attractive blown-glass-looking accents strung on cables. The server was quite friendly, which in Philadelphia is not a given. We ordered eggplant parmesan sitting atop fettuccine in the requisite marinara sauce, which my husband liked a great deal, and a Wagyu burger on brioche, which was surprisingly good: the bacon was done exactly right, not sliced too thickly, and the burger was medium-rare as I had asked. French fries are decent, certainly abundant, but they're a little flaccid (they are, however, "real" fries, not the heated-up deep-freeze variety we see so often). A salad with cucumber and fennel and small tomatoes was perfect, as was the burrata on a bed of arugula with slightly roasted small tomatoes and a vinaigrette. I like a slightly more room-temperature burrata and one that is a bit less firm, but this one was fine. The ambience is good, except that the much-touted wood-burning oven perfumes the entire restaurant a little more than it should. Also, it would be good to have sparkling bottled water on the menu.

This restaurant is gem. Our reservations were set for 630 got there at 6:15. They took us and set us early. Outdoor seating was phenomenal. Our waitress was phenomenal. And our food was perfect. I describe the food. Perfect because I didn’t need any seasonings, and food was hot and fresh. Everything we order we all enjoyed. Drinks were nice and refreshing. I give this restaurant a 10 out of 10 and my family and I will go back each and every time.

Great service. Food and cocktails were great. Enjoyed sitting outside as weather was great.

Still consistently and therefore reliably enjoyable.