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Review: Milito's Bar-Ristorante-Pizzeria, Downingtown PA
The hottest current pizza trend is Neapolitan style, those personal sized pies with light puffy crusts that bake in 90 seconds or so at 900+ degrees. Right on the heels of authentic Neapolitan pies are...
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Review: Snap Custom Pizza, Exton PA
In 2009, the best pizza in Chester County was the local chain Peace A Pizza. That pie sported a fairly standard mass-sourced crust, but its fresh and creative toppings elevated it to "B Grade" pie. In...
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Review: Patsy's Pizzeria, East Harlem NY
Patsy's vs Patsy's vs Rosie'sMost of my favorite pizzas come from conventional gas deck ovens, so I rarely get sentimental about wood-fired or "brick oven" or even coal-fired ovens.Inside Patsy's...
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Review: Liberty Union Bar & Grill "Baked Colorado" Flatbread Pizza - Chester...
Pizza is all about the crust; when a pizzamaker gets the crust right, success generally follows. I'm usually leery of any pie that is defined by its toppings. Toppings are often just a way to disguise...
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Review: ZAZA Fine Salad and Wood Oven Pizza Co., Little Rock AR
One blazing hot pizza trend is the assembly line pizza-and-salad concept. Each place has its own twist, but the basic process is that the menu features a wide assortment of specialty pizza and...
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Review: Bella's Italian Cafe, Tampa FL
Given the number of transplanted northeasterners in Florida, it's not surprising that you can easily find some excellent pizza in the sunshine state. On a Phillies spring training trip to nearby...
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Review: Bertucci's, Concordville PA
Bertucci's is a medium-sized regional chain of Italian restaurants, with a home base in Somerville, MA. There are 87 east coast locations, from New England down through Virginia. I was pretty excited...
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Review: Basic Pizza (Basic Urban Kitchen) - San Diego CA
A few years back, I was stunned to discover a terrific New Haven style "apizza" in Portland, Oregon at Apizza Scholls. Trying to hunt down the best pizza in San Diego, I once again stumbled onto a New...
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Review: Berkeley Pizza, San Diego CA
San Diego is a great town in a lot of ways, starting with its beaches and the best weather in America. The city's historic Gaslamp District is an attractive area for tourists and conventioneers at the...
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Review: Stella Public House, San Antonio TX
On a prior visit to San Antonio, I was able to visit a branch of the Grimaldi's chain and also Dough Pizzeria Napoletana. Both were very good, but they fell a bit short of destination pizza. This time,...
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Review: Rize Pizza, Broomall, PA
Most of my pizza-eating lifetime has involved pies made in a round shape. There was the occasional diversion to a rectangular Sicilian style pie, but most pizza has been round, even the Chicago deep...
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Review: Coppa, Boston MA
Boston is one of the great east coast cities that were home to the early waves of Italian immigrants, where legendary pizzerias populated the neighborhoods: New York, Trenton, Philadelphia, New Haven....
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Review: Vecchia Pizzeria Napoletana, Phoenixville PA
Authentic Neapolitan pizza remains a hot trend, and a very welcome one. The quaint hamlet of Phoenixville, PA is home to about 14,000 people, 28 miles northwest of Philadelphia, where the Schuylkill...
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Review: Pupatella, Arlington VA
Whenever there is a discussion of the best pizza in the Washington DC metro area, Pupatella is part of the conversation. On previous visits, I've stayed in the confines of DC proper, and had authentic...
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Review: Lorenzo and Sons Pizza, West Chester PA
Philadelphia is one of the truly great pizza towns. While there may not be an iconic "Philly style" pizza (other than a Philly tomato pie - details HERE), the best in town can stand with the top places...
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Review: Conte's Pizza and Bar, Princeton NJ
1980 was the year I discovered the impeccable tomato pie at DeLorenzo's in Trenton (now Robbinsville). Later that same year, we went out for beers after a company softball game and landed at Conte's...
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Review: The Copper Oven, Ovid (Finger Lakes) NY
A recent Finger Lakes vacation landed us in the center of a region offering a lot of terrific food and wine (and beer and spirits) in addition to the hiking, waterfalls, river gorges, and lake...
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Feature Story: Norma's Pizza, Manheim PA (Roots Country Market)
Disclaimer: This is not an objective review. After three visits to Norma's Pizza, I'm both a fan and a friend. My wife and I got to visit Norma on her Saturday "day off" when she was preparing dough...
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Review: Bar 35, Honolulu HI
In 49 states, "Hawaiian pizza" implies pie topped with ham and pineapple. But in Hawaii, a state blessed with deep and varied culture, what other pies stand out? What do the locals eat?"Veggelicous" -...
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Review: Al Forno, Providence RI
On just about any list of the best pizzas in Rhode Island, Al Forno is rated as number one. Al Forno's husband and wife team of George Germon and Johanne Killeenbeen began making their grilled pies...
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