All Pizza Reviews

The best pizza in America? It might be… It could be… This 2024 James Beard semifinalist serves sourdough-based Neapolitan pizza from a relaxed space off Mozart Street. Rather than a 1000-degree wood-fired oven, their pi…

Pizz’Amici (“Pizza Friends”) started as a DIY project among friends - first in a Ukrainian Village apartment, then as @EatFreePizza, followed by “Pizza Fried Chicken Ice Cream” (great name) in Bridgeport and @kimsunclepi…

This was a “holy grail” pizza for me; one that had long been at the top of my to try list. Andrew Bellucci was a *legendary* figure in the pizza world. Bellucci’s career paralleled the pizza revival of recent decades. Wh…

This slice was pretty close to perfect. @cellosnyc produces exactly what you want from a classic NY slice shop, done with great craft and precision. The super thin leopard-spotted crust achieves an ideal balance between…

Fini is one of the city’s “new-classic” slice shops - places that keep the classic NY formats intact but try to perfect the execution - think @scarrspizza, @lindustriebk, @bestpizza33). These are some of my favorite pizz…

I sometimes say: the US has the most innovative chefs but not necessarily the best tomatoes*. Italy has the best tomatoes. So, an Italian pizzeria on top of their game is tough to beat. “Michael’s Ancient Pizzeria” is a…

This is one I’ve been looking forward to writing. I first reviewed Wayfarer in January 2024 from a pop-up at Mike Dew’s kitchen. I was highly impressed (you can go back and read that initial review). Now, I’m updating my…

A vintage aesthetic pizzeria in Williamburg, Brooklyn that turns out some outstanding Detroit-Style Pizza. We all recall the Neapolitan boom of 2008 & Hot Honey mania in 2017, but in 2023 every city seems to be experienc…

Pretty much the ideal New York slice, found deep in Brooklyn (Midwood). Crisp yet chewy & foldable - So good that I made it my profile pic. These pics are from my ‘pilgrimage’ back in April.…

@stfrancisapizza is the pizzeria I’ve posted about the most, not just because they produce top-tier pizza but also because they are regularly improving - the sign of a great restaurant. For example, they updated their do…

@brooklyndop delivers outstanding NY-style pizza with pronounced Neapolitan influence. I assumed it meant “Department of Pizza,” but DOP actually stands for “Denominazione di Origine Protetta” or “Protected Designation o…

Located in Hell’s Kitchen, this West Gotham Market Sicilian style pizzeria is one I had made a point to try after I saw that Ed Levine (@seriouseatered) had written “Corner Slice may be the single best slice of pizza in …

“D.C.’s first Detroit-style pizzeria” on 14th St in our nation’s capital’s former red light district. Red Light is the best pizza I’ve had in DC and really a top tier place nationally for me. The crust has a buttery flav…

Recently finding myself in the città dell’amore fraterno, I had a moment to stop by the slice window of this longtime “wishlist” pizzeria. Ordering at the window and eating outside, we opted for a pepperoni slice and a c…

9.3/10 Slicehaus (West Village) – The “Haus” in this Carmine street pizzas reads Germanic and brought to mind the late Germantown Pizza Haus in stately Latonia, KY. No intended offense to Ge…

Roman style pizza al taglio (“pizza by the cut”) in Union Square for #PresidentsDay. Baked in a rectangular pan using a high hydration percentage (i.e. a lot of water in the dough recipe), the Roman style square slice is…

After a series of slices on the Vegas strip, I found myself requiring a true top tier pizza experience. So we visited Good Pie in the Arts District. Long on my “to try” list this pizzeria features a variety of styles, in…

This is a Canal Street outpost of a legendary pizzeria on Avenue X in Brooklyn. Lucia is a slice shop that’s fully on top of their game. We enjoyed a couple of slices on their counter last week (there is no seating). Li…

Long an Upper West Side pilgrimage site, Sicilian slice specialists Mama’s Too now have a shop on Bleecker in the West Village. Often mispronounced “Mama Too’s,” the pizzeria is a descendent of Mama’s Pizza, and I first …

I have long been a fan of Paul Giannone (“Paulie Gee”), who in 2010 gave up his office job to pursue his dream of opening a top tier pizzeria. In this he was quite successful & the original Paulie Gee’s in Greenpoint, Br…

“Slices are forever.” Over the past two decades, American pizza has made remarkable advances through waves of different movements: the wood-fired Neapolitan boom, the coal-fired revival, the explosion in regional styles …

9.1/10 Fermento (West Village) Yesterday, I found myself in Lower Manhattan for the Knicks Championship Parade (it was a lot of fun). The streets were filled with would-be Lees & Turturros f…

A perfectly executed Sicilian square just north of Little Italy. This is the "Spicy Spring" featuring the good stuff - natural casing pepperoni that cups up into bowls of flavor, a tasteful amount of mozzarella, and most…

My first ever post from this account was a review of Prince Street Pizza’s Hollywood location (I was out in LA for a football game). The original Manhattan shop has long been a favorite of mine - since they took over for…

“The Ancient Pizzeria of Michele” is a NYC outpost of the famous pizzeria in old Naples. The original was founded in 1870, shortly after Italian Unification and decades before the first American pizzeria (@lombardis_pizz…

This is a new Detroit style pizzeria (A “Detroit Revival Pizzeria”?) located in an old garage near the intersection of Michigan and Trumbull Avenue - the location of the late great Tiger Stadium (Sidenote: the old Tiger …

An excellent Sicilian square with a generous allotment of pepperoni cups. On a night when there’s tens of thousands of people in line at @psp_nyc, you can usually walk right to the counter of @nolitapizzanyc. There one c…

Pequod’s Pizza, named after the ill-fated ship in Moby-Dick, was founded in 1971 by legendary Chicago pizzaiolo Burt Katz. Katz later opened another pizzeria named after the first mate in Moby-Dick—Starbuck’s—but tradema…

This is a pizzeria I have long been looking forward to visiting. I first encountered Tony Scardino - “The Professor” - from his incredible-looking pandemic-era pizza-making. Scardanio has a formidable pizza resume, incl…

We recently stopped by the soft-opening of @steelcitypizzaohio (the original location is in Middletown - the “Steel City” itself). The Hamilton outpost sits in the shadow of an old train bridge that evokes strong Roman a…

Detroit style pizza in Columbia-Tusculum (or OTR) & my current pick for the Best Pizza in Cincinnati…

Detroit-style pizza in Naples, FL. This small shop has the best pizza in Southwest Florida & it’s not close…

Named for El Cerrito (‘the Little Hill’) this is another local pizza pop-up - Cincy Pizza Pop-ups being a really dynamic space recently. @littlehillpizza frequently appears at @westsidebrewing and @listermannbrewing; We …

The best pizza in Boston? For my last Boston review, I wanted to try a true New England style pizza. So I grabbed the Spicy Clam to go from Brewer’s Fork in Charlestown. New England is clam country, and I couldn’t pass u…

Revisiting the one place that I’m mostly likely to be seen enjoying a slice in Cincinnati. Brown Bear usually (but not always) has only one type of focaccia per day. When it comes to focaccia squares, the key is to strik…

Open since 1973 and now run by Luigi’s son Gio, Luigi’s Pizza is a case study in technical excellence; serving one of the best slices in the city. While many slice shops drift toward excess or trend, @luigispizzaparkslop…

Located in the Lower East Side, this is one of my all time favorite slice joints. With decor repurposed from an old bowling alley, Scarr’s evokes a classic 1970s pizzeria. Aesthetics aside, @scarrspizza is notable for be…

A crisp Sicilian slice with extra pepperoni on 39th street & 8th Avenue (convenient from the Port Authority Bus Terminal). This is one of my favorites, a truly excellent by-the-slice Sicilian.…

Sfincione is not an every day item here, but when Allez does have it (watch for it on their Instagram), it is truly outstanding. In this Allez complicates Cincy pizza rankings: While @allezbakery is not a pizzeria, they …

First stop in a February NYC trip was in Gramercy Park at this E 23rd st pizzeria for slices, garlic knots, and spumoni. In my view, Luigi’s is essentially a perfect slice shop and a prototypical example of what you’re l…

A strong addition to the local pizza scene, @guardiacincy recently opened in Mt Lookout Square by the team behind @delwoodcincy. The vibe channels Brooklyn slice shops - casual counter service with a bar attached. They o…

Just a few miles from the charming summer colony of Long Beach Island, Little Egg is a different world. One step into Naples Pizza, the air thick with oven smells and South Jersey accents denouncing unseen malefactors, a…

Bakeries are experts in bread and bread is half of pizza - So when a great bakery makes pizza, it’s generally well worth your time. The excellent @sebastianbakehouse applies its sourdough and cold-fermentation expertise …

A #WashingtonDC pizzeria with top notch New York style slices. The slices here are thin with a crisp exterior and chewy interior. The crust is lightly charred and foldable (a characteristic that I was sure to utilize). R…

An “Avant-Garlic” slice. After a visit to the New York Transit Museum (reasonably priced fun for the whole family! You can explore a 1905 subway car), you may find yourself in need of a slice. Fortunately, Norm’s Pizza s…

This weekend, having a car and some free time in Queens, I was able to sample a few slices from my “to try” list. Rosario DiMarco, who immigrated to America from Sicily at the age of 12, is the proprietor of @rosariosast…

I recall what a watershed moment it was in the #CincyPizza community when A Tavola opened in 2011 - Vine Street had to be shut down to bring in the authentic Neapolitan wood fired oven (carved out of Mount Vesuvius, I be…

Less traveled than its nearby neighbors Florence and Siena, the eastern Tuscan city of Arezzo boasts impressive masterpieces of its own - namely, Piero della Francesca’s 1452 “Legend of the True Cross” fresco* and Antico…

Pronounced “Bahn-chi”, @bonciusa is the Chicago outpost of a Roman pizzeria (which you can find on the “Via della Meloria”, near the Vatican). Here, the Roman “pizza al taglio” (literally “pizza by the cut”) is faithfull…

Founded in 1946, Buddy’s Rendezvous is the originator of a certain type of Sicilian pizza, cooked in blue steel pans repurposed from local auto suppliers, that’s now called “Detroit Style”. The lightly fried crust is cri…

A repeat visit (always a good sign) to this “Neapolitanish” pizza pop-up. I reviewed @companionpizza last year as takeout pizza from Oakley Wines. This time, we tried them for a sit-down meal at @kingpigeoncinci (one of …

Located between two businesses that are also named “Frank’s” (perhaps Big Frank’s & Little Frank’s?), F&F is an outstanding Carroll Gardens pizzeria. Pictured is a slice of “The Selinunte”, a focaccia tastefully topped w…

This LES slice shop sits on Orchard just south of Houston. Opened in 2024, it is part of the growing wave of elevated slice shops that are driving New York pizza to new heights. These spots bring advanced bread-making te…

This is a Roman style “pizza al taglio” (pizza by the cut) style slice shop in Midtown. For the most part, Midtown can be a bit of a desert for top tier pizza. But I’m pretty much always down for Roman style pizza and so…

@damatosbakeryandsubs is a working Italian bakery, with a wholesale operation, that also serves one of Chicago’s most distinctive slices. The style here is pure bakery pizza: cut from a sheet pan, handed over on paper, a…

Located on 1208 Springfield Pike in stately Wyoming (‘The Brooklyn of Northwest Hamilton County’), Twelve08 is a wood-fired pizzeria that recently celebrated its 4.5 week anniversary. The first thing you notice when you …

This is one of those slice shops where the craft is evident the second you enter …especially when you walk past the bags of specialty flour. The dough here is a thoughtful blend: sourdough, poolish, malt, and a mix of ‘T…

Now celebrating its two year anniversary, @villagesquarepizza is a #WestVillageNYC pizzeria that specializes in Sicilian slices with a perhaps exorbitant count of lightly charred #ronicups - something you’ll never hear m…

Detroit style pizza in the Upper East Side. Pictured here is their take on a Margherita pizza, featuring burrata in place of the traditional fresh mozzarella. Appreciating the nuanced flavor & caramelized cheese, I think…

Some cities greet you with pizza on every corner- the good kind, the kind that might make you briefly believe human civilization hasn’t been a complete waste. Not Boston. Boston meets you with the weary glance of a worn-…

An artfully charred New York slice in Williamsburg. L’Industrie serves a New York style pizza with some pronounced Neapolitan influences. It’s distinguished by a particularly thin crust that’s a bit more well done than a…

Talk about a beautiful slice! This airy Sicilian is available in Miami’s tony Design District. “Old Greg” here is the name of the starter used for their sourdough (The pizzeria’s owner “Young Greg” appears to be in his e…

This Hell’s Kitchen bakery is the workshop of legendary breadsmith Jim Lahey (not to be confused with his namesake, the overindulgent trailer park supervisor in “Trailer Park Boys”). Lahey is credited with setting off a …

A double pepperoni with fresh mozzarella (currently a build-your-own, but I very humbly suggest it be added to the permanent menu as the “Joey Pepperoni”). The style of Dewey’s pizza is fairly unique and I would describe…

A 1980s Jersey pizzeria that recently relocated to Charlotte, @genodspizza is run by Geno DiPaolo and his daughter Gina. I have tried a lot of Jersey pizzas over the last year & it’s a style that has really grown on me. …

A Detroit style outpost in Boynton Beach. This eclectic Detroit-forward restaurant features features coneys & corned beef, in addition to the pizza. But with well-caramelized crust, the pizza is clearly the attraction he…

The pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus famously said “No man ever eats the same pizza twice, for it is not the same pizza and he is not the same man.” This week’s visit to Nolita’s Staten Island Pizza outpost Rubirosa (…

A classic late night dive, opened in 1974, Steve’s is a North Miami (Biscayne) counter-order pizzeria with graffiti covered walls. I ordered a NY slice that was served to me by the owner (which is almost always a good si…

It’s #NewYorkPizzaMonth here, so today we’re featuring this Soho (Spring Street) institution. The classic New York style slices here are quite good, but I’d skip past them for what they call the “Palermo slice” but I’d c…

General “Mad” Anthony Wayne earned his nickname from his battlefield aggression and a refusal to compromise. According to DC Comics, one of his direct decendents is the elusive Gotham-based billionaire Bruce Wayne. Meanw…

The Cincy pizza scene has been booming in recent years, such that I think the top places match up well with the best nationally. One style that’s a challenge though is your classic New York by-the-slice: pre-baking a piz…

A gorgeous ‘gourmet’ Neapolitan pizzeria in Columbus’s Italian Village neighborhood, that happens to be run by a fellow named Gore. GoreMade/Gourmet prominently features a custom built wood-fired oven, imported from Napl…

On an otherwise undistinguished Saturday, one might opt to hop on the Q Train for Midwood, Brooklyn. There, immediately off the Newkirk Plaza stop, they would be amiably greeted by the estimable @loducapizza. While this …

An Asheville shop that features 28” New York style pizzas. This oversized (too big to fit in the frame) somewhat floppy slice features an artfully charred cornicione and pepperoni cups (always a favorite). The crispness…

This is a cozy neighborhood carryout located in picturesque Oakley, which among other things specializes in fresh baked bread. Last weekend, I carried out a focaccia slice and a piece of pepperoni bread. The ‘pepperoni b…

A #WashingtonDC Neapolitan pizza, with Argentine influences. Pictured here is the “Pretty in Pepperoni” with #ronicups and #freshmozzarella added. I tried @timberpizzaco based on the high rating given it by one of my fav…

Pretty much the ideal crisp NY slice, found in picturesque Hell’s Kitchen. This Margherita slice (note the colors of the Italian flag) pairs nicely with some ices. (From an April 2021 visit)…

Possible there was too much pepperoni on this one? The fault would be mine in ordering a custom double pepperoni with fresh mozzarella - The oversized toppings were at some risk of sliding off, so it was perhaps structur…

A Neapolitan-ish coal-fired pizza, featuring leopard spotted crust, and located within @hoppinvines. In my experience, coal-fired pizza is pretty much always great. The earliest American pizzerias were coal-fired (like @…

Originally founded in Trenton in 1950 by four brothers (Anthony, Joseph, Pasquale, & Dominick) Maruca’s is now the most storied pizzeria on the Seaside Heights boardwalk. They specialize in traditional “Trenton Tomato Pi…

Whether we remain the ash or become the Phoenix is up to each of us. After two years of dormancy, this Newport pizzeria has chosen the route of the Greek Phoenix, gloriously emerging from the ashes of Monmouth Street to …

This Evendale pizzeria has been at the top of my to-try list since before it opened, so I was glad to finally visit recently. Decored as a classic New York slice shop, @mytrophypizza serves two styles: New York and Grand…

Like most people, I was drawn to @twobootspizza by the June 16th, 1995 NYT article “The Top Pizzas In New York: Bred and Baked By Tradition”. That article, which prominently featured the legendary Andrew Bellucci & sprea…

A pizza truck that frequently pops up around downtown and various breweries/cideries, Wildfire produces 12” wood fired pies. The dough is cold fermented for at least 24 hours and then cooked (quickly) at 900 degrees or s…

An Americanized Neapolitan pizzeria in Ft Mitchell, Camporosso offers two styles: Neapolitan wood-fired pizza and ‘American’ New York-ish gas oven pizza. Pictured is the ‘American’. The crust is more airy/bubbly and Neap…

A well-named Neapolitan pizzeria in Milford. We tried three pizzas at Joe’s: the Pepperoni (naturally), the Viva Las Vegas (an award winner from the Vegas Pizza Expo @pizzaexpo, which is quite a big deal), and the Pistac…

Some old school sauce-on-top Sicilian pizza enjoyed first in Gravesend, Brooklyn and then reheated in Cincinnati, USA. If you’re one of those people who believes everything you read in the news, you may note some of the …

This New York style pizzeria is located onsite at @16lotsbrewing in picturesque Mason, Ohio. @madmonkspizza serves a quite thin style pizza, with a crisp bottom and a chewy interior. The lightly charred crust, had a good…

On a snowy day, what could be better than some Past(a) + (P)izza? i.e. “Pastizza.” This New York-style pizzeria just opened in Madeira in November, and we were able to try a few takeout pies during Thanksgiving break. @…

Great to see Trenton Tomato Pies in Cincinnati! Crispy thin crust with the sauce on top. Reminiscent of @delorenzos_tomato_pies…

The ‘Lotta Trotta’ (with half pepperoni) is a pan pizza intended for 10-12 people …but is it actually enough Trotta? @trottaspizza is a storied Cincy Pizzeria; you probably recall it won Cincinnati Magazine’s best pizza …

This pizza truck regularly pops-up at local breweries, primarily @streetsidebrewery (where they serve on Mondays) & @listermannbrewing (where we caught them). Sidenote: Listermann is an excellent spot to try a small batc…

This Walnut Hills wood-fired pizzeria is built into an old Cincinnati firehouse designed by the great local architect Samuel Hannaford in 1869. @firesidepizzawh opened here in 2014 & I’ve been a number of times over the …

When I mention “Dayton Style,” the cliché response is always, “It’s an attitude as much as a wardrobe.” And indeed, effortlessly chic is the ultimate Dayton uniform. Elegance is seemingly in their DNA, with a style that …

Founded in 1949, @masseyspizza is the inventor of “Columbus Style Pizza”. That style (later spread more widely by by @Donatos) bears more than a little resemblance to Chicago-thin crust (see @vito_and_nicks) & also Dayto…

A crisp, very thin, and foldable New York style slice. Probably my favorite NY-style pizza by the slice in Cincinnati. Artfully complemented by their excellent & proprietary ‘Unicorn Sauce’ (previously known by a now inf…

A Detroit style pizzeria off the U Street Corridor in DC. Slices & Pie does NY style, Detroit style, and also a Sicilian upside down slice. I had a slice of their Detroit-style with pepperoni cups(!) and hot honey. The t…

A Detroit style throwback pizzeria in DC near @howard1867. @sonnyspizzadc offers an interesting take on Detroit style, veering in a Sicilian-American direction. The crust here is on the thinner side for Detroit. It was f…

A Chicago pan pizza pizzeria, in the style of @pequodspizza or @burtsplacepizza (two of my all-time favorites), but located in Mercato, Naples. There’s a lot of mediocre non-Chicagoland Chicago style places with bland do…

Chicago Style Deep-Dish pizza in Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood. ~300 miles from Chicago, Cincinnati (like many Midwestern cities) features an assortment of mediocre deep dish pizzerias (often featuring wall decals …

Founded in 1961 and then refounded in 2017, Como’s is a new wave Detroit style pizzeria in the shell of a old school Ferndale pizzeria (the decor matches this - it’s a sort of postmodern red sauce joint). All pizzas are …

This pizza shop is known throughout the Tri-State area (but mostly Jersey & Brooklyn) for their particularly crisp crust, which results in a very audible crunch when cut. This quality has made Krispy a moderate reel sens…

A Chicago staple since 1971, @loumalnatis delivers a prototypical example deep dish pizza... I might even call it archetypical. But Joe, you might ask: what exactly is “deep dish”? A lot of people think Chicago-style pi…

Napoli, Palermo, New Haven, Chicago, Detroit, and even Old Forge are great places for pizza. But there can be no question that New York stands above them all as pizza’s second city (after Cincinnati). As such, we have pr…

A “Goetta Grip” pizza topped with crumbled Goetta sausage & Grippos BBQ potato chips (the world’s greatest potato chip), available at this brewery+circus+Neapolitan pizza mashup. Bircus’s full circus brewery is located …

Maybe we just hit it at exactly the right time, but the two fresh slices I had at Paul Giannone’s Greenpoint Brooklyn pizzeria were some of my all time favorites. Perfectly balanced slices with flavorful artisan crust an…

a cartoonishly oversized (two plate) New York slice, with the chewy foldable crust you look for in that style…

“It’s not down on any map; true places never are” - Herman Melville, Moby Dick. Deep in the bowels of a Columbus Fusian Sushi, you can find this pop-up pizzeria behind a door marked only with a wizard’s hat. @wizardofza …

An outpost of Detroit style pizza in the “Centennial State”. Blue Pan does also offer a New York style and a cracker thin pizza. However, since “pan” is in the name, naturally we opted for a Detroit pizza. Pictured here,…

An exceptionally well named NY slice shop, Joe’s Pizza went from a West Village classic to Hollywood stardom after Peter Parker was cast as their pizza delivery man in Spider Man 2. As befits such a legendary place, the …

@qualitypizzaco is a Hoboken New Jersey pizzeria with a second location in Midtown renowned for being a short walk from our Flatiron District hotel. It’s a typical slice shop, and a relative slice of quality in the pizza…

I recently found myself in Miamisburg, Ohio, a picturesque small town full of surprisingly bustling shops just south of Dayton, Ohio (One of my top two Daytons in the greater Cincy megalopolis). Exploring, I enjoyed some…

“The Biggest Slice in Town”. It’s not officially summer until I’ve had a fresh slice on the boardwalk of New Jersey - affectionately known by locals as “The Sideburn State”. Officially, summer kicked off this weekend at …

The “only slice in Little Italy” is a tasty one with a soft yet chewy & foldable crust. That crust is just crisp enough to prevent the slice from drooping down onto the table. On top of that, the pepperoni was plentiful …

A ‘Roman Style’ slice with a crunchiness that stands it apart from the other Vegas Strip pizzerias. Available on a Skywalk, Pizza D’Italia’s pizza is thicker & crispier than all the NY slices I’ve seen in this area. So, …

A Sicilian pan fried pizza with oversized pepperoni (jalapeños added for perspective) and a sauce with a hint of spice. Adriatico’s, a Cincy-favorite since 1974, delivers to Rhinegeist Brewery and fortunately their pan p…

This New York mini-chain is known for its eponymous “Artichoke slice”: essentially a pound of butter & heavy whipping cream on a puffy NY style crust. That slice is best left to disoriented late night revelers existentia…

New York style pizza from a new restaurant in an old Italianate building in Bellevue (the former Virgil’s). When a restaurant is run by engaged onsite owners who really seem to care, the difference is palpable (as oppose…

A DC dive bar with Chicago Style Italian Beef (thus “Ivy”) and Detroit style pizza & coneys (thus “Coney”). Due to my strong Midwest-dar, I naturally gravitated towards this spot that happens to feature some of my favori…

The ‘Perfect Pepperoni’ 16” pizza represents a grease-forward New York-ish style pie. Note what’s left on the plate after just one slice in my 3rd pic. The sauce is mildly spicy although fairly minimal. Instead, the pizz…

A substantial New York slice utilizing just the right amount of burrata to approximate the colors of the Italian Flag. The crisp/super thin crust could use a bit more life, but I rather enjoyed the combination of flavors…

A classic New York slice in the monumental canyons of downtown Ft Myers. Close your eyes & you might even believe you’re at say a @famousoriginalrays in the East Village…

Walking the Mason concrete boardwalk, I was drawn to @tonyspizzeriaandcatering by its “A Taste of Jersey” mural. I had recently been to a Mason pizzeria most notable for its stylized bathrooms, and was craving something …

Brazzi is conveniently located right on New Jersey State Route 72, before the bridge to Long Beach Island (that being the Dorland J. Henderson Memorial Bridge, of course). Brazzi produces a variety pizza styles, utilizin…

Doughy Cheesy Midwest pizza - it always hits the spot! Baked using a pizza screen - It’s essentially a better version of the “hand-tossed” pizza seen at chains, with a buttery Parmesan-encrusted crust. Pictured is the ‘M…

“Brewery Pizza” - isn’t it great? Brewery pizza embodies a distinctly American multicultural synthesis: Italian culinary tradition reinterpreted with extra cheese, German brewing heritage filtered through competitive inn…

A few weeks ago, after some heavy elbowing through a herd of blissfully uncomplicated wanderers lulling outside Madison Square Garden, we reached NY Pizza Suprema. Suprema has traditionally been my go to for a slice in M…

Located on Queen City Avenue in the northern outskirts of South Fairmont (Cincinnati’s ‘Little Italy’), Queen City Pizza feels like an old school throwback. Before all the glitzy pizza trends of recent decades, Cincinnat…

An oversized very thin crust New York slice on the Vegas strip. This is a floppy, nearly structurally unsound slice, that is a tad difficult to eat due to its size (although you better eat fast before the slice droops in…

“Andiamo” Pizza (Italian for “Lets Go”) is another Midtown slice shop. We visited for dessert slices after @qualitypizzaco (which I reviewed Monday). Andiamo wasn’t on my “to try” list, but I saw they were one of the hig…

A greasy cheesy heavily-topped West Village slice popular with NYU students. Bleecker Street is an institution & on a late night this kinda slice can really hit the spot.…

Like most people, when I hear “bourbon house” I think of Chicago Deep Dish pizza. Somewhat unexpectedly, there’s a cluster of good deep dish places in Northern Ky - After all who doesn’t enjoy a giant cheese casserole pa…

This is an old “honky-tonk” on River Road, a few miles west of downtown Cincinnati that boasts the “Tri-State’s Best Pizza”. In my experience, old honkytonks are not traditionally known for their pizzaioli & and when I s…

The nice folks at @foureg (the brain-trust behind @keystonebar, @igbys, @rosedaleotr, etc) invited us to the grand opening of their new cocktail bar / pizzeria at the Banks yesterday. @killerqueencin’s minimalist menu in…

Straddling the edge of stately Old Milford, just off the Loveland bike trail, and overlooking the Little Miami River is this brick (gas) oven brewery pizzeria. Little Miami’s style might be described a thick heavily-topp…

Greasy foldable NY pizza, overloaded with cheese - note how the cheese overhangs off the side when you fold a slice. The crust could have a bit more flavor, but it’s still a true crowd pleaser.…

This is a very old school pizzeria (founded in 1955) located just outside Miami. They serve a thin grandma style at $2 per slice - an exceptional bargain compared to their Miami competition. The slice was well-done, with…

Some trivia night pizza in Cincinnati’s oldest neighborhood: Columbia-Tusculum (Sidenote: I love the early Cincinnatian tendency to evoke republican Rome). The East End’s @localpostcincy is an early 1900s post office tha…

*Ohio Valley Style Pizza* You’ve probably never heard of “Ohio Valley Style Pizza”. This rarest of styles is popular in many towns in Eastern Ohio / Western West Virginia along the banks of the Ohio River (i.e. the “Ohi…

Don’t get me wrong, I like damn dirty hippies as much as the next guy. But I usually consider their powers as limited to artisan tie dying, virtuosic bongo circles, and post-modern macrame. No offense Sage, great pizza i…

To date, this is the highest rating I’ve ever given to a Boston pizzeria - a city better known chowda, lobsta, & I wanna say potatoes? Boston does have a few old school pizzerias …they’re perhaps better at regional nosta…

Deep in the modern Labyrinth that is Caesar’s Palace, a latter day Daedalus will come upon a slice shop named after the venerable @difarapizzanyc of Brooklyn (one of the all time greats, which I reviewed recently). As se…

I recently attended a “Veracity” comedy show at @improvcincinnati. In this show series, sketches are improvised based on the stories told by a guest speaker. This particular event featured Cincy’s food etymologist @dannw…

This German-named Green Township pizzeria (on Werk Road) split off from the Mio's chain in 2007. Werkhaus's specialty is a Chicago-style stuffed pizza. Stuffed pizza is the peak of Chicago style excess, being even deeper…

A very crisp, thin, yet heavily topped New York style slice in SOHO. Champion pizza is so-named because it’s owner Hakki Akdeniz is a world champion of pizza acrobatics (i.e. he’s world class at tossing & juggling dough)…

A 16” Double Pepperoni Pizza in Mt Lookout, featuring extra pepperoni and extra cheese. I’d last been to Ramundos in 2010 to try their 26” pizza challenge (scroll to the far right to see those results). The pizza this ti…

This Norwood pizzeria was opened in 1956 by the DeLuca family, recent immigrants from southern Italy who named their restaurant “Sorrento’s Pizza” after the Campanian town. The pizzeria suffered a truly tragic fire in 20…

Good for L.A. but not nearly as good as it’s NYC namesake. The crust is just too dense & soggy.…

It’s not on any map… Down an unmarked hallway is an unnamed pizzeria that’s become something if a pilgrimage destination over the years (this is a return visit for me, a decade+ after my 2011 stop). ‘Secret Pizza’ serves…

Being perhaps a better pizza/architecture nerd than speller, I was very excited to visit *Italianate Pizza*. A pizzeria dedicated to Cincinnati’s outstanding stock of 19th century Italianate architecture might even give …

Il Gusto (“The Taste”) is a straightforward New York-style pizzeria offering pizza, stromboli, calzoni, insalati, and subs. With its steady flow of Deer Parkian customers, it’s clear @il.gustopizza has quickly become a n…

Italian for “My Own Pizzeria” Mio’s is a five location Cincy chain founded in 1975. They are know for their stuffed pizza (which I’ll cover in a future review) and overstuffed calzones, but here I had the “original crust…

“Columbus-style pizza” is a post-war innovation by @masseyspizza. It bears more than a little resemblance to Chicago-thin crust (see @vito_and_nicks) & also Dayton-style (see @cassanospizzaking & @marionspiazza). These p…

The Masons, who it is said used secret knowledge to construct wonders like the Great Pyramid & Solomon’s Temple, turned their attention to constructing the perfect pizza (pie-ramid?) in 2015 opening Two Cities Pizza Co. …

This Ft Thomas spin-off of the “OG” @padrinoitalian in Milford specializes in thin crust pizza. I like the subtle Godfather reference, ‘Il Padrino’ being Italian for ‘The Godfather’ (a 10/10 film). I’ve been to many belo…