I Dream Of Pizza A Pizza Blog, Established In 2008

I travel down to Miami about once a year. Since starting this website in 2008, I’ve reviewed my fair share of pizzerias there — and my favorite experiences have always been at no-frills slice joints: from the upscale offerings at Eleventh Street Pizza to the NY-style pies at Steve’s. But nothing in the region has ever came close to the pies being served at Fratesi’s Pizza (69 East Flagler Street). In a city that seems to be opening outsposts of ...

Last year I visited Copenhagen for the first time. While the city is synonymous with fine dining, pizza doesn’t really come to mind when you think of “low brow” food in the city. Sure there are Danish hot dogs and bakeries abound. But you don’t see many slice joints around the city. I wanted to try one pizza place while I was there and my research led me to Surt (Bag Elefanterne 2) a wood-fired Neapolitan-style spot. The pizzeria was ...

A decade ago, I flew to Detroit for eight hours to try some Detroit style pizza for lunch and dinner. I returned this past summer, for a slightly longer trip (48 hours) and my first stop was, of course, to try some pizza. Many of Detroit’s most famous pizzerias have been around for decades, but a relatively new player on the scene is Michigan & Trumbull (1331 Holden St). Although the shop was originally opened in Pittsburgh by two native ...

What happens when a couple of Eleven Madison Park veterans open a pizzeria in the hear of Nolita? Lines down the block, viral videos galore, and a sleuth of raving reviews (including a 9.2 from Dave Portnoy – “this is as good as you can get in New York City”). More crowds, more hype, more videos permeating the feeds of food influencers. Can a place possibly live up to this much hype? Yes. Yes, it can. What’s Unique? Ceres (164 ...

Every year I look forward to counting down my five favorite pizzas from the past 12 months. I started this annual recap back in 2013. That year, pies from Pizza Brain, Colony Grill, Table 87, Micucci Grocery, and Luna D’Autunno (a pizzeria in Vietnam!) made the cut. Since then, top accolades have gone to Pizzeria Pico (2014), The Parlor (2015), Westwind Orchard (2016), Pie For The People (2017), Mama’s Too (2018), La Morra Pizzeria (2019), Pizza Rita (2020), Kingston Standard Brewing (2021), Testo (2022), JBGB (2023), and Shaner’s Pizza (2024). I devoured many delicious pies this year (over 300 slices in total), but here ...