I haven’t been watching High Fidelity, but suddenly I am in the mood to rank things. So tonight, I am ranking my top 5 pizza places in Richmond.
1) Mamma Zu- They don’t advertise it. It takes forever to cook. It’s light, spicy and perfect.
2) Tarrantino’s- I am a huge fan of the char on the crust and the peppery sauce.
3) Mary Angela’s- This has been the standard. I adore the 18 inch pie. It’s perfect 30 minutes out of the oven.
4) Arianna’s- This is my neighborhood shop. The eggplant parm pie is ridiculous.
5) Cappriccio’s- Frank makes traveling to the West End worthwhile.
****8 1/2 has essentially the same pie as Mamma Zu except that it only comes in the small size. That doesn’t fly for me. I like large slices that I can cup.
Feel free to argue with me or supply me with your Top 5.
The one thing I do like about 8 1/2 are the olives on the pizza. they are sooo good. Mary Angela’s is great with some of their wings. Now I want pizza.
While I haven’t had Mamma Zu’s yet. I can vouch for A N.Y. Slice on Midlothian…Pretty close to the real thing and I can easily come close to knocking back an entire pie.
My favorite is Frank’s West on Patterson, although he has been skimping on the toppings lately. Stick to the basic cheese pizza.
Also Palermo’s, a new place at the huge new mall off 288 in Midlothian.
As a side note, not a big fan of 8 1/2′s pizza, but they have the best meatball sub in town.
People used to rave about Frank’s White Pizza. I would have do a separate white pizza ranking. There are so many good ones.
Wow, city pizza rankings, this should being them in…
Mojo’s sometimes hits the spot as a convenient option, and they do deliver.
If we’re going to talk White Pizza look no further than Mamma Zu’s/8 1/2. We call it “crack pizza” around the office.
THere’s also Genova’s Pizza Express in the West End on Gayton. Not quite Mary Angela’s, but good pizza.
I love these lists, because there’s always something truly superlative-worthy about each of the pizzerias (at least by RVA standards). One day, I’d like to hit up all of the places that get mentioned in the comments. However, when Capriccio’s $1.85 plain cheese slice continually calls to me, it’s hard to divert from my pizza pattern.
My list would include Mediterraneo and Italian Kitchen West.
RVA Foodie- don’t you make up the price difference in gas?