San francisco pizza

New York and Chicago might have 'za on every corner, but San Francisco's best pizzas are crafted by award-winning chefs, who are putting a new spin on the classic pie. From solid options that come by the slice toartisan pies at the certified pizza Napoletana,while othersrestaurants dish out hearty deep-dish pizza for the whole family. Whether you like it thin or deep-dish, topped with pineapple or pepperoni, you can't go wrong at these top pizza spots in San Francisco. RECOMMENDED: The casual pizza arm of chef-owner Craig Stoll’s popular Delfina restaurant, Pizzeria Delfina has long been considered one of the best purveyors of thin-crust pies in town. Primo ingredients such as fior di latte mozzarella, prosciutto di parma, and house-made fennel sausage elevate traditional pizzas to the level of haute cuisine. Perennial favorites include the oh-so-San-Francisco clam pie, topped with cherrystone clams and hot peppers, and carbonara, a pizza form of the classic pasta dish with guanciale, farm egg, pecorino, and scallions. Tony Gemingnani’s paean to Napoli comes complete with 13 different kinds of pizza baked in seven different ovens, ranging in temperature from 550 to 1,000 degrees. Grab a booth at the friendly, neighborhood restaurant and order up Tony’s Cal Italia, a medium crust pizza with gorgonzola, Croatian fig preserve, prosciutto, parmigiano and a balsamic reduction—gold medal winner of the Food Network pizza champion’s challenge.Gemingnani is also the first American ...

Long gone are the days when transplants from New York would complain endlessly about SF being a pizza desert. Good and even excellent pizza can now be found in nearly every neighborhood in town, and you can even get a fresh-from-the-oven Neapolitan pie at homegrown music festival Outside Lands (courtesy of Not all SF pizza is created equal of course, so SFist now brings you an updated, definitive, expertly curated list of where to find the best pizza — and no, unlike This southern-Italian Marina mainstay makes nine different pies on any given day, with some changing seasonally. House favorites include the bianca (which features Castelvetrano olives), the salsiccia (fennel sausage and broccoli rabe), and the testa (soppressata di testa, gaeta olives, fennel, garlic). A16 also boasts a world-class Italian wine list curated by owner and James Beard Award-nominated sommelier Shelley Lindgren. 2355 Chestnut Street Since opening two years ago in Hayes Valley, A Mano has been a consistently tough table to get. With no reservations and a rare-in-SF proposition of reasonably priced pasta and pizza combined with a full bar, all in SF's trendiest neighborhood, it stands to reason that it's popular. The pizzas from chef Freedom Rains — made in a high-temp gas oven similar to Pizzeria Delfina's — have been excellent 450 Hayes Street at Octavia When they're fresh out of the oven, slices at Arinell achieve the New York-style thing in a way that few local slice shops do. The cheese is pro...

A new North Beach food festival is set to launch on Saturday, August 19 with carbs of all shapes and sizes (plus fundraising) on the agenda. Award-winning pizzaiolo Tony Gemignani will launch the new Pizza, Bagel, and Beer Festival in partnership with the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation. Already, the event is set to bring 45 Bay Area pizzerias, bagelries, and breweries together for a “celebration of food and community” benefitting Slice Out Hunger, the Salesian Boys & Girls Club, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation, Saints Peter & Paul School, and the North Beach Business Association, according to a press release. Among the notable businesses lined up for the event — alongside Gemignani’s pizzerias, of course — are DamnFine, A16, Del Popolo, PizzaHacker, Doppio Zero, Delarosa, Shuggie’s Trash Pie and Natural Wine, and Mozzeria, among others. Pizza oven company Ooni, meanwhile, is highlighting female pizzamakers such as Pizzeria da Laura’s Laura Meyer, a Tony’s Pizza Napoletana alum; Leah Scurto of PizzaLeah; and Kira Zabrowski of Much Ado About Pizza. On the bagel side of the event, expect to nosh on bites from Gemignani’s Dago Bagel, Boichik Bagels, Daily Driver, Midnite Bagel, the Laundromat, and BagelMacher. For those looking for a beer, Allagash Brewing Company, Faction Brewing, Fort Point, Sierra Nevada, Anchor Brewing, Lagunitas, and Fieldwork Brewing Company will be pouring at the event. Aside from food and drinks, there will also be an app...

Owner Tony Gemignani puts a finishing touch on a Detroit-style pizza at Tony's Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco on Oct. 18, 2022. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE San Francisco's favorite pizzaiolo, “For the last eight years, there’s been a number of different pizza festivals in the US,” said Gemignani. “I’ve done New York, LA, Las Vegas. I’ve done quite a bit of them, and I’ve always thought San Francisco should have one.” Gemignani said he'd been mulling over the idea for a while, but the pandemic put the idea on the back burner. Until now. “At the same time, I think adding a bagel and beer element to it isn’t that farfetched,” he said. “Bagels are having such a renaissance in the Bay Area, some pizza-makers make bagels, and I thought the three would combine well.” Pizzerias at the festival will include Daily Driver, The Laundromat, Tickets, which can be found on Madeline Wells is a senior reporter for SFGATE covering food and drink in the Bay Area. She grew up in the Seattle area and received her B.A. in English and Media Studies from UC Berkeley. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate editor at East Bay Express and freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene. Email: [email protected]