Best Neapolitan Pizza

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 @…

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…

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…

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 …

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…