Pizza restaurants in Europe
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Pizzeria Da Franco
More deli than pizzeria, with hams hanging from the ceiling and bottles of olive oil squeezed onto the shelves, this hugely popular place does the best pizza in town. Served on a metal tray with plastic cutlery, the house speciality comes with tomato, mozzarella, rocket and Parmesan. Expect queues most summer nights.
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Capua
This corner restaurant just above Strossmayerovo náměstí is widely considered the best pizza place in the neighbourhood, and even the food editor of the Prague Post listed it in the city’s ‘top four’ in a 2007 pizza run-off. But in truth, it’s only good, not great. The inviting interior is divided into two rooms, with nonsmokers getting the larger and nicer one to the right. The pizzas are thin-crust and follow the usual formula of Italian combinations. ‘Capriccioso’ is a filling mix of ham and fresh mushrooms. There’s a shaded terrace out the front in nice weather.
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Pink Flamingo
This is not just another pizza place. Mais non, chérie! Once the weather warms up, the Flamingo unveils its secret weapon – pink helium balloons that the delivery guy uses to locate you and your perfect canal-side picnic spot (no GPS required). Nip into the canal-side pizzeria to order Paris’ most inventive pizza (duck, apple and chèvre perhaps or what about gorgonzola, figs and cured ham?), grab a balloon, and stroll off along the canal to your perfect picnic spot.
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Pizzeria Kmotra
One of Prague’s oldest and best pizzerias, ‘the Godmother’ can rustle up more than two dozen varieties of pizza, from margherita to marinara, cooked in a genuine wood-fired pizza oven. Sit beside the bar upstairs, or head down to the basement where you can watch the chef slinging pizza dough in the open kitchen – both areas are nonsmoking. It gets busy here after 8pm, so try to snag a table before then.
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Al Nono Risorto
Manifesto or menu? At Al Nono Risorto, pizzas are listed alongside urgent action alerts: ‘No abandoning animals!’, ‘More rights for gays and domestic partners!’ Prices are left of centre, radical-chic servers can’t be bothered with petty bourgeois orders, and on sunny days, all of Venice converges on the garden for squid with polenta, the bargain house prosecco, and cross-partisan bonding.
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Ae Oche
Architecture students and budget-minded foodies converge here for a choice of 70-plus wood-fired pizzas and ale at excellent prices. Extreme eaters order the lip-buzzing mangiafuoco (fire-eater) with hot salami, Calabrese peppers and Tabasco sauce, while Palladio scholars stick with the classic white estiva with rocket, seasoned Grana Padano cheese and cherry tomatoes.
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Da Francesco
Gingham, paper tablecloths, frazzled, jovial waiters, groaning plateloads of pasta, tasty pizza: this quintessential Roman kitchen has character coming out of its ears, and tables and chairs spilling out onto the pretty piazza. Rock up early or queue. No credit cards.
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Eldsmiðjan
Reykjavík residents are devoted to the pizzeria Eldsmiðjan, tucked away on a quiet residential street. Its fiercely busy takeaway serves the best pizzas in the city, baked in a brick oven fired by Icelandic birch – or you can sit down to devour.
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Il Sole
The wood-fired pizza at this authentic trattoria is delicious. The smiley Italian owner starred on the German TV series DasTraumschiff (Love Boat), and the evidence is plastered all over the walls in the entrance.
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Sitia Beach
This unassuming place on the beach makes a decent pizza but it is more highly recommended for home-style cooking that appears daily on the specials board. Try the pork with lemon and rice.
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Il Patio in Smolenskaya
With more than 15 outlets, this reliable Moscow chain changed its name from Patio Pizza to Il Patio recently. The pizza is the same, though - a big choice at reasonable prices.
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Čili Pizza
With five locations in Rīga and counting, this reliable Lithuanian chain is fast becoming ubiquitous. Another handy location is Raina bulv 15, New Town.
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Mama Roma
Herb-filled air wafts temptingly from the best Italian eatery in town. Freshly baked pizzas are half price until 6pm. English menu.
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Central European University Caféteria
The caféteria at the conveniently located Central European University is open to all and also serves pizza.
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Ancora
A pizzeria worth consideration is Ancora, on the 1st floor of a very popular bar/restaurant.
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Celentano
Ukraine’s ubiquitous pizza chain is a blessing in restaurant-starved Uman.
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Villa Paradiso
No-frills Italian food (mostly pizzas), pleasant service and family friendly.
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Pizzaria Étienne
This old Marseillais haunt has the best pizza in town as well as succulent pavé de boeuf (beef steak) and scrumptious supions frits (pan-fried squid with garlic and parsley), but it's not just the food that packs the place out. Because Pizzaria Étienne is a convivial meeting point for the entire neighbourhood, you'll need to pop in beforehand to reserve in person (there's no phone), though you will get a free aperitif while you wait for a table. Credit cards aren't accepted.
From rue de la République, cut down passage de Lorette and walk up the staircase.
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Pizzeria Grosseto
This bustling Vinohrady pizzeria, just off Náměstí Míru, serves very good pizzas, with inventive toppings such as asparagus and ricotta cheese, as well as homemade pastas and original desserts. Too often in Prague, pizzas come only with standard toppings like ham or mushrooms – but not here. The garden terrace at the back is a secluded gem and something of a local secret. To find it, walk left past the front entrance in the direction of Francouzská and through a small passageway to the right.
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Conca d’Oro
Pizza is not a local speciality, in case you hadn’t guessed from the cardboard pies you’ll find at eateries pandering to the tourist trade around San Marco – but this place is the exception. This local joint right behind San Marco brought pizza to Venice in 1960, and has been slinging generous thin-crust pies with creative toppings ever since. They’re not especially quick about it, so relax and enjoy the sun in the piazza and the Italian ska blaring on the stereo.
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Family Pizza
Family Pizza With the rest of Europe gaily butchering pizza – Italy notwithstanding, obviously – you might not expect Romania to be home to some of the best pizza in the world. Family Pizza stands out, offering 25 types of pizza and an adjoining pastry shop. The terrace is the perfect summertime hangout, while waitresses in dangerously short skirts serve up pizza heaven to a backdrop of Romanian pop music. Delivery service available.
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Pizzeria alla Strega
Late hours and dozens of creative pizza toppings are the secrets of Alla Strega (‘the Witch’) and its mysterious powers to satisfy picky eaters of all ages. With mod castle decor and a collection of witch dolls keeping a beady eye on proceedings, you might expect the back door to lead to Hogwarts Station – but instead you’ll find an enchanting garden where you can keep cool while eating your Calabrian pepper–laced Inferno pizza.
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