Caffé Calabria's midweek deal is perfect for outdoor summer dining

• On Wednesdays, pies are $12 all day, pairing perfectly with the $6 Aperol spritz on a warm summer evening.

Best bites: The prosciutto and arugula pizza is light but packed with flavor from the peppery greens, salty meat and sweet cherry tomatoes on an olive oil base.

• The salsiccia pizza is deliciously simple with tomato sauce, mozzarella and house-made fennel sausage.

The intrigue: The cafe is first and foremost a coffee roasting company, and its sidewalk seating is great for sipping espresso drinks.

Flashback: San Diego's first "parklet" — parking spaces turned into public patios — opened outside of Caffé Calabria in 2013.

• At the time, it was a novel idea to make city streets more pedestrian friendly, and the concept took off during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you go: The cafe is open 7am-2:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays; pizza is served starting at 11am.

• Hours are extended to 10pm Wednesday-Sunday, with happy hour 4-6pm.
• On Thursdays, get a pepperoni pizza and a Peroni beer for $14.