Pity poor Ed Levine. When his workday doesn't involve ordering one of each doughnut at a well-regarded New York City doughnuttery, he gets to eat pizza from some of the country's best pizzerias and write about it for Details magazine. His findings cover some familiar ground to readers of Slice and of Mr. Levine's 2005 book PIzza: A Slice of Heaven, but there are some new entries to be savored. Pizzeria Bianco [623 East Adams Street, Phoenix AZ 85004; map] "The sauce tastes like a distillation of the ripest tomatoes."Di Fara[1424 Avenue J, Brooklyn NY 11230; map] "... a Di... More

Tech gossip blog Valleywag reports on a publicity stunt by software incubator Cambrian House. Their ploy? According to Valleywag, to "thank Google for changing the dot-com industry." There's video of the company dropping in on the Google campus unannounced to deliver 1,000 pies. The still image above shows the pile of pizza. Click the YouTube vid below to watch.... More

A number of people tell me (most of them native San Franciscans) that the best Chicago deep dish is found in the Bay Area, at a joint called Zachary's. And now, folks in San Ramon, California, will be able to see what the fuss is about: Since finding out that Zachary's Chicago Pizza would be moving to the city, residents have been waiting in mouth-watering anticipation to know when the establishment would open. Construction on the 11,000-square-foot shopping plaza — named Crow Canyon Crest -- that includes the pizzeria has been going on for two months, and tenants will be... More

And they are: Zachary's Chicago Pizza: Berkeley, California PIzzeria Regina: Boston Patsy Grimaldi's Pizzeria: Scottsdale, Arizona Vic's Bar & Restaurant: Bradley Beach, New Jersey Tacconelli's: Philadelphia John's: New York City Star Pizza: Houston Imo's Pizza: Saint Louis Home Run Inn: Chicago Mellow Mushroom: Atlanta Windy City PIzza: Tampa, Florida Anthony's Pizza and Pasta: Denver Papreza's Pizza: Henderson, Nevada Well, they say 13 is an unlucky number, right? I mean, only one New York City pizzeria on this list? And it's John's? John's is good, sure, but not the best in NYC. And maybe we should hold our tongue until we've... More

In junior high, a friend imparted some wisdom to me by way of his grandfather: "If something's free, take it." (His pops also advised, "If there's a chair, sit down," as well as a third axiom that has been lost to time.) Anyway, residents of San Francisco should be advised that Yahoo! will be giving out free pizzas on from 11 a.m. to midnight on Wednesday, October 26. Where? At North Beach Pizza. What's the deal? It's a stunt to promote the Web portal's "Best Of" campaign. Show up at North Beach Pizza at the designated time, and you'll get... More

Friend of Slice Cyrus Farivar responds to our last entry about Berkeley pizza hotspots: Ok, firstly, as far as East Bay rags go, the Berkeley Daily Planet is not exactly a gold standard. This is the same paper that in 2002, following a random possible hate crime against a rabbi and his son, ran the headline "The Jews Are Attacked Near Campus." (And yes, I'm biased, I was an editor at the Daily Californian.) The Telegraph joints (Blondie's, Fat Slice) are good given their proximity to campus, but not for much else. If you're near campus and you can't do... More

It's back-to-school time, which is welcome news to college-town pizza purveyors nationwide. The rumbling thunder of keg parties and the flash of rush-week hazing signal an end to the summerlong drought of business that typically plagues merchants used to the steady drizzle of crumpled student dollars. It also means that at least a few back-to-school pie guides appear on the horizon, breaking down the options for freshmen not yet wise to the ways the local slice winds blow. They are the Farmer's Almanacs of the college pie world. One such guide recently came to our attention. It was compiled for... More

Seems Slice is making a virtual road trip west. Here's yet more out-of-state New York–style-pizza news, this time from the Contra Costa Times out in Bay Area's Contra Costa County. Sierra Filucci, a correspondent for the paper, profiles Berkeley, California, newcomer Gioia Pizzeria, a shop she says blends the best of the New York School with West Coast sensibilities. On first read, we at Slice were like, "That's an oxymoron." I mean, do West Coasters have any sense when it comes to pizza? But it sounds like Berkeleyites are in good hands: Will Gioia, the proprietor, is Brooklyn-raised. Moreover, Filucci... More