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,…

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 @k…

Fini Pizza (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) - 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, @…

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 legendary Italian restaurant. The Neapolitan original was founded in 1870…

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 u…

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 d…

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…

Cello’s Pizzeria (East Village) - 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-spot…

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.

St Francis Apizza (Oakley) - @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 restaur…

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 German pizzioli (arguably the…

Brooklyn DOP (Park Slope, Brooklyn) - @brooklyndop delivers outstanding NY-style pizza with pronounced Neapolitan influence. I assumed it meant “Department of Pizza,” but DOP actually stands for “Denominazione…

Shackamaxon Pizza (Fishtown, Philadelphia) - 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…

Roman style pizza al taglio (“pizza by the cut”) in Union Square for. 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 ligh…

“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 bu…

Angelo’s Pizzeria (South Philadelphia) - America turned 250 Saturday. After paying my respects at Independence Hall, there seemed to be only one appropriate way to celebrate: standing in a South Philly pizza line. Fortunately, at @angelos_pizzeria_south_philly the “line…

Mama’s Too – 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 Mam…

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 sea…

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 Gree…

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…

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 from the outermost boroughs,…

Diamond Slice - “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 exp…

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 “original” Prince Street Ray’s Pizza. So, when I happened to pass their recently-opened Chicago spot, I felt I had to stop in for a slice.

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 importantly - a deliciously crisp olive-oil-fried crust. Perhaps the best slice in New York…

Jonny’s Pizza (Lower East Side, NYC) - 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 he…

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 res…

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—b…

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…

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…

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. T…

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 stro…

For a recent party, I was tasked with ordering the pizza - my comparative advantage. In the execution of these sacred duties, I noticed that @eattaglio offers a Triple(!) Pepperoni and Hot Honey pizza…

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

Vito & Nick’s is said to be the king of Chicago-style thin-crust pizza. That certainly sounds intriguing. So, when I find myself on the South Side with some friends, we decide to investigate.

Liberty Kitchen brings the Philly tomato-pie tradition to Fishtown: a thick, tomato-forward square slice with an airy, well-fermented crust and a satisfying soft/crisp contrast.

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 @listermannbr…

The bakery at 272 Ludlow Avenue is the “pizzeria” I frequent most, although I go there for much more than just pizza. However, I am a fan of their focaccia (as well as that at its sister bakery @brownbearbakery). In my humble opinion, focaccia has to strike a difficult balance: enough olive oi…

Brewer’s Fork (Boston) – 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…

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 nota…

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.

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 i…

L’Industrie Pizzeria (Little Italy) - When I first reviewed @lindustriebk original Williamsburg location in September 2021, I scored it an 8.3/10 and described it as one of New York’s best slice shops. Since then, @lindustriebk has evolved from a Brooklyn pizza nerd…

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 male…

Guardia Pizza (Mt Lookout) - 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 coun…

Luigi’s Pizza (South Slope, Brooklyn) - 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…

Norm’s Pizza (Downtown Brooklyn) - 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…

Rosario’s Pizza (Astoria, Queens) – 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 th…

A 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). Reall…

So, I’m walking down Coldharbour Lane, head hung low, three or four in the afternoon. The sun is not out, but the Clash is playing. A Clash song really does begin playing when I emerge from the Tube in Brixton on a drear…

@babylucspizza is the casual slice-shop offshoot of @lucali_bk (often called the best pizza in NYC), and while both are made with craft, the pizza here is pretty different from its famous parent. I…

Sebastian Bakehouse - 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…

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…

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*…

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 pi…

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 cr…

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 tastefull…

I recall what a watershed moment it was in the 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 beli…

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 pizze…

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 @kingpigeoncinc…

DeLucia’s Brick Oven Pizza (Raritan, NJ) - Peter Regas (@pizzahistorybook) will tell you the first US pizzerias began in the 1890s - starting with street vendors and moving on to brick-and-mortar shops (generally out of ba…

Union Street Pizza (Brooklyn) - 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:…

June Bug (Somerville, MA) is a serious addition to the Boston-area pizza scene from the thoughtful team at @field_and_vine. I might describe @junebugrestaurant as the kind of spot where Gordon Wood devotees get…

@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 o…

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

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…

Hot Box Pizza (Somerville, MA) - 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…

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 sett…

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 b…

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 chees…

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 gro…

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…

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 att…

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 deeply browned, exceptionally crunchy Detroit square with charred pepperoni, caramelized cheese, and one structural flaw.

It’s 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 call Sicil…

Mad Anthony’s Pizza (Covington, KY) 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 elusi…

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-ba…

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. W…

A Neapolitan pizza, with Argentine influences. Pictured here is the “Pretty in Pepperoni” with and added. I tried @timberpizzaco based on the high rating given it by one of my favorite accounts: @dcpizzareviews…

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…

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…

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)

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 ‘p…

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 Belluc…

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…

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-fir…

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…

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 de…

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 so…

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 woul…

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…

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…

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 b…

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 s…

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) &…

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…

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 ho…

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 wit…

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 perhap…

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…

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…

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…

Lou Malnati’s (Chicago, USA) - 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”…

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…

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,…

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 p…

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/bubbl…

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 wa…

Cacia’s is a classic South Philly Italian bakery serving tomato pie, the Italian-American descendant of Sicilian sfincione: thinner, colder, and intensely tomato-forward.

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 artisa…

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…

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,…

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…

“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. @w…

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

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 en…

@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…

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. Pict…

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 p…

Bay Village Pizza (Long Beach Island, New Jersey) - “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 S…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 t…

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…

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…

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…

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

Tony’s Pizzeria (Mason) – 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 b…

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…

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…

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…

“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 compe…

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,…

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…

“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…

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 ca…

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 & an…

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 he…

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-…

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…

Galleria Umberto (North End, Boston) - 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 pi…

DiCarlo’s Original Pizza (Wheeling, WV) - *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 Virgin…

Flour Child Pizza (Long Beach Island, New Jersey) - 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 ci…

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 recent…

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 etymolog…

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 e…

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 & juggl…

Flying Pizza is a small local chain founded by two Sicilian brothers who grew up in Queens. They opened their first Tri-State pizzeria in 1971, which gives the place a more credible New York pedigree…

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 minimali…

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 piz…

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…

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 Piz…

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

Incline Public House emphasizes its brick-oven pizzas, which it calls “Wood Stone pizzas.” As far as I can tell, this means the pizzas are baked in a gas oven made by the Wood Stone Corporation. Nothi…

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…

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…

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 “orig…

Columbus-style pizza: rolled-thin crust, edge-to-edge toppings, party cut, and an immodest helping of pepperoni.

Topper's Pizza is a Wisconsin-based chain that opens its first Ohio location on Calhoun Street in Clifton, next to the old Papa Dino's. This is exactly the sort of chain pizzeria I am predisposed not…

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…

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…

A sweet, honey-crusted Colorado Mountain Pie, braided like a pretzel and sold by the pound — inventive, but not Joey’s favorite bite in Denver.

A nice underground pizzeria, but terrible pizza. The crust tasted like a pre-baked frozen shell, the sauce was dry, and the toppings were bland. It si…

I am a big fan of Jungle Jim’s International Market on Route 4, and naturally I also enjoy trying unfamiliar pizzerias. Combining the two activities seems like a perfect idea. The results, unfortunat…

Riverfront Pizza and Sports Bar is a 25-year-old neighborhood sports bar in Covington, located in the same parking lot as a popular Waffle House. Its website claims that the menu “specializes in gourm…