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Frank Pepe's
New Haven's most famous eatery takes its name from the Italian immigrant who tossed America's first pizza a century ago. You'd best believe they've got the recipe down pat. For the ultimate, order Pepe's signature white pizza topped with garlicky fresh clams.
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Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria
An Anchorage institution serving a dozen custom-brewed beers including monthly specials, and 40 gourmet pizzas including 10 veggie options.
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Satchel's Pizza
Two miles northeast of downtown, this wacky place has the best pizza on Florida's east coast (and a darn good salad, to boot). Here, you can sit surrounded by funky outsider art and savor steaming build-your-own gourmet pies served on mismatched crockery. Grab a seat at a mosaic courtyard table or in the back of a gutted 1965 Ford Falcon. Most nights there's live music in the Back 40 Bar; there's bocce ball and a head-scratchingly eccentric junk museum featuring various bizarro collections. Satchel's doesn't take credit cards; the fees from the on-site ATM go to charity. Skip Satchel's and you miss Gainesville's soul. Expect a wait.
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Croma
Newly revamped, this stylish pizzeria has a hip European feel. The sleek interior - with exposed brick walls and floor-to-ceiling windows - is a hot spot to see and be seen, as is the outdoor patio. Enjoy a crispy-crust, Neopolitan-style pizza or a selection from the extensive wine-by-the-glass menu.
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Figs
The brainchild of celebrity chef Todd English, Figs rakes 'em in with its innovative whisper-thin pizzas. For a real treat, order the signature fig and prosciutto pizza with gorgonzola. Equally delish are the sandwiches, salads and pastas.
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Vinnie Van GoGo's
This locally owned pizzeria draws legions of locals for its Neapolitan brick-oven pizza.
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Cheese Board Pizza
Sit down for a slice of the fabulously crispy one-option-per-day veggie pizza at this worker-owned collective where there's often live music.
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Franny’s
This busy (and rather pricey) modern spot in Park Slope serves bubbling thin-crust pizza baked in a brick oven, all decorated with a simple line-up of choice organic toppings such as buffalo mozzarella and oregano. There is an array of appetizers (such as cauliflower soup and wood-roasted sausage), as well as some well-rendered pastas.
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Upper Crust
Place your order, pick a seat, sit back and enjoy the aromas of the Upper Crust. Although outlets are sprouting up around Boston (including Harvard Sq), the Beacon Hill storefront is the original. Neapolitan-style pizza features crispy thin crust and fresh, straightforward toppings. Order your pie as you like it or sample the ‘slice of the day.’ In the spirit of environmental awareness, pizzas are delivered by bicycle and discounts are offered for patrons who ride the T (show your Charlie Card to get in on it).
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Co
Masterfully prepared pizza is served in bright, wooden surrounds that feel like a Scandinavian cafeteria. Expect a faithful reproduction of the trademark Neapolitan thin crust pies topped with an assortment of fresh-from-the-farm items like fennel and buffalo mozzarella. Salads of artichoke, beet or radicchio – as well as global wines and a sprinkling of sweets – round out the offerings.
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Cambridge, 1
Set in the old fire station, this pizzeria’s name comes from the sign chiseled into the stonework out front. The interior is sleek, sparse and industrial, with big windows overlooking the Old Burying Ground in the back. The menu is equally simple: pizza, soup, salad, dessert. These oddly-shaped pizzas are delectable, with crispy crusts and creative topping combos.
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Picco
The crust of a Picco pizza undergoes a two-day process of cold fermentation before it goes into the oven and then into your mouth. The result is a thin crust with substantial texture and rich flavor. You can add toppings to create your own pie, or try the specialty Alsatian (sautéed onions, shallots, garlic, sour cream, bacon and Gruyère cheese).
The menu also features sandwiches, salads and delectable homemade ice cream. The breezy decor and free wi-fi access lure those who might like to linger.
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Bella Luna Milky Way
Now housed in an old brewery building, Bella Luna Milky Way is a neighborhood haunt that has long enticed JP residents with its colorfully painted walls and sci-fi decor. Regulars keep coming back, year after year, for crispy thin-crust pizza pies with interesting combinations of toppings, such as the all-time favorite Gipsy King, with spinach, ricotta and caramelized onions.
While waiting for pizza, regulars keep themselves entertained with pool, Connect Four and vintage video games. There is no longer bowling here, but there is Wii bowling – somehow appropriate for this space-age place.
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Al Di La
Locals swear this is the best authentic New York pizza in town. Just walking into the casual restaurant, you’re hit with a delicious array of smells. The place is usually packed, has a congenial atmosphere, nightly specials and quite a few pasta, meat and chicken dishes should you not want pizza. Call ahead and order takeaway to eat at your hotel. Alcohol is not served.
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Emma's Pizza
Before or after a flick at the nearby Kendall Sq Cinema, make a point of stopping at this friendly neighborhood pizzeria, which instills a maniacal devotion in its customers. Crispy thin crust and creative topping combinations cause Emma's to be consistently rated among the city's best pizza. Slices and salads are sold from the front window.
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Horseshoe Lounge
This neighborhood lounge-bar has a wonderfully laid-back atmosphere with a pool table and sports on a large TV screen. The bar counter is comprised of about 23,000 dice (they say). Pizza, subs and salad are the items du jour, and they're all pretty good. Beer is the beverage, and there are a couple dozen to choose from.
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Bertucci’s
Despite its nationwide expansion, Bertucci’s remains a Boston favorite for brick-oven pizza. The location near Faneuil Hall Marketplace is one of several in the Boston area. Lunch is a real bargain: all mains come with unlimited salad and fresh, hot rolls.
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Fratelli Pizza
Consistently voted Flagstaff's best pizza joint, Fratelli still pulls them in with its handmade, stone oven-baked pizza. Sauce choices include red, BBQ, pesto and white, and toppings range from standard pepperoni to grilled chicken, walnuts, artichoke hearts and cucumber.
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Boulder BOP
The long-distance import of Italian ingredients might not win this brightly painted pizzeria any sustainability awards, but the organic, thin-crust pies are delicately dressed in the faithful Italian tradition and the other casual trattoria stuff. On weekends DJs spin late for a collegiate crowd.
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Picazzo’s
Pizza purists might shudder at the unorthodox toppings, but clued-in devotees gobble ’em up like M&Ms. If chicken-bacon-gorgonzola or chipotle-barbecue-beef don’t tickle your fancy, you can always design your own. Nice touch: the mouthwash dispenser in the bathroom.
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Maxwell's
Eat with the locals at the pizza, pasta and beer joint tucked in a back corner of the stylish outdoor Redstone Mall, north of town. Huge, crispy-crusted 'Fat Boy' pizzas never linger long on the tables.
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Flatbread Company
A socially conscious pizzeria, Flatbread uses organic veggies and nitrate-free meats, and dishes up a portion of its profits to local environmental causes. The deliciously crispy pizzas are cooked in front of your eyes in a wood-fired clay oven built into the dining room.
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Totonno’s
This old-school pizza parlor is open daily – as long as there’s fresh dough. The toppings menu is slim (check the board above the open kitchen), but this is the kind of pie that doesn’t need lots of overwrought decoration: coal-fired dough is topped with mozzarella first, followed by tomato sauce, so your crust never gets soggy. A place of pilgrimage, complete with real-deal New York attitude.
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Brown Dog Pizza
The pizza? It's thin crust and fair enough, but the crowd makes the place interesting. Ten minutes after you belly up to the bar for a slice and a cheap pint of Pabst, you'll be privy to all the local dirt. It's one of the most affordable meals on the strip.
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Pizzeria Regina
The queen of North End pizzerias is the legendary Pizzeria Regina, famous for brusque but endearing waitresses and crispy, thin-crust pizza. Thanks to the slightly spicy sauce (flavored with aged romano) Regina repeatedly wins accolades for her pies. Reservations are not accepted, so be prepared to wait.
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