Abbot's Pizza is famous for its bagel crust. No, it's not a bagel pizza. It's a regular pie with a dense and chewy outer crust resembling a bagel, complete with a coat of poppy or sesame seeds. The wafer crisp undercrust, though a little bland, provides robust support for the phenomenal toppings. More

Lefty's Chicago Pizzeria is a local institution. Owned and operated by a family of Chicagoans, the pizzeria brings the flavors of the Second City to America's Finest City, offering three types of pies: thin crust, deep dish, and stuffed. The first two types are available by the slice (2 for $6.50, including a can of pop). More

Tucked away in North Berkeley, Gioia Pizzeria is serving slices like those owner Will Gioia remembers from his Brooklyn youth—though it's doubtful Gioia was ever served a slice of pizza with asparagus and mint at his corner slice shop back in NYC. More

Known for its booming beats and sultry vibe, 31Ten Lounge has a woodburning oven to feed pizza to hungry clubgoers. At $10, the Margherita costs less than a cocktail at this upscale lounge. More

Though pop-up food vendors have become the norm around San Francisco, watching The PizzaHacker (aka Jeff Krupman) cook up street-corner pizzas in the wood-fired oven he fashioned from a Weber grill is something else entirely. On a typical PizzaHacker outing, Krupman has the oven burning between 800 and 900 degrees and turns out pies in under two minutes. More

The lavish interior at Ristobar does not evoke confidence that this is a pizza place. But the oval-shaped pies that come out of the kitchen are highly enjoyable and so light that you feel you could eat several without filling up. More

Prizzi's Piazza opened in 1989 as a humble five-table pizza joint which has since transformed itself into an intimate Italian restaurant that is still serving great pies. Located in Hollywood's trendy Franklin Village, Prizzi's weekday $8 lunch special of two made-to-order slices of one-topping pizza, a side salad, and a soda or tea is hard to resist. More

On some of Sumo Grub's dishes, the tempura-fried exterior actually elevates the final product. On others, such as the pizza, it feels more like a stunt. But if that stunt earns you a plate of fried goodies, it's not all bad. More

Zelo's cornmeal-enriched pan-baked crust may alarm purists, but Zelo is a rare case of 'interpretive' pizza done right. Repeatedly named one of LA's 99 essential restaurants, the critics and crowds adore the 'deep dish' Corn Pizza topped with fresh corn, balsamic marinated roasted red onions, mozzarella, smoked mozzarella, and chives. More