Tonda - 235 E. 4th St., b/tw Aves A & B

Who are these Martini Boys anyway? They gush about Tonda in their review and while the pizza's were reasonably tasty, I'm close to uninspired to write anything because the place itself was somehow uninspiring, although not completely unappealing. In the old EU spot, you have to give them credit for attempting to redecorate one of the highly stylized AvRoKo spots and not butchering the thing to death. The atmosphere is kind of cool and relatively pleasant, although I would question their choice of sappy 80s music. We had a few, somewhat dull starters - a seafood salad and cauliflower salad which, I think, both had the same dressing on them - but the speck, gorgonzola and mozzarella pizza was actually pretty incredible. The service was spotty to poor, though, and I didn't go nuts with the wine or food ordering because, frankly, I was having a hard time reading their plastic covered menus in the candle light. Eh, maybe worth a try if you're in the hood and mood for pizza.