Pizza

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Dough Boy

Best Restaurant Row

Gateway Plaza

Old (New) New York

Gateway Plaza

Pizz-Off, Manhattan!

Our coal-fired pies should stifle all squawking snowbirds.

Samba by the Slice

Our coal-fired pies should stifle all squawking snowbirds.

Homeland Security

Conca d'Oro offers a slice of New York

Michelangelo's Pizza

Cooked at 900 degrees, these pies are HOT

Downtown Lives Up to Its Name

A bistro morphs into a New York-style pizza joint

Foodstuff

Pizza Girls

Foodstuff

Esposito's Pizza Restaurant

Foodstuff

Amigo's

Foodstuff

Papa Leone's

Learning to Crawl

Three local pizza joints serve a mean slice of pie.

Review Appendix: Pizza Crawl in Pictures

John LinnThe central brick oven at Tucci's Fire N Coal Pizza smolders.This week's column had me trekking alongside local pizza blogger Lapp of Worstpizza.com as we took on three pie-slinging joints in one night. You can check out the article for my conclusions on La Fontana Pizzeria in Coral Springs ... More >>

Pizzeria Oceano Washes Ashore in Lantana

Artisanal pizza is no longer a moron of the oxy variety, with pizzerias like Una Pizza Napoletana in New York, Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, Pizzeria Delfina in San Francisco, and Pizzavolante in Miami's Design District.  Photo by Bill Citara​And now you can add Dak Kerprich's Pizzeria Oceano ( ... More >>

Order Up: Sicilian Oven - Updated With Slideshow

C. Stiles​ The Perfect Pizza is an elusive animal. Mostly because everyone has his or her own idea of what makes a great pie. But I'd like to think of the pizza at Sicilian Oven as the Great Uniter; no matter what the preference -- Napolitan or New York style, wood- or coal-fired, thin and thick - ... More >>

Sharam

C. Stiles​ The Perfect Pizza is an elusive animal. Mostly because everyone has his or her own idea of what makes a great pie. But I'd like to think of the pizza at Sicilian Oven as the Great Uniter; no matter what the preference -- Napolitan or New York style, wood- or coal-fired, thin and thick - ... More >>

What's the Drama Behind Domenick's in Weston?

Photo by Riki Altman​It was a bit of a challenge finding the new Domenick's Pizzeria in Weston, only in part because it is hidden in a plaza off a main drag, tucked behind a synagogue and squeezed between a beauty salon and Sylvan Learning center. As of press time, one website claims it is named " ... More >>

Craig "Pizza Expert" Agranoff on CBS 12 News

CBS 12 News did a segment last night featuring South Florida's own Craig "the Pizza Expert" Agranoff, the man behind the pizza review website worstpizza.com. Reporter Emily Pantelides and "Really Big Stud" cameraman Chad tagged along with the Expert (or Lapp, as he's known in certain circles) on a ... More >>

Sicilian Oven To Open New Location in 2010

C. StilesGaravuso sampling his own creation at the Sicilian Oven.​Check it out: the Sicilian Oven, one of the best pizza joints in Broward County, is planning to open its second location by early next year.Worstpizza.com is reporting that Andrew Garavuso and crew will move into the 3,100-square-fo ... More >>

Rocco's Opens in Boca, Mugs Moves into Christine's, Argentina Invades Springs

A face only a mom and pop could love.​• The space that once housed Broward's Best New Restaurant is now a sports bar. Mugs Bar & Grill has taken over where Christine's used to operate on Oakland Park Boulevard. At one time, Christine's doled out contemporary American food to the sound of sul ... More >>

Dubfire

A face only a mom and pop could love.​• The space that once housed Broward's Best New Restaurant is now a sports bar. Mugs Bar & Grill has taken over where Christine's used to operate on Oakland Park Boulevard. At one time, Christine's doled out contemporary American food to the sound of sul ... More >>

Chus

A face only a mom and pop could love.​• The space that once housed Broward's Best New Restaurant is now a sports bar. Mugs Bar & Grill has taken over where Christine's used to operate on Oakland Park Boulevard. At one time, Christine's doled out contemporary American food to the sound of sul ... More >>

2009 Restaurant Roll Call - Openings

​We all know 2009 was sort of a strange year for restaurants. On one hand, there were dozens of significant openings, places that really added to our overall scene. On the other, there was more attrition than a super-long game of Risk. Here's a comprehensive run down, from A to Z of what opened in ... More >>

Pop Star Aaron Carter Now Part Owner of Lauderdale Pizza Joint

From TwitterCarter with a couple of fans who were clued in to his appearance at Slice.​Slice Pizzeria in downtown Fort Lauderdale has sold a piece of its pie to Aaron Carter. The pop star showed up yesterday afternoon at the restaurant, on Southeast 1st Street, to sign autographs for fans. But, um ... More >>

Borgo Antico Pizzeria Debuts on Palm Beach Island

Photo by Flickr user Mike Wiacek​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Palm Beach is not exactly the place you'd expect to find a pizzeria that seems plucked f ... More >>

New Times Best Of Broward-Palm Beach 2010

Photo by Flickr user Mike Wiacek​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Palm Beach is not exactly the place you'd expect to find a pizzeria that seems plucked f ... More >>

Scarfone's Coal-Fired Pizza Needs a Little Work

Photo by Flickr user Mike Wiacek​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Palm Beach is not exactly the place you'd expect to find a pizzeria that seems plucked f ... More >>

Corelino's Pizza Opens in Lantana

​It's the hottest thing to hit the pizza world since Wolfgang Puck smeared a crust with crème fraiche and topped it with smoked salmon and caviar.  That would be the coal-fired oven, both figuratively and literally the hottest, as it can crank up to a fearsome 800 to 900 degrees, cooking and ... More >>

Shooting Porn in the Pizzeria: Is it Legal?

CrazyClubChicks.com, Photoshop by Justin Scicluna​Yesterday, Clean Plate Charlie reported that Squiggy's pizzeria (located on SW 2nd Street in Fort Lauderdale's Himmarshee nightlife district) had two porno flicks filmed inside the restaurant during operating hours. This unusual incident left us w ... More >>

Professional Eaters Descend Upon South Florida for the Great Pickle Battle

CrazyClubChicks.com, Photoshop by Justin Scicluna​Yesterday, Clean Plate Charlie reported that Squiggy's pizzeria (located on SW 2nd Street in Fort Lauderdale's Himmarshee nightlife district) had two porno flicks filmed inside the restaurant during operating hours. This unusual incident left us w ... More >>

Where We Were Eating: Pizzeria Oceano

The front patio at Pizzeria Oceano is fun, al fresco dining.​Monday's Where Are We Eating? was the first time we've gone without a correct answer. You guys are slipping! (Or the pic was too hard... hmmm...) The patio in question belongs to none other than Pizzeria Oceano in Lantana. This tiny bung ... More >>

Order Up: Pizzeria Oceano and Corelino's Coal-Fired Pizza & Cucina

A bianca pizza from Corelino's in Lake Worth.​A conversation I had with a friend recently had me thinking: His claim was that, despite the proliferation of coal-fired and gourmet pizza joints, the great majority of restaurant pies falls squarely in the "average" category. "About 85 percent of the ... More >>

Corelino's Pizza and Pizzeria Oceano: Battle Over the Perfect Slice

A bianca pizza from Corelino's in Lake Worth.​A conversation I had with a friend recently had me thinking: His claim was that, despite the proliferation of coal-fired and gourmet pizza joints, the great majority of restaurant pies falls squarely in the "average" category. "About 85 percent of the ... More >>

Putting Your Pizza Stone to Work: Whole Wheat Butternut Squash Pizza

Crackly crust, sweet butternut squash, sage, and caramelized onions -- the flavors of fall in pizza form.​Yesterday, we talked about pizza stones and how you can improve upon those store-bought ones with cheap unglazed quarry tiles purchased at Home Depot. Today, let's put those tiles to the test ... More >>

Three Reasons to go Nuts Buying Kitchen Supplies This Black Friday

The Pampered Chef ​This Black Friday, remember: Spending money on kitchen gadgets should always be guilt-free. Why? Because:1. New supplies lead to more cookingAnd that leads to more entertaining, which ultimately ends with more friends. In short, cutlery increases popularity. 2. Fresh gadgets e ... More >>

Luigi's Coal Oven Pizza Set to Open in March on Las Olas Boulevard

Jamie Long​A bright neon sign on the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and 15th Avenue reads Luigi's Coal Oven Pizza. The newly-under-construction eatery is scheduled to open in Fort Lauderdale's swanky shopping and restaurant district in March -- just a few months behind the anticipated opening of it ... More >>

Armony's Pizza in Plantation: Breakfast Pizza, Zeppolli (Zeppole), and More

Nikki Braverman Vegetarian slice from Armony's. ​Business partners Tony Angotti and Armin Mihandoust are no strangers to the restaurant industry. In fact, both worked together as teenagers in Angotti's family's pizzeria. Angotti has been making pizza since age 12, and Mihandoust started at ... More >>

Scuola Vecchia Schools Delray on Pizza

​Old-school pizza, the way it's been made in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, for hundreds of years is the focus of the new Scuola Vecchia Pizzeria e Vino (522 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; 561-865-5923).  If you didn't get that from the name (Scuola Vecchia is Italian for old school), you ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 33 -- Crostini with Whipped Lardo, Rosemary, and Balsamic Onions at Pizzeria Oceano

​As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 33: Crostini with Whipped Lardo, Rosemary, and Balsamic Onions at ... More >>

Luigi's Coal Fire Pizza Opens On Las Olas Boulevard

Luigi's Coal Fire Pizza​A couple months behind an anticipated March opening, Luigi's Coal Fire Pizza opened its doors for service Tuesday, May 17.Locals seemed eager to try Napolitan chef Luigi DiMeo's (previously of Rino's Tuscan Grill) fare at the new neighborhood pizzeria. By 8 p.m. Tuesday nig ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 5 -- "The Basic" from Pizzeria Oceano

​As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 5: "The Basic" from Pizzeria Oceano"Pizza is the Cheers rerun of ... More >>

Nick's Apizza Resurfacing in Boca

​Nick Laudano, who's fine but short-lived Nick's Apizza introduced Lake Worth to the joys of New Haven-style pizza, will debut his new, much bigger and more ambitious pizzeria in Boca Raton's Glades Plaza this July.  Renamed Nick's New Haven-Style Pizzeria & Bar, the 4,600-square-foot res ... More >>

Luigi's Coal Oven Pizza in Fort Lauderdale: Pizza's Not the Best Thing on the Menu at This Las Olas Joint

​Nick Laudano, who's fine but short-lived Nick's Apizza introduced Lake Worth to the joys of New Haven-style pizza, will debut his new, much bigger and more ambitious pizzeria in Boca Raton's Glades Plaza this July.  Renamed Nick's New Haven-Style Pizzeria & Bar, the 4,600-square-foot res ... More >>

Geeking Out on Pizza in Fort Lauderdale: Luigi's Versus South Florida Favorites

Anthony's pizza​I'd been looking forward to reading Jamie Long's review of Luigi's Coal Oven Pizza this week, since, like many of you, I'm passionate about my pizza. Growing up in Jersey and doing time in New York, it's hard not to geek out on pizza in the country's pizza epicenter.Coal oven pizze ... More >>

Conan O'Brien Makes a New York Pizza (Video)

Teamcoco.comConan tweets a pic of his pizza.​Like everyone else in the world, Conan O'Brien loves New York pizza. While in New York, the first thing he does is grab a slice. According to Coco, the best place to get authentic New York pizza is Joe's in the West Village. Unless you're a fan of Ra ... More >>

South Florida's Ten Best Pizzas

Behold, pizza lovers. It's the list you've been waiting for: the best places for pizza in South Florida. And though we're all passionate about our pizza, chances are, what each of us labels as "best" has been shaped by where we're from, be it New Haven, New York, or Naples. Read on for a list that, ... More >>

After-Hours Eats: Big City Tavern's Chef Louie Bossi

​I've been perusing Las Olas wine and cheese shops lately as well as ducking into bars and restaurants down the stretch. I'm curious as to how the strip will turn itself into a holiday extravaganza on November 29, perhaps because I've never spent the season in 84 degrees. Big City Tavern is among ... More >>

Grimaldi's Coal Brick Oven Pizzeria Opens on Clematis

Grimaldi's ​Travel the country in search of the perfect pie, and you'll probably come up with a simple fact -- New York pizza is somehow indefinably better. Many claim it's the water that makes New York pizzas (and bagels) superior. Others say the coal-fired ovens of old generated the perfect envi ... More >>