Mario the Baker

This is a classic New York-style pizza joint. There’s no decor aside from the requisite cheese and pepperoni art prints and a flashing neon “open” sign. Hurried servers juggle multiple slices as busy downtown workers expend their half-hour lunch breaks on cheap grub. The first Mario’s opened in 1969, and many branches have followed, with […]

Mario the Baker

This is a classic New York-style pizza joint. There’s no decor aside from the requisite cheese and pepperoni art prints and a flashing neon “open” sign. Hurried servers juggle multiple slices as busy downtown workers expend their half-hour lunch breaks on cheap grub. The first Mario’s opened in 1969, and many branches have followed, with […]

Mister O1

Known as Visa-O1 when it opened in Miami Beach in 2014, this pizza joint had to tweak its name owing to trademark issues. “O1” is a reference to the O-1 visa the U.S. reserves for “individuals with extraordinary ability.” So, yes, this pint-size pizzeria thinks highly of its pies – and with good reason: Only […]

Mister O1

Known as Visa-O1 when it opened in Miami Beach in 2014, this pizza joint had to tweak its name owing to trademark issues. The “O1” is a reference to the O-1 visa the U.S. reserves for “individuals with extraordinary ability.” So, yes, this pint-size pizzeria thinks highly of its pies – and with good reason: […]

Mister O1

Known as Visa-O1 when it opened in Miami Beach in 2014, this pizza joint had to tweak its name owing to trademark issues. “O1” is a reference to the O-1 visa the U.S. reserves for “individuals with extraordinary ability.” So, yes, this pint-size pizzeria thinks highly of its pies – and with good reason: Only […]

Montes de Oca

Because little English is spoken at either branch of this pizzeria, it’s hard for an Anglo to get an explanation of what makes the place’s specialty, Cuban pizza, different from other pizzas. But basically it’s the crust, which is thicker than those of Neapolitan, Roman, New York, or designer pizzas but differs from similarly thick […]

New York Roma Pizza

When you want a small slice of the Big Apple, check out New York Roma Pizza. The late-night hangout offers a wide variety of pizzas that please all types of palates. Inside there’s an intimate counter that seats about six, but there is plenty of outdoor seating as well. The guys behind the counter seem […]

Paulie Gee’s Miami

The MiMo District outpost of Paulie Gee’s reeks of New York City hipness. Paint-chipped ceiling beams loom over gray tables and yellow steel chairs. On the other end of the restaurant hangs a jaundiced light-up sign for China Palace Restaurant, which last occupied the building. Adjacent is a mosaic sign that reads “Size matters,” and […]

Piola

Even if the movie at Regal South Beach a few doors over was more than atrocious, you’ll go home happy after a postshow pizza at Piola, especially if you wash down your pie with the Italian pizzeria’s special frozen limoncello drink, a sort of lemon/vodka sorbet that goes down easy and hits hard. The stylish […]