Betta’s Italian Oven Review | Norwood, OH

Betta's Italian Oven_Margherita Pizza

Betta’s Italian Oven is a popular restaurant in the Cincinnati area just outside of Xavier University’s campus. Betta’s is family owned and operated and strives to mimic the finest pizzerias of Napoli using their wood-fired oven for traditional Italian pizzas. I started with their bruschetta (pictured below), which I really enjoyed and would recommend. For my […]

Il Vicino | Wichita, KS

KS - Il Vicino

Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza was recommended to me by those who call Wichita home (they also provided me with some trivia in that Pizza Hut was actually started in Wichita), and I believe their recommendation was a good one.  I tried the Salsiccia pizza which was comprised of marinara sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, tomatoes, and fresh […]

Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant | Boston, MA

MA - Bertucci's Italian Restaurant_Sausage Slice

Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant has been cooking up creative brick oven pizzas and other dishes in the Northeast since 1981.  They have an interesting selection of artisan pizzas, and I decided upon the Ultimate Bertucci. This pizza is made to please everyone as the entire pie is covered in pepperoni, and each individual quarter consists of one additional topping […]

Pizza Perfection | Moscow, ID

ID - Pizza Perfection

Pizza Perfection has locations in Moscow and Lewiston, Idaho and Pullman, Washington, and I visited their original location in Moscow (home of the University of Idaho Vandals as you can tell from the pictures). Pizza Perfection may be one of the best quality pizzas for the price out there, and I would probably be living off of it […]

La Casa Pizzaria | Omaha, NE

NE - La Casa Pizzaria

Many locals consider La Casa Pizzaria to be the best pizza in Omaha, and I made sure to try a pizza that fit the locale; the Classic Hamburger Pizza (I didn’t see a steak pizza as I suppose that would be the only one more fitting). This pizza is made with 100% prime ground beef, […]

Rubi’s Pizza & Grill | Parkersburg, WV

WV - Rubi's Pizza & Grill

I stopped at Rubi’s Pizza & Grill during a road trip as it received some positive comments online, and there weren’t a lot of other options when driving along this particular route in West Virginia. They had pizza by the slice that you could grab quickly, but we chose to have them make a fresh pizza […]

Mangia Italian Grill & Sports Cafe | Annapolis, MD

MD - Mangia Italian Grill & Sports

  Mangia Italian Grill & Sports Cafe is in the heart of Annapolis just off of the water. They offer deep dish Sicilian or thin crust pizza, and I tried their thin crust per the waiter’s recommendation. It was fairly similar to a New York-style pizza just with a slightly thicker crust that was fairly […]

Pizzeria Paradiso | Washington, D.C.

DC - Pizzeria Paradiso_Margherita

Pizzeria Paradiso has three locations in the Washington, D.C. area; one around DuPont Circle, one in the Georgetown area, and one in Alexandria. I visited the one in the Georgetown area which was quite crowded even on a Wednesday night. We had only about a twenty minute wait though, and I was able to fill […]

Pizzeria di Giovanni | Charleston, SC

SC - Pizzeria di Giovanni

Pizzeria di Giovanni was recommended to me by our tour guide in Charleston, and I believe it was a very good recommendation. Although, in the interest of full disclosure, I should point out that our tour guide was leading us on a pub tour, and I ate this pizza after the tour was completed. Therefore, […]

Pizzeria Uno | Chicago, IL

IL - Pizzeria Uno

The Pizzeria Uno that I visited in downtown Chicago was the birthplace of Chicago-style deep dish pizza, and following is its history as described on Uno’s website: “In 1943, when Ike Sewell opened a restaurant at the corner of Ohio Street and Wabash Avenue in Chicago, Americans ate pizza primarily as a snack. Ike figured […]