Sotto is the newest venture from Steve Samson and Zach Pollack, formerly of Pizza Octica in Long Beach. Open since the end of March, it's remarkable that such a young oven reliably produces impeccably cooked pizzas. More

The mission at Boot & Shoe is much the same as at Charlie Hallowell's Pizzaiolo. Neapolitan-inspired pizzas are topped with locally sourced ingredients and cooked in a wood-fired Mugnaini oven. More

Hot Italian is a Vespa sales outlet and clothing boutique that also sells pizza. Or is it a pizzeria that also sells T-shirts emblazoned with the words passione and veloce? The answer is that it's an unholy marriage of the two, but one that just about works. More

Pizzeria Bruno is San Diego's first Neapolitan-style pizzeria and the home of some seriously tasty pies. This pizzeria doesn't cut any corners, and the resulting pies are quite impressive. More

Before Masullo Pizza opened in Sacramento, the river city had a dearth of Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizza. In the two years since, with the opening of OneSpeed and Hot Italian, our quota has tripled, but I still think that the first is the best. More