Boston's Best Pizza 2008

Family-owned pizza joint has been delivering hot sandwiches and pies for more than 30 years in Eastie.

Reviews:

• “THEEEEEEEEEE BESTTTTTTTT!”
• “Hands down, the best there is!”
• “Kudos”
• “Best Meat Lover Pizza’s”
• “Good food but delivery needs improvement.”

Dacoopa’s

After 100 years, this convivial Italian pizzeria still charms newcomers and longtime neighborhood regulars with the basics.

Reviews:

• “An experience to remember”
• “Worst service imagineable. See below, you won’t believe this”
• “Horrible”
• “Was a GREAT Pizza Place. Not even close anymore”
• “A Class of Its Own!”

Tips: The restaurant serves neither coffee nor dessert, so feel free to stuff yourself. Also, Santarpio’s accepts cash only.

Santarpio’s Pizza

Charles Street’s finest pizza shop churns out fresh specialty pies and light salads.

Reviews:

• “Yum!”
• “Hold off on Tremont St. Location”
• “please come to the beach!”
• “The Upper Crust "
• “Best Pizza in Town… My fav!”

Tips: It may be across the Common, but Upper Crust is good for grabbing a quick bite before the theater.

The Upper Crust or email The Upper Crust

Cleveland Circle pizza joint is wildly popular with BC students.

Reviews:

• “Best pizza ever”
• “Best pizza in Boston — as close to NYC pizza as you can find here”
• “Yes, there really is a PERFECT pizza!”
• “good pizza in cleveland circle”
• “Hate Pizza- LOVE PINO’S”

Pino’s Pizza

Harvard Square icon pulls all the strings for a near-perfect pizza.

Reviews:

• “Best pizza”
• “So-so pizza and way too many college kids”
• “Responsible for feeding Harvard Students for years.”
• “My favorite place for pizza in the world”
• “Best Pizza in Town”

Tips: The parking spaces across narrow Winthrop are inviting and usually empty, but they’re private and you’ll probably get towed before you get away with a pie. Best parking on a busy evening is the garage on Eliot Street ($3 for the first half hour).

Pinocchio’s Pizza & Subs

Long-time Stoughton landmark provides locals with addictive, thin-crust pizzas and a big screen TV for watching the game.

Reviews:

• “Best.Pizza.Ever.”
• “Used to be great…”
• “Eat Here! No Contest .. Simply THE Best !”
• “Greatest pizza ive ever had.”
• “Best Pizza ANYWHERE!!”

Tips: Forget the cash-only policy here? No need to fret—there’s an ATM on site.

Town Spa Pizza

The famous and trendy may eat here, but well-executed dishes go beyond fashionable fare.

Reviews:

• “Rude clientele but great menu in a nice space”
• “Great lunch and dinner”
• “Excellent!”
• “Great place”
• “Hottest Scene in the city”

Tips: Weekend nights are extremely busy: Make reservations or expect to wait. Or enjoy the same menu and environment on weeknights, which are less crowded year-round.

Sonsie

Hidden, casual pizza joint near the Fenway impresses with standout ingredients and pleasant surroundings.

Reviews:

• “Best Taste of Boston Pizza!!”
• “The Best Pizza on Earth”
• “Best Pizza in Boston!!”
• “Best Italian in Boston”
• “Canestaro Does It Right!”

Tips: Stop in before 3pm to enjoy one of the inexpensive express lunch specials (net a large plate of steak kabob with rice and salad for under $7).

Canestaro Restaurant & Pizzeria

Reviews:

• “Great Pizza”
• “Bronx Tale”
• “bianchi’s equals great pizza”
• “location location location”

Bianchi’s Pizza

One of the Boston power set’s favorite dining destinations combines a thoroughly modern interior with bold, contemporary American cuisine.

Reviews:

• “The Worst ‘Nice’ Restaurant in Boston”
• “Cocktails / Wine / Food…Top notch. Management…lackluster.”
• “Terrible attitude among the staff.”
• “TERRIBLE DOWNSTAIRS CROWD!!!”
• “Romantic – Excellent Service”

Tips: Budget-constricted foodies should stop into the lounge to try Excelsior’s signature lobster pizza, made using celebrity chef Lydia Shire’s original recipe.

Excelsior

Cambridge’s original yuppie pizza has a charming home in the heart of dot-com country.

Reviews:

• “Best Pizza!”
• “best thin crust pizza "
• “THE BEST!!”
• “This place is amazing!”
• “Nice Place”

Tips: After 11:55, the wait for anything but slices and salads can be long. For a sit-down meal, arrive closer to opening time.

Emma’s Pizza

Pizza parlor has Sicilian style pizza and a full menu of subs as well.

Reviews:

• “Good pizza at a great location”
• “Best Pizza Around”
• “Best Pizza on Newbury Street”
• “Unbelievably fresh, not greasy – almost seems healthy pizza!”
• “Best Pizza, Subs, and Salads in BOSTON!”

Tips: Delivery is free for customers in the Back Bay.

Bostone Pizza

Tasty, unusual designer pies distinguish this tiny Newton Centre pizza destination.

Reviews:

• “Pizza relief”
• “Amazing pizza”
• “A slice of NY in Newton”
• “Great pizza with below average service”
• “Great Pizza”

Tips: A relatively early closing time of 9pm and half-hour waits on busy weekend nights means patrons should phone in their orders with one eye on the clock.

Sweet Tomatoes Pizza

Local chain serves bueno brick oven pizza and sturdy Italian favorites to Boston’s appreciative masses.

Reviews:

• “pizza pizza”
• “bon appetit”
• “no skimp on the shrimp”
• “the best”
• “Welcoming Warmth”

Tips: For a quick, cheap lunch, you can’t beat Bertucci’s lunch menu: several pasta dishes, paninis and individual pizzas come with unlimited salad and rolls for one low price.

Bertucci’s Brick Oven Pizzeria

Reviews:

• “you know it!”
• “wow!”
• “Soooo Goood!”
• “The Greatest!!”
• “very good”

Louie’s Pizza Restaurant