Fast Break: Oscar’s Ice Cream and Pizza Joint

You need more than two hands to count the number of good local pizza places Baton Rouge has. But if one were to make a list, Oscar’s Ice Cream and Pizza Joint (6521 Perkins Rd., Suite A) should be near the top.

With a new, paired down menu that highlights its fresh ingredients like house-made sausages and meatballs as well as less traditional toppings, Oscar’s popularity is growing.

One unique offering is the fig and prosciutto pizza, made with fig puree serving as the sauce and topped with mozzarella, goat cheese and spinach chiffonade. What could be an extremely sweet dish instead has an impeccable balance of savory flavors. The salty prosciutto, goat cheese and spinach cut the sugary fig down a few notches, and the result is one addicting pizza. A seven-inch, personal-style pie is $9.

Oscar’s is open Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., and Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. —Matthew Sigur