San Diego pizza
places offer everything from thin, "California-style" pizza to more
traditional Chicago style pies and everything in between. You'll
never be too far from a great pie in this gorgeous city.
Most any pizza place is going to have both fans and people who think it doesn’t rate on the pizza scale.
Here are several pizza places to try and judge for yourself.
Bronx Pizza (bronxpizza.com)
As the name suggests, Bronz Pizza serves up NY style, thin crust pizza
in one size, 18 inches. You can also grab a slice too. They offer 18
different varieties.
And don’t ask for salad or wings at this San Diego pizza joint. They
specialize in only pizza – and a calzone. Visit the “Crew” link on the
website…pretty funny.
Location: 111 Washington St., San Diego, CA (Cash only)
Delivery: No. Dine in or Take out
Beer & Wine: No
Pizzeria Luigi (pizzerialuigi.com)
This pizza spot also specializes in thin crust pies and slices. Vegan
pizza available. The menu also offers pasta, lasagna, salads and
calzones.
Location: 2 locations (Golden Hill & North Park)
Delivery: Yes
Beer & Wine: Yes
Basic Urban Kitchen (barbasic.com)
This hip and cool San Diego pizza restaurant offers thin crust pizza from New Haven, Connecticut. They offer up a wide variety of toppings including fun fare
like mashed potatoes, fried eggplant and sun-dried tomatoes.
Location: 410 10th Ave., San Diego, CA
Delivery: Yes
Beer & Wine: Yes
Lefty’s Chicago Pizzeria (leftyspizza.com)
This family-owned pizza joint offers up authentic Chicago-style
pizza. They serve up a thin crust, a deep dish and a stuffed crust
pizza.
Each pizza is served with a chunky tomato sauce and cheese and your
choice of toppings. You can also choose from their specialty pie menu
for more variety.
Lefty’s also serves burgers, salads, sandwiches and dessert.
Location: 2 locations (North Park & Mission Hills – both closed Mondays)
Delivery: Catering
Denali’s Pizza (denalispizza.com)
This San Diego pizza joint has a large menu in which to choose a gourmet
pizza, a classic pizza, pastas, subs, salads, wings and even Mexican food. You can also
turn any pizza into a calzone.
Location: 13158 Poway Road, Poway, CA
Delivery: Yes
Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza (sammyspizza.com)
Sammy’s offers a nice variety of woodfired pizzas which the option of whole wheat crust,
artisan
thin crust or gluten-free crust. The pizzas are more “California-style”
with toppings like organic arugula and pear, sun-dried tomato or
Thai Chicken to name a few. The menu also has pasta, tapas, sandwiches, tacos,
salads and Neapolitan style pizzas and other specialties.
Location: 770 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Delivery: Take-out or dine in
Beer & Wine: Yes
Pizza Port (pizzaport.com)
This California pizza place offers up “non-wimpy” gourmet pizzas on
their signature wholegrain beer crust. You can also build your own
pizza or opt for a
salad or chicken wings. And don’t forget the root beer – or real beer
ice cream float!
Location: Several locations
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