Pizza

Ten Best Pizza Places in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Pizza may be one of America's favorite foods, a food that has become more American than Italian, with slices in cities from east to west offering a different take on how to best combine three basic ingredients: dough, cheese and sauce. There's New York-style, Chicago and Sicilian. Some bake up a thi ... More >>

Attention Couch Potatoes: You Can Order Pizza Hut From Your XBox 360

We know that the only thing that can tear you away from an eight-hour gaming session with Call of Duty is the call of your rumbling stomach. And it's just a drain on the ole' leg muscles to get up and search for your cell in order to phone in your pizza order. Well, Microsoft and Pizza Hut have hea ... More >>

Breaking News: You Can Get Good Pizza in South Florida! If You Agree, You Should Vote

This just in! You can get good pizza in South Florida! (Also, in lots of other places that aren't New York City.) Every year, to go along with our annual 'Best of Broward-Palm Beach' edition of New Times, we open up the Readers Choice poll. The bulk of the "Best of" issue is a carefully curated co ... More >>

Spadini's Mizner Pizzeria in Boca Raton: Owner Tom Sellick has Magnum PI Tattoo (Photos)

We're not sure why, but mustachios are all the rage right now. Whether its a Handlebar, Fu Manchu, or the Pancho Villa, there is one person who is best known for his perfect 'stache: the legendary Tom Selleck. Recently, Clean Plate Charlie received word that Tom Sellick opened a new pizza place in ... More >>

Weston Dining Entrepreneur Plans Pizza Empire

Sure it looks as though South Florida is recovering from the real estate meltdown that led to the region being labeled as one of nation's most troubled, but in the midst of panic came opportunities. "Weston Town Center was struggling in 2008 and I started buying up all of the restaurants that were ... More >>

Pizza Fusion to Open Flagship Corporate Restaurant in Boca Raton

Pizza Fusion, the South Florida-based pizza chain with the slogan, "Saving the Earth, One Pizza at a Time," recently announced plans to open two new locations -- one in Naples and a second in Boca Raton, which will be the brand's first corporate location. Currently the leading green franchise in Nor ... More >>

Now Hiring at Delray Marketplace: Japango, Bella Amici Pizzeria, Burt & Max's

If you're in the biz and looking for a new gig, Delray Marketplace is a hotbed of hospitality job options. With a whole host of new restaurants and entertainment venues opening over the next several months, lots of places are in search of good help, from baristas to bussers and everything in between ... More >>

National Pizza Week Ends Today: Five "Best of" Places to Celebrate

For some reason, in this country we feel we need to create a day or a week for everything. National s'mores day, frozen food month, national clams on the half shell day--seriously, these are all things. Pizza, however, is definitely a big deal. And right now it's national pizza week, which ends ... More >>

Shaquille O'Neal to Attend Grand Opening for Dry Fried Wings This Friday in Fort Lauderdale

Basketball star-turned-actor-turned-rapper-turned-doctor-turned-beer-spokesman-turned-police-force-hopeful (and so on and so forth) Shaquille O'Neal will help to welcome the Dry Fried Wing Company to Fort Laudy on Friday afternoon. The Shaq is just one of several sports stars who will spice up the ... More >>

Giovanni Rocchio of Osteria Acqua & Farina: A Q&A About Northern Italian Pizza, Old Favorites, And New Twists

To say Giovanni Rocchio is busy would be an understatement. The original New Yorker is chef/owner of two restaurants -- the recently relocated, award-winning Valentino's Cucina Italiana and the new Osteria Acqua & Farina. To go along with this week's review of Osteria, we decided to catch up wit ... More >>

How to Make a Wood-Fired Pizza: Osteria Acqua & Farina's Attilio Reale Explains

Attilio Reale has been making wood-fired pizzas for 25 years.Originally from Naples -- Italy, not Florida -- he grew up in northern Italy. And his pizza closely mimics his background."My pizza style is close to the Napoli style with an influence from the north," says Reale in his melodious Italian a ... More >>

Osteria Acqua & Farina: Small Place, Interesting Pies

Osteria Acqua & Farina is the new concept from Giovanni Rocchio, owner of Valentino's Cucina Italiana. The restaurant, which opened in June of this year, in the former space of Valentino's, is Rocchio's causal adaptation of his renowned high-end Italian restaurant.The menu is comprised of classi ... More >>

Grimaldi's Offers Free Pizza On Your Birthday

We don't understand people who don't like celebrating their birthdays. After all, a birthday means people singing to you off-key, wearing funny hats, possible gifts, cake, and now free pizza!Grimaldi's Coal Brick Oven Pizzeria wants to celebrate your special day by giving you a free large one-toppin ... More >>

Best Pizza: Tucci's Fire N Coal Pizza Embraced by Readers and Judges Alike

As noted in the Best Pizza 2012 item that went live this week, naming a best pizza place is "like kicking the hornet's nest." Nine times out of ten, the "who has the best pizza?" discussion will devolve into a heated debate and will likely include at least one mention of South Florida's (and the res ... More >>

More Pizza for Boca Raton: Mizner Plaza Pizzeria Now Open

​Mizner Plaza Pizzeria has opened in the eastern-most space of the plaza for which it is named. The slot is no stranger to pizzerias and has seen many (Casino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, and most recently, Jonathan's Corner) come and go over the years. Mizner Plaza Pizzeria opened earlier this month servi ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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. 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Scarfone's Coal-Fired Pizza Needs a Little Work

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Learning to Crawl

Three local pizza joints serve a mean slice of pie.

Old (New) New York

Pizz-Off, Manhattan!

Our coal-fired pies should stifle all squawking snowbirds.

Samba by the Slice

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

Best Restaurant Row

Gateway Plaza

Foodstuff

Pizza Girls

Dough Boy

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