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Barro’s

With more than 40 locations throughout Greater Phoenix and Tucson, this family-owned chain has been serving its thick-crust pizzas, for almost 30 years.

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Choose from 20-plus flavors of white and red pizzas, house-made pastas, antipasti, salads and more while dining by a romantic fireplace in a restored 1913 bungalow.

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Chef Michael Merendino brings his Italian father’s recipes for New Yorkstyle thin-crust and Sicilian squarecut thick-crust pizzas to three Valley locations.

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GRIMALDI’S PIZZERIA

THINGS TO KNOW:

Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in the shadows of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1990, and now headquartered in Scottsdale, Grimaldi’s builds on more than 100 years of pizza-making traditions. Pizzas and calzones are baked to perfection in its signature coal-burning ovens and topped with the freshest ingredients, a “secret recipe” sauce and homemade mozzarella. It’s no wonder this pizzeria has won more awards than any other in the country.

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Grimaldi’s famous crispy, smoky crust can only be made in its legendary centerpiece coal-brick oven, which delivers a tantalizing aroma and unique flavor, while a custom water system replicates New York City water, which is essential to achieving the pizzeria’s award-winning taste. Try the popular Brooklyn Bridge, which features oven-roasted red peppers, ricotta cheese and hand-pinched Italian sausage.

INFORMATION: grimaldispizzeria.com

Fat Olives

This Flagstaff favorite uses only the finest imported Italian ingredients to produce its authentic thin-crust wood-fired Neapolitan pizza.

fatolivesflagstaff.com Frenchie Pizza

Along with traditional American pizzas, this fast-casual joint specializes flammekueche, or “flammes,” a specialty from France’s Alsace region made with unleavened crispy flatbread.

frenchiepizza.com La Grande Orange Grocery & Pizzeria

The pizzas at LGO are handcrafted with the freshest ingredients, including Schreiner’s sausage, spicy red fresno chiles, and Laura Chenel goat cheese or housemade cashew cheese, on your choice of fermented or gluten-free crusts.

lagrandeorangegrocery.com Nello’s

An Ahwatukee institution since 1996, this family-owned eatery makes its thin-crust and deep-dish woodfired pizzas with house-stretched mozzarella, house-cured meats and seasonal local produce.

nellospizza.com Oregano’s

From its original 1993 Old Town Scottsdale location to more than 20 locations throughout Arizona and Colorado, Oregano’s has become a Valley destination for ultrathin crust, pan style and deep-dish stuffed pizza.

oreganos.com Organ Stop Pizza

Come for the build-your-own pizza and stay for the entertainment as this family-friendly restaurant in Mesa features nightly shows on the world’s largest theater pipe organ.

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