Cambridge, MA: Area Four Pizza

Cambridge's newest pizzeria, Area Four, sports quality, often homemade toppings on a tender, flavorful New York-Neapolitan crust. With some guidance in the pie size department, you can capitalize on the crust-to-good-stuff ratio.

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7 Comments | Posted by Andrew Janjigian, February 2, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Area 4, Boston, Cambridge, Kendall Square, Massachussetts, Michael Leviton, reviews, slice reviews

Daily Slice: Russell House Tavern, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Boston certainly has a bar pie culture, so it makes sense that Russell House Tavern, a place that focuses on "modern interpretations of American classics" and keeping it local, would have a fancied-up version. When I saw the pies billed as "Tavern Pizza" I assumed it was an eponymous listing. With toppings like figs, house made ricotta, and beef tongue—toppings I would never associate with a workingman's pie—I was totally thrown when the ultra-thin pies arrived.

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1 Comment | Posted by Meredith Smith, December 2, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: Cambridge, daily slice, Massachussetts, Russell House Tavern

Daily Slice: Angelo's, Cambridge

For this side of Harvard Square, Angelo's has cornered the solid and cheap $1.75 hunkin' slice of pie market. The cheese is pretty run-of-the-mill, but gooey, salty, and well-proportioned. Concentrated tomato flavor seems the product of a long cooked sauce with herbs incorporated on the front end of the equation. The crust has a nice and sturdy, but thin bottom, while the outer edges expand into breadier territory.

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7 Comments | Posted by Meredith Smith, November 10, 2011 at 4:15 PM
Tagged: Angelo's Coal-Fired Pizza, Boston, Cambridge, Daily Slice, Massachussetts

Daily Slice: Oggi Gourmet, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Oggi is mostly a pie and sandwich place, but you can always get a slice of pepperoni or tomato and basil, as well as a 'slice of the day'. Topping the Weird Science special was Cajun red onion, zucchini, and beef pepperoni. After seeing the paper thin zucchini slices on yesterday's Daily Slice, I decided to ignore my unadventurous inclinations and take my chances on zucchini. I regret that a little.

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8 Comments | Posted by Meredith Smith, November 3, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Tagged: Boston, Cambridge, Daily Slice, Massachussetts, Oggi's

Boston's Best Pizza and Beer Bargain

Newtowne's tucked just outside Porter Square in a kind of grown man's land safely equidistant from the academighetto orbits of both Harvard and Tufts. The slightly subprime location must help keep prices down a bit, but the signature pizza-and-pitcher special is notably underpriced for anywhere in Eastern Massachusetts: $11.95 gets you a (very) large pizza and a 64-ounce pitcher of PBR.

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19 Comments | Posted by Will Gordon, August 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, Cambridge, Massachussetts, reviews, slice reviews, Socrates' Newtowne Grille

Gran Gusto in Cambridge, Mass.: As Neapolitan As It Gets

”Is not a’ fake oven like weet legna in front and deh back is gas. Forno a legna, solo legna.” In every way, Gran Gusto is a product of Naples. That’s not just a comment on the owners of this trattoria (who hail from just outside Naples) or its menu (heavy on the eggplant, seafood, and handmade pasta). The restaurant runs on Neapolitan time. It’s a bit dysfunctional, in a way that’s endearing if you’re patient, frustrating if you’re not. Nearly all ingredients are flown over from the old country: better olive oil; higher prices. Service is competent, but aggressive—as...

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16 Comments | Posted by Carey Jones, September 8, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, Cambridge, Gran Gusto, Massachusetts, Neapolitan

Sicilian Slice Crawl in Boston

New Yorkers may no more concede that Boston has a lively pizza scene than accept the Red Sox as the greatest team in baseball. Bostonians, of course, don’t care; their city sits squarely on what our Ed Levine has called “the pizza belt”—and from fancy-pants pies to the old-school Pizzeria Regina and Santarpiro’s, there’s plenty of good eating to be had. But what about the Sicilian? While we’ve written about the acclaimed Galleria Umberto before, more than a few commenters (and my own frequent dining companion) claimed that there were better square slices to be had. So on a...

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23 Comments | Posted by Carey Jones, September 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Armando's, Boston, Cambridge, Galleria Umberto, Harvard, Harvard Square, Massachusetts, North End, Pinocchio's, pizza, reviews, Sicilian, Sicilian slices, Slice reviews

Best Pizza in Boston?

Where's the best pizza in Boston? Jacqueline of the Leather District Gourmet says she's found it at Emma’s, ordering a hot sausage, caramelized onion, and kalamata olive pie. It's her favorite in the Kendall Square part of Cambridge....

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37 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, November 18, 2008 at 7:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, Cambridge, Emma's, Massachusetts