Daily Slice: Crazy Dough's Pizza, Boston

Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately. [Photographs: Ed Kearns] I prefer my pizza with a healthy serving of transparency. I like to know what I'm in for at first glance. There are those pizza joints that disguise themselves as restaurants, and then there are those for whom the slice is the lifeblood of the operation. Crazy Dough's Pizza is firmly entrenched in the latter camp. During my midday visit, there were no fewer than seven different slice options available, and...

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3 Comments | Posted by Ed Kearns, December 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: Boston, Crazy Dough's Pizza, Daily Slice, Massachusetts

Killer Greek Pies on Cape Cod at George's Pizza, Harwich, Massachusetts

I've said this before: The vast majority of Greek pizza is not worth eating. This describes basically all of the Greek pizza I ate in Boston during college. But it doesn't have to be that way, and George's Pizza House, a 42-year institution in Harwich easily proves it.

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17 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, August 11, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, Cape Cod, George's Pizza House, Greek pizza, Harwich MA, Massachusetts

Somerville, Massachusetts: Flatbread Company

Flatbread Company in Davis Square, Somerville s located in Sacco's Bowl Haven, one of the few remaining old-school candlepinbowling alleys in the area, and the lanes are still open for business. What could be better than pizza, beer, and bowling? Nothing, of course, so a few weeks ago, I got the team together and we dropped in to Flatbread Company to play a couple of frames and sample some of their pies.

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14 Comments | Posted by Andrew Janjigian, July 13, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: bowling, Flatbread Company, Massachusetts, reviews, slice reviews, Somerville

Daily Slice: Savory & Sweet Escape, North Truro, Massachusetts

Snaking down Route 6 on the Cape, there is the ever-present danger that traffic will slow to a crawl. Luckily there are all manner of food shacks, ice cream stands, and souvenir shops that offer reprieve from the traffic. If it's a slice you're after, then Savory & Sweet Escape in North Truro (just south of Provincetown) will make from a supremely satisfying pit stop.

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10 Comments | Posted by Meredith Smith, July 7, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Tagged: Cape Cod, Daily Slice, Massachusetts, North Truro, Savory & Sweet Escape

Daily Slice: Leone's, Somerville, Massachusetts

One of the unsung heroes on Boston's Sicilian scene is the square slice from Leone's in Somerville. Unless you are willing to splurge for a half ($13) or whole ($26) sheet tray, then lunch is the time to hit the Winter Hill pizzeria. While Leone's offers some slices in the evening, you can't necessarily count on their availability and the variety is much more limited. The lunchtime counter is known to accommodate a half dozen or so varieties at a time.

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3 Comments | Posted by Meredith Smith, June 20, 2011 at 4:45 PM
Tagged: Daily Slice, Leone's, Massachusetts, Somerville MA

Daily Slice: Steamboat Pizza, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Nantucket Island, off the coast of Massachusetts, is well endowed with ice cream shops and pricey fine-dining establishments; look for an afforable bite downtown at night, though, and you're flat out of luck. Steamboat Pizza is an exception to that rule.

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5 Comments | Posted by Carey Jones, June 6, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Daily Slice, Massachusetts, Nantucket, Steamboat Pizza

Newton, Massachusetts: Maria di Napoli Ristorante

Maria di Napoli Ristorante in Newton, MA, is an unassuming spot in the sleepy Italian-American neighborhood of Nonantum, a few miles outside of Boston. The pies at Maria di Napoli Ristorante are both larger in width and thinner-crusted than a true Neapolitan. But the brightly-flavored, uncooked crushed plum tomato based sauce, simple, sparingly-applied toppings, and a crust with ultra-tender crumb all shout Neapolitan just the same.

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11 Comments | Posted by Andrew Janjigian, May 3, 2011 at 8:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, Maria di Napoli Ristorante, Massachusetts, Recommended, reviews, Slice reviews

Daily Slice: Framingham Baking Company, Framingham, Massachusetts

The Framingham Baking Company, which first opened in 1917, has been run out of the same building by four generations of the Thomas family. While there is plenty of bread baking happening, it's the bakery's pizza that makes it a Framingham institution.

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10 Comments | Posted by Meredith Smith, May 2, 2011 at 4:00 PM
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Daily Slice: Pinocchio's, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The go-to slice in Cambridge since 1966 has been the square Sicilian at Pinocchio's. For many, these slices serve primarily to curb late night Harvard Square hunger. Experience has taught me that some pizza doesn't taste quite as delicious at 12 p.m. as it does at 12 a.m. The Sicilian slices at Pinocchio's, however, are equally good on either side of twelve.

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9 Comments | Posted by Meredith Smith, April 19, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: Cambridge MA, Daily Slice, Massachusetts, Pinocchio's

Somerville, Massachusetts: Two Meals at Posto

This time around, the crust was deeply charred with blistered leopard spots along the exterior of the cornicione. And the pliable, faintly smoke-scented crust encased a moist interior crumb that was almost pillowy soft.

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5 Comments | Posted by Andrew Janjigian, April 5, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: Boston, Massachusetts, Posto, reviews, Slice reviews, Somerville MA