About Pizzeria Ascente
Uniquely Ascente
At Pizzeria Ascente we elevate your pizza experience by producing high quality craft pizza using artisan pizza techniques, all done by hand in small batches with carefully selected ingredients. We are committed to sourcing locally, invested in our local community, and promise a quality and unique experience in every bite. Our signature dough is fermented for 48 hours, hand stretched, and comes out of our stone oven thin & crispy with a soft, chewy crust. Our sauces are slow cooked in small batches from scratch. Local ingredients are our passion and what inspire our menu offerings.
Born from Sicilian heritage, shaped by the Italian Immigrant ‘tavern-style’ pizza making tradition, and inspired by Cape Breton farm fresh ingredients, Pizzeria Ascente is a unique craft pizza with big flavor. Growing up between two major pizza cities (Detroit & Chicago), Christian brings elements from both cities in how Pizzeria Ascente produces, bakes, and finishes their pies and slices. The final piece is all about the Cape. From our partnerships with local farms and harvesting from our own onsite farm behind the pizzeria, we make the experience as localized and uniquely Cape Breton as possible.
Our pies & slices celebrate Italian heritage, artisan craftsmanship, and the flavors of Cape Breton Island.
Inspiration Driven
At Pizzeria Ascente, we are inspired by the Island and our community. We are dedicated to working with local farms on the Island and mainland Nova Scotia that produce high quality, environmentally responsible food. We also pull ingredients straight from our onsite farm that produces forest cultivated gourmet mushrooms, garlic and fresh herbs. When we cannot source locally, quality and distance of origin is always considered.
Our passion and mission as a small rural pizzeria, is to bring high quality craft pizza to Port Hood and surrounding communities of Western Cape Breton Island. We believe that quality, care, and craft matter and that everyone should be able to enjoy a really good slice or pie.