#1
8.8Great
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…
Style guide
Best Bakery / Focaccia Pizza
A ranked guide to Bakery / Focaccia entries across The Slice Index.
The current top five: Brown Bear Bakery (8.8), Two Seven Two (8.8), Sebastian Bakehouse (8.6), Antico Forno La Pieve (8.5), and D’Amato’s Bakery (8.4).
Bakery and focaccia pizza place the bread itself at the center of the experience. The dough is typically thicker, generously oiled, and baked until the exterior becomes deeply browned and crisp while the interior remains airy, moist, and pleasantly chewy. Toppings may vary widely, but the best versions use them to complement the fermented dough rather than bury it beneath excessive cheese or sauce.
Score keyTop Tier · 9.0+Great · 8.0–8.9Worth the Calories · 6.5–7.9All Pizza’s Good, Right? · Below 6.5
#2
8.8Great
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…
#3
8.6Great
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…
#4
8.5Great
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*…
#5
8.4Great
@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…
#6
8.0Great
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…
#7
6.5Worth the Calories
A remarkably thick slab of focaccia topped with melted cheese and roasted tomatoes. Pleasantly airy, but in essence a substantial hunk of well-made bakery bread.
#8
#9
5.7All Pizza’s Good, Right?
A very thick, bready focaccia with a generous amount of cheese and a pesto-based topping. The dough has large, irregular air pockets and is clearly well made, although a rather pale one.
Closed PizzeriasGone but not forgotten. The historical record lives below.
#10