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Twain Harte, California: Pizza Under the Pines at The Prospector

The crushed ruby flesh of imported tomatoes, ivory pools of fresh mozzarella dabbed with golden streaks of extra virgin olive oil, and emerald slivers of basil sit seductively atop a nicely charred crust. At The Prospector in Twain Harte, California, the pizza matches the beauty of the surrounding environment.

4 Comments | Posted by L.A. Pizza Maven, August 25, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Tagged: Neapolitan pizza, reviews, Slice reviews, The Prospector, The Sierras, Twain Harte CA, VPN pizzerias, VPN-certified, wood-oven

Naples 45: Skip the Neapolitan Pizza Here and Get Their New York–Style Slice Instead

VPN certification can only get you so far. Sure, you can meet the standards, but that still leaves plenty of room to really screw up a pizza. Naples 45 isn't worth visiting for its Naples-style pies. BUT WAIT! There is a take-out section that serves "New York–style pizza by the slice, seemingly as an afterthought. These slices are GREAT, and at $1.90 are a steal.

15 Comments | Posted by Nick Solares, March 12, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: Manhattan, Midtown, Midtown East, Naples 45, Naples-style, NYC, Recommended, reviews, Slice reviews, VPN pizzerias, wood-oven

NYC: La Pizza Fresca (or, 'How the VPN Is Like THX Sound')

Alejandro Rivas has been the pizzaiolo at New York City's La Pizza Fresca since it opened in 1997 and fired up its wood-burning oven. He has made tens of thousands of pizzas since, working lunch and dinner six days a week. He gets Saturdays off, when his boss takes over the oven, but I bet the pies are not quite as good on those days. I asked Rivas if he ever eats pizza on his day off. He looked at me like I was nuts.

9 Comments | Posted by Nick Solares, March 5, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Tagged: Flatiron District, La Pizza Fresca, Manhattan, Naples-style, NYC, Recommended, reviews, Slice reviews, VPN pizzerias, wood-oven

Pizza Madness 2009: Los Angeles — Pizzeria Mozza and Antica Pizzeria

From the Slice inbox: "Waiting for your review of Mozza and Antica. Please get to it soon. Thanks. —Pizzafreak" OK. Here you go, Pizzafreak. My blathering about "Pizza Madness 2009" continues ... —The Mgmt. [Photographs: Adam Kuban] Until I touched down at LAX on Thursday, October 29, most of my knowledge of Los Angeles came from CHiPs, The Rockford Files, the Terminator franchise, and The Closer. I had a feeling I'd be in for a shock. It came pretty early. On the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and North Crescent (straight-up 90210 territory), I saw both a Bentley Continental ragtop...

19 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 19, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: Antica Pizzeria, artisanal, California, LA, Los Angeles, Naples-style, Pizza Madness 2009, Pizzeria Mozza, VPN pizzerias, wood-oven

Seattle: Via Tribunali, Neapolitan-Style Pizza

[Photograph: Adam Kuban] There are five Via Tribunali locations in Seattle, each of them VPN-certified. I don't know what the other four look like (though I get a bit of an idea looking at the VT website), but the one in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, attached to the Crocodile, is dark, moody, and menacing, if only in a sort of pretend-menacing kind of way. In perhaps a nod to Mt. Vesuvius and the fire of the wood oven, there are ink-black and fiery-orange paintings of erupting volcanoes on the wall. The chandeliers hold glowing-red candelabra bulbs, their imitation flames flickering....

5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 12, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Tagged: Belltown, Neapolitan-style, Pizza Madness 2009, Seattle, Via Tribunali, VPN pizzerias, Washington, wood-oven

In Which I Find Margherita Pizzas Boring

A Margherita pie from Tutta Bella in Seattle, adequate but ultimately forgettable. [Photograph: Adam Kuban] In Which I Summarize This Post Run-of-the-mill Margherita pies suck. There are great ones, though. Unfortunately, they are few and far between. I now appreciate the addition of well-thought-out and interesting toppings more than ever. In the Nostrana post I put up on Friday, I said I'd give you my thoughts on VPN pizza. As I wrote that, I had so much more I wanted to say about VPN pizzerias but didn't think stuffing it in the Nostrana entry was appropriate. So I started...

42 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 10, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Tagged: pizza criticism, Pizza Madness 2009, pizza Margherita, pizza wankery, VPN, VPN pizzerias

DRAFT: On VPN Pizza: Same Same But Different, and Good But Not GREAT

[ DRAFT: NOT READY FOR PUBLICATION ] After trying five West Coast VPN pizzerias in five days, along with the two I have tried in New York City, I've come away with mixed feelings with regard to the genre. On one hand, they all begin to blur together. I found that, with a couple exceptions, there is very little difference in quality or flavor from one VPN pizzeria to the next. In that sense, you could say that the VPN governing body has accomplished its goal. It's now possible to visit VPN pizzerias in New York City, Seattle, San Francisco,...

2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 6, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Tagged: Naples-style, pizza Margherita, VPN, VPN pizzerias

Portland, Oregon: Nostrana

Previously in our West Coast Pizza Madness tour: Apizza Scholls, where our party of eight housed almost four pies. After dinner there had ended, only one brave soul—This Is Pizza's Adam Lindsley—dared join me for a second stop at Nostrana immediately after. (The rest of the folks retired to the Horse Brass for drinks, some vowing to meet us later in the evening for the third and final stop.) Though I'm not a fan, I'm used to the notion of Neapolitan-style joints leaving pies uncut. I've never seen one offer scissors for the job, however. As This Is Pizza's Adam...

17 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 6, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: Cathy Whims, Naples-style, Nostrana, Oregon, Pizza Madness 2009, Portland, Portland OR, reviews, Slice reviews, VPN pizzerias, wood oven