Sabà Pizzeria is the third restaurant outpost for Fort Langley restaurateur Simone Hurwitz. Read more.
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With Sabà Pizzeria, restaurateur Simone Hurwitz was looking to create a dining destination that offered a perfect bite for pretty much everyone.
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Just off the main drag of Fort Langley at 23238 Mavis Ave., the space features indoor-outdoor dining, an interior display and exterior gelato window, a small market for grab-and-go offerings, and a deli counter selling fresh-made sandwiches.
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It’s the third outpost in the area for Hurwitz, who opened the casual Sabà Café in 2017, followed by the elevated Sabà Bistro in 2022. With the pizzeria, Hurwitz found herself wanting to create a space where families of all ages could go to enjoy a good meal.
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“We’re all about family and community and sharing and eating and enjoying and laughing,” she says of her approach to dining. “And, in my mind, I wanted to answer the question, ‘Where are the families going to go?’”
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Her answer to that question, the pizzeria is a stylishly decorated space that features an elevated-casual decor and reasonably priced Italian fare. Appetizers range in price from $14 to $28, pastas from $22 to $32, and pizzas from $20 to $28.
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Out of her three restaurants, Sabà Pizzeria is the one most dedicated to her daughters, she says. The three sisters, who were raised in Italy, have helped with the family business over the years in varying capacities. The new establishment has Hurwitz’s youngest, Emma Campani, working as a chef. Her middle daughter, Danielle Campani, handles marketing and oversees the gelato program. Her eldest, Laura Campani, who helped create the cocktail menu, despite living in England.
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“It has been a family project and a journey,” she says.
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The new restaurant, Hurwitz says, was inspired by a small, family-run pizzeria her family frequented when they lived in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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“Every Sunday, we went to the pizzeria for dinner,” she recalls. “The girls would run in the kitchen, and they knew everybody. And they would run around. That was the catalyst of this space. I really wanted to create a space where families could feel at home and share beautiful food and time together.”
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Attempting to bring that hometown feel to her current home — “We found a really beautifully community here,” she says of the area — Hurwitz says the restaurant has been three years in the making.
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In advance of the recent opening, I stopped in to sample a few dishes from the menu.
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The salads were fresh and featured bright flavours. I particularly enjoyed the prosciutto and melon ($29), which featured thick slices of juicy cantaloupe paired with perfectly salty St. Daniele prosciutto crudo. Another appetizer that stood out was the polpette ($23), with nicely seasoned meatballs swimming in a tangy basil and tomato sauce.
