ROMAN TRATTORIA STYLE

Each dish has a story!

Graffiti Pizza co-founded by pizza guru Matt Molina offers New York-style slices and pies that can be picked up without fear of collapse. On Jack London Square, The Forge’s handcrafted wood-fired pizzas pack a lot of flavors, both traditional and notso-much, like the Skrimp with garlic oil, butter poached prawns, red onion and Calabrian chili.

Café Zoetrope is located in the majestic Sentinel Building, a San Francisco historic landmark in the heart of North Beach, and the home to Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Studio (film production company where the origin of the Café name comes from).

South Bay Pizza

The dough — which is fermented over multiple days at different temperatures before being topped with mouth-watering combinations — at Rise Woodfire is one of the things that gives the pizza at this family-owned restaurant near Downtown San Mateo’s train station its own unique and delicious character. Also in San Mateo, Pausa (Italian for “pause”) chef and owner Andrea Giuliani has won numerous fans and accolades for his house-made fare complemented by an all-Italian wine list and craft cocktails and spritzes. With locations in Redwood City and Los Altos, State of Mind Public House and Pizzeria tops pies with California cheese, organic Bianco Dinapoli tomato sauce and bakes them in a high-heat electric oven. One of four outposts, Pizzeria Delfina’s Palo Alto location wins local fans for its ever-changing roster of seasonal offerings, including perfect pies (gluten-free crust is available). Terún has been serving authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas topped primarily with staples of Southern Italy in downtown Palo Alto since 2013. The chewycrispy crust wood-fired oven pizzas from Los Gatos’ Oak & Rye feature a variety of creative toppings, including the Goomba, with pesto, taleggio, oyster mushroom, shiitake mushroom, cremini mushroom and Calabrian chilies. Named for the train that runs between O’Hare Airport and downtown Chicago, Blue Line in Campbell offers Chicago-style deep-dish, as well as New York thin crust, in a casual-but-hip setting. The menu at A Slice of New York in San Jose is divided between the full-size specialty pies and 10-inch personal pies, all topped with the staples of

New York thin-crust pizza, from spicy Italian sausage to fresh mushroom and meatballs. Don’t judge it by the San Jose strip mall location, Bibo's NY Pizza might impress even the die-hard Brooklynites, and the kitchen is completely open so you can watch it being made. Giorgio’s on Foxworthy in San Jose is the quintessential family Italian-American restaurant, where locals go for long lunches and groups celebrate anniversaries, graduations and birthdays over red-and-white checked tablecloths. Slice of Homage, which opened in 2020, brings a crafted-pizza sensibility to multiple styles at San Jose’s San Pedro Square.