Pizza

Reader: Can't we come up with something other than pizza and beer bars?

Although downtown just lost another pizza spot, Toppings, today Pizza Republica will make its debut on 14th Street, right in front of the Colorado Convention Center -- and this downtown version of a restaurant that got its start in Greenwood Village looks like more than a fair trade. And more pizz ... More >>

Toppings is tapped out in LoDo, but two more pizza places coming

A string of pizza joints opened in LoDo last year, in a neighborhood that already included the Wazee Supper Club and Two-Fisted Mario's, with Mellow Mushroom and Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria just a few blocks outside of LoDo. Wazee Wood-Fired Pizza was the first to open -- and also the first to close ... More >>

Reader: Patxi's looks like it does Chicago-style pizza right

When Patzi Azpiroz decided he wanted to introduce authentic deep-dish, Chicago-style pizza in California, he spent two years experimenting with recipes in his San Francisco kitchen. Today there are a half-dozen Patxi's Pizza outlets in California, and this fall Azpiroz and his partner, Bill Freeman, ... More >>

Patxi Azpiroz, chef of Patxi's Pizza, on eating fried worms and pesto pizza proposals

Patxi Azpiroz Patxi's Pizza 3455 South University Boulevard, Englewood; 303-783-2000 185 Steele Street; 303-331-1000 www.patxispizza.com This is part one of my interview with Patxi Azpiroz, exec chef/owner of Patxi's Pizza; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Denver lays claim to an i ... More >>

First look: A splashy wood-fired Stefano Ferrara oven sets A-Town Pizza apart from its Aurora competition

How does a guy who worked at Domino's wind up opening a pizza joint that couldn't be more different from a chain whose reputation for quality 'za is one of life's biggest jokes? Turns out Will Harris, who just recently unleashed A-Town Pizza in Aurora with the help of his wife, Jessie, has a fetis ... More >>

Reader: Please don't dumb down Boulder's Pizzeria Locale concept for Denver

After searching for the right spot for a year, Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson, the founders of Frasca Food and Wine, Pizzeria Locale and Caffe, all in Boulder, have found the space where they will put a second Pizzeria Locale -- this one at 550 Broadway in Denver. Readers responded ... More >>

Pizzeria Locale opening in Denver in the former Il Vicino space on Broadway

It took a year to find the ideal space, but after an exhaustive search, Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson, the nationally-renowned owners of Boulder-based Frasca Food and Wine, Pizzeria Locale and Caffe, have inked a deal to open a second Pizzeria Locale in Denver. See also: - Best Piz ... More >>

Randy Balch, chef of Wazee Supper Club, on the new remodel, frying bacon naked and why Wazee has the best pizza in town

Randy Balch Wazee Supper Club 1600 15th Street 303-623-9518 www.wazeesupperclub.com This is part one of my interview with Randy Balch, chef of Wazee Supper Club, which will reopen on Saturday following a remodel. Part two of our chat will run in this space tomorrow. Before waltzing through the d ... More >>

Domino's new gluten-free pizza is actually worth ordering

Domino's Pizza is not known for having the best pizza crust in the big-box pizza chain sphere of influence. Hell -- it isn't known for having the best pizza, either. So I was actually surprised when Domino's became the first major pizza-delivery chain to offer gluten-free crust (doing what smaller s ... More >>

Reader: Denver is being flooded with pizza places

Yesterday's news that Fired Up, a new pizza joint, will soon be opening in the Golden Triangle inspired this comment from Manfrenjensen: WTF is up with all the new pizza joints opening up all of a sudden?? I thought the upscale burger, cupcake, and DIY frozen yogurt trends were something, but I thi ... More >>

Organic Pizza Company expands downtown

The Organic Pizza Company outpost at 891 14th Street in the Spire has expanded from a take-and-bake pizza joint to a "full-service pizzeria," and will host a grand reopening event Thursday, April 19. The expansion includes more seating, a flat-screen TV, a new menu and, most important, a liquor lic ... More >>

Reader: Does South Pearl have too many pizza joints? Or too many hipsters?

Is South Pearl Street being overrun by pizza joints? Last week Sexy Pizza opened in the former home of the Crushery, just a block away from the popular Kaos. But the comments have Harris wondering if South Pearl has really been overrun by hipster doofuses and douchebags:

Pizzeria Locale rolls out a new Aperitivo hour

Rob ChristensenPizzeria Locale rolls out a daily Aperitivo hour.​One year ago next week, Pizzeria Locale finally opened its doors, revealing the Napolitano pizzeria that Frasca owners Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson had been working on for months, pushing forward even after their ... More >>

ZaZa's Pizzeria will soon start slinging slices near the University of Denver

Lori Midson​Late last year, Pete Kallas, the owner of Steakhouse 10, the Athenian, Undici Ristorante and Greeks Gone Wild, a fast-casual joint in the DU 'hood, snapped up the digs of a former Fuhgidabowdit Pizzeria outpost -- directly next door to the Greek den -- which has sat dark for the p ... More >>

A pizza the pie: Food Network magazine names Pizzeria Locale one of Top 50 in the country

Lori MidsonFood Network magazine heralds the pizza at Pizzeria Locale​Six months ago, editors from Food Network magazine zigzagged across the country in search of the holy grail -- or, more precisely, the best pizzas in the United States, and in the September issue, on newsstands August 9, th ... More >>

Win two free seats to the Meet the Masters pizza dinner and demo at Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria

​ This city has more dough slingers than you can a toss a pizza peel at, but next Monday and Tuesday nights at Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria at the Vallagio at Inverness, and Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria Ballpark, two of the world's most prized pizzaioli are going to be on stage: Neapolitan pizz ... More >>

Masters Plan

Enough is never enough for Kelly Whitaker at Pizzeria Basta in Boulder

Second Helping: Pulcinella Pizzeria

Pulcinella Pizzeria and Wine BarAntonio Race, the owner of Pulcinella Pizzeria and Wine Bar​"I got my passion from Tony," Kelly Whitaker of Pizzeria Basta, which I reviewed this week, told me. "I carried that through everything else I did." He was talking about Antonio Race, the native Italia ... More >>

Want a pizza the action? Here's your pie-in-the-sky shot at stardom

​Want to be the star of your very own reality show? If you have an ailing pizzeria, you could soon be a big cheese. Cafe Society just received news of a casting call from Chad Patterson of Beyond Around the Block Productions in Los Angeles (you can look him up on iMDb). Want your own slice of ... More >>

Review preview: Pizzeria Basta

Mark Manger​It's been a banner year for pizza in Boulder: Between January 2010 and January 2011, three ambitious pizzerias opened their doors, all with wood-fired ovens baking renditions of Napolitano or Napolitano-inspired pizzas. Kelly Whitaker, chef and owner of Pizzeria Basta, says the ... More >>

After one year in business and two new competitors, the dough still rises at Pizzeria Basta

​While Boulder is experiencing an explosion of wood-fired pizzerias -- Pizzeria da Lupo and Pizzeria Locale opened within a few weeks of each other, in December and January -- Kelly Whitaker was here first. He's been hawking Napolitano-style pies, with a focus on seasonal toppings, at Pizzeria ... More >>

Have a heart...shaped pizza from Mile High Pizza Pie

​Mile High Pizza Pie, the downtown pizzeria currently hustling a 7.5-pound calzone that, should you successfully stuff it down your piehole, will likely cause your heart to stop, is offering a gentler, kinder Valentine's Day pizza to make your heart beat faster. For the remainder of the day, ... More >>

Pizzeria da Lupo opens in Boulder

​Boulder might be a college town, but we're still a little surprised at the influx of pizzerias there over the last year, especially because these aren't greasy slice joints -- they offer gourmet pies, pulled straight from the depths of a wood-fired oven. Pizzeria Basta, 3601 Arapahoe Avenue, ... More >>

The Rebellion tosses out vegetarian and vegan pizza pies

​There are no tables inside the Rebellion, 2231 South Broadway, and although the patio offers extensive seating perfect for sunny Colorado days (summer and winter alike), you might not want to wait for clear skies to get your pizza fix. Understandable. Thankfully, the pizzeria offers deliver ... More >>

Lil' Ricci's tied up in knots over garlic-knot story

​A couple of weeks ago, when I reviewed Big Bill's New York Pizza, I also made a trip to Lil' Ricci's at 5332 DTC Boulevard, a link in the local chain of pizzerias where Bill Ficke got his start before opening his own Lil' Ricci's outpost, which eventually became Big Bill's. "Bill bought the ... More >>

What makes authentic NY-style pizza? And what about Virgilio's?

Mark Manger​When I said that Big Bill's New York Pizza served the best authentic New York-style pie west of the Hudson River, I had a feeling I'd be hearing from people. Pizza joints are like football teams: Once you find your favorite (whether through proximity or childhood memories), you'r ... More >>

Big Bill's New York Pizza does NY-style pies exactly right

Pizzeria Basta now open on Sundays in Boulder

Pizzeria Basta's pies, now available seven days a week.​Pizzeria Basta, 3601 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, is on a roll. After opening early this year, it managed to lure crowds of diners to a location hidden in an unlikely apartment complex in east Boulder. In the process, Pizzeria Basta pick ... More >>

Weekending in New York City: the Brooklyn pizza tour

Simone Roda​I'm fresh off a long weekend in New York City, where it's possible to buy a big, floppy slice of pizza on just about every block in Manhattan. But to go to New York and eat just those renditions, dripping with grease and kept warm under a heat lamp or reheated at the last minute in ... More >>

Organic Pizza Company: Now tossing haute pies in Highland

Lori Midson​Organic Pizza Company, an eco-conscious take-and-bake pizza joint, opened on Friday at 4500 West 38th Avenue in Highland, the first of a forthcoming wave of organic pizza dens from partners Allen Milham and Darrell Naughton, who plan to open a second outpost in SPIRE Denver, 891 Fo ... More >>

Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza named one of the nation's best pie palaces in the country by American Way magazine

Lori Midson ​Earlier this week, Mark Dym got the good news: His sensational Neapolitan pies, snatched from the blistering wood-burning ovens inside the open kitchen of Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria, 2129 Larimer Street, had just landed in a top ten pizza parlors in America list, sharing space wi ... More >>

Killer Pizza coming soon to cinema screen near you -- and five favorite pizza joints to feed your pie hole while you're waiting

Film director Adam Green, who released Frozen earlier this year and just completed Hatchet II, which you can see later this fall, has hooked up with 1492 Pictures, the production firm that produced the Harry Potter films, The Goonies and Gremlins, to bring Killer Pizza to the cinematic screen. Th ... More >>

Chef and Tell with Virgilio Urbano of Virgilio's

Lori MidsonVirgilio Urbano and Gabriel Monge​Virgilio Urbano, the pie-slinger behind his namesake pizzeria in Lakewood, tosses his hands up in the air -- an automatic reflex, no doubt, from spinning pizza dough for the past four years -- and shakes his head. "Look, I can't make everyone happy. ... More >>

Let the dough fly: There's a pizza battle brewing at Belmar

​ There's a pizza battle brewing at Belmar and Virgilio Urbano, the owner of Virgilio's Pizzeria, which is across the street from Belmar at 7986 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, is right in the thick of it. Seems that Virgilio's has been denied acceptance into Belmar's Festival Italiano, the ... More >>

The Larimer Square guys and Sean Kelly get a pizza the action

Lori MidsonThe future home a New York-style pizza joint from the Larimer Square gang and Sean Kelly​Sometime in December, Jeff Hermanson, Joe Vostrejs and Rod Wagner will add a new pizza bar to their portfolio of successful restaurants that already includes Billy's Inn, LoHi Steakbar and prett ... More >>

Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria is hot!

Any way you slice it, Tonti's makes good pizza

Any way you slice it, Brooklyn M.C.'s Pizzeria is the taste of home

New York Pizzeria

The address is new, but the pizza is still a slice of the Big Apple.

Two-Fisted Mario’s

Mario knows classic pizza's not just for breakfast anymore.

A World of Discovery

Pizzeria Mundo offers the good, the bad and the stupid.

The World Is Flat

Get an Argentine pizza the action at Buenos Aires.

Less Is More

Mark Tarbell keeps things simple at The Oven.

Slice of Heaven

Still rightly Famous after all these years.

Slice of Life

New York Pizzeria serves the next best thing to eating there.

Friends and Family Plan

Amici's pizza can be a religious experience.

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Give our food critic something to chew on.

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