The Thick and Thin of Rhode Island's Pizza Politics - That's Amore

Most Rhode Islanders agree with the premise thatthe only local pizzeria where cheese is considered an
pizza is good. Pizza stretches into quite a polarizedadditional topping. That mentioned, there are four
topic when the question posed is, "What is goodtoppings to choose from-cheese, pepperoni,
pizza?" Some salivate over Roman pizza, New Yorkmushrooms, and olives. I can attest that their crust is
style- hand tossed, brick-oven, foldable pizza withthick and chewy, one of my benchmarks for a good
thin, stretchy, and doughy crust lightly covered withpizza. Their toppings go all the way to the edge and
tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and cheese. Thethere's plenty of sauce.
exchange at Chowhound, a local web forum, sitesA pizza for every palette, Rhode Island offers a
Pier Pizza as one of the best pizzerias servingbetwixt and between version. Lazio style pizza- a
authentic style New York pizza on Rhody's turf.somewhat thin crust with the distinction of crispness
Every pizza is hand tossed and cooked on brick in annot unlike that of an English muffin, can be enjoyed
oven, no pans and no oils. Their six locations facilitateat Twin's Pizza, 1000 Mineral Spring Ave., North
fast finger food foraging amongst Rhode IslandersProvidence. A plethora of toppings to choose from
and state bound road warriors--152 Gansett Ave.,include-- pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, peppers,
Cranston; 13 Pier Marketplace, Narragansett; 6667anchovies, onions, salami, linguica, meatball, Italian
Post Rd., North Kingstown; 328 Main St., Wakefield;sausage, eggplant, bacon, sliced tomatoes, ham,
2763 Post Rd., Warwick; 45 Nooseneck Hill Rd., Westjalapeno, and grilled chicken. In my estimation, Twin's
Greenwich.pizza deserves high praise for its tasty sauce and
As the pizza turns, there are thickheaded tomato piefresh crisp dough. It's one of the best pizzas Rhode
politicos who crave Sicilian-style pizza-thick crustedIsland has to offer.
pizza topped with tomato sauce, cheese, and optionalRoman, Sicilian, or Lazio style-the thick and thin of
toppings. Caserta Pizza (Rhody natives possessivelypizza politics is amore to Rhode Islanders. Tomato
call it Caserta's), is located at 121 Spruce St.,tales and crusty conclusions should encourage
Providence, in the confines of Federal Hill, once anout-of-towners to hit the sauce by trying our cutting
Italian enclave in the capital city. Caserta's may beedge pizzerias.