Dear Slice: Arizona Pizza Pilgrimage

We've some pizza gold from the Slice mailbox. If you saw our Pizza Obsessives interview with Lance yesterday, you'll have eagerly been awaiting the followup—Lance describes his visit to Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix and gives us a first look at Flagstaff's Pizzicletta, which of course is the subject of Caleb Schiff's column "Building a Pizzeria". What I'm saying is that we have a cosmic pizza convergence here. "You're driving to Phoenix... for pizza?" That's how everyone used to say it, with shock in their voice. But with all the press that my favorite place in the world, Pizzeria Bianco, has...

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17 Comments | Posted by Meredith Smith, August 18, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Tagged: Arizona, Dear Slice, Flagstaff AZ, Lance Roberts, Phoenix, Pizzeria Bianco, Pizzicletta, road trips

Pizzeria Bianco Opens for Lunch Today: Some Words of Welcome from Pizza's Poet Laureate

It's been almost ten years since Pizzeria Bianco has been open for lunch, and judging from the email owner-pizzaman Chris Bianco sent me this morning, both he and the serious pizza-loving community are incredibly excited at the prospect.

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16 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, April 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Tagged: Arizona, Chris Bianco, Phoenix, Pizzeria Bianco

Phoenix's Pizzeria Bianco to Open for Lunch, April 12

Whoa. Huge news for pizza hounds. According to azcentral.com, Phoenix's Pizzeria Bianco will be opening for lunch service April 12

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7 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 29, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: Phoenix, Pizzeria Bianco

Glendale, Arizona: Bold Neapolitan Pizza at La Piazza Al Forno

Justin Piazza makes it clear what you will be getting when you walk through the doors at La Piazza Al Forno. They offer wood-fired Neapolitan-style pies, made with "00" flour and topped with San Marzano tomatoes and homemade mozzarella.

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21 Comments | Posted by tempepizzagirl, December 14, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: Arizona, Glendale AZ, La Piazza Al Forno, Neapolitan-style, Phoenix, reviews, Slice reviews

Cooking with Chris Bianco of Phoenix's Pizzeria Bianco

Getting a table at Pizzeria Bianco is a challenge. On any given night, most diners will wait at least two hours. The most reliable strategy is to start lining up in front of the restaurant around 3:30 p.m. (on a weeknight that is—I've never had the courage to wait in the weekend lines). Getting into a cooking class with Chris Bianco can be just as tricky.

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6 Comments | Posted by tempepizzagirl, November 10, 2010 at 7:30 AM
Tagged: Arizona, Chris Bianco, Phoenix, Pizzeria Bianco

Scottsdale, Arizona: 'Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana

'Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana is situated in the Borgata, a faux Italian plaza built about 20 years ago in the heart of Scottsdale, Arizona. Stefano Fabbri opened the restaurant—the valley's first VPN-certified pizzeria—in February of this year with his Acunto Forni brick oven as the prominent centerpiece. This 6,000-pound beauty was hand-built in Naples, shipped across the ocean, and then brought all the way to Arizona.

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11 Comments | Posted by tempepizzagirl, October 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Tagged: Arizona, Neapolitan-style, Phoenix, Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana, reviews, Scottsdale AZ, Slice reviews

Statement from Chris Bianco Regarding Absence from Pizzeria Bianco

There's been a lot of talk online in various forums and pizza sites, including here on Slice, about the status of Chris Bianco at Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix. Is he retiring or is he not (For the record he isn't)? Is he there making every pie or is he not? We've known about some of the issues Chris speaks about below for some time, but out of respect for his privacy we have not gone public with them. But with the rumors reaching a new level lately, we asked if he would go on the record about what's been going...

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18 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, January 27, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Tagged: Arizona, Chris Bianco, Phoenix, Pizzeria Bianco

In Which I Finally Get My Ass to Pizzeria Bianco, Have Amazing Pizza, and Finally Write About It

From the mailbag: Adam,I now log into Slice every day and really enjoy it. When will you have the write-up and photos from Pizzeria Bianco up?--Rich S. [Photographs: Adam Kuban] OK. Bianco. Yeah. Sorry, Rich. I'm actually trying to juice the Slice traffic numbers by making you and the rest of the readers who have been following Pizza Madness 2009 check the site every day. ... Just kidding. I just got a bit behind with Thanksgiving and now the holidays and all that jazz. Now it is time to tell my tale. In mind-numbing dear-diary detail. For I wish to...

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29 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 10, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Tagged: Arizona, Phoenix, Pizza Madness 2009, Pizzeria Bianco, Recommended, reviews, Slice reviews

Brain Dump: West Coast Pizza Madness 2009, Where I Visited

View West Coast Pizza Tour in a larger map [All photographs by Adam Kuban unless noted] I know it's taken me a while to get the lead out re this trip. I've been back in NYC for six days after 12 days total on the road (nine actual pizza-eating days among those). I figured that regular Slice readers might want the skinny on which places I visited while out west. They're above in the map, but I'll also list them below, after the jump....

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 11, 2009 at 6:00 AM
Tagged: A16, Al Forno Ferruzza, Antica Pizzeria, Apizza Scholls, Emilia's Pizzeria, Escape from New York Pizza, Flour and Water, Ken's Artisan Pizza, Los Angeles, Nostrana, Phoenix, Pizza Madness 2009, Pizzaiolo Oakland, Pizzeria Bianco, Pizzeria Delfina, Pizzeria Mozza, Pizzeria Picco, Portland, Portland OR, road trips, San Francisco, Seattle, Wy'east Pizza

The United States of Pizza: Arizona

Continuing the 50-part series that is The United States of Pizza, here's a bit of intel from the Grand Canyon State. —The Mgmt. [Illustration: Adam Kuban] If you read Slice with any regularity, you might get the impression that pizza in Arizona begins and ends with Pizzeria Bianco. Lord knows, we've spilled enough pixels writing about the place—not that it doesn't deserve it. But there are other places in Arizona that you might want to check out....

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8 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 12, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Tagged: Arizona, Cibo, Classic Italian Pizza, Humble Pie, La Piazza al Forno, Nothing, Organ Stop Pizza, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, The United States of Pizza