| Most Rhode Islanders agree with the premise that | | | | the only local pizzeria where cheese is considered an |
| pizza is good. Pizza stretches into quite a polarized | | | | additional topping. That mentioned, there are four |
| topic when the question posed is, "What is good | | | | toppings to choose from-cheese, pepperoni, |
| pizza?" Some salivate over Roman pizza, New York | | | | mushrooms, and olives. I can attest that their crust is |
| style- hand tossed, brick-oven, foldable pizza with | | | | thick and chewy, one of my benchmarks for a good |
| thin, stretchy, and doughy crust lightly covered with | | | | pizza. Their toppings go all the way to the edge and |
| tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and cheese. The | | | | there's plenty of sauce. |
| exchange at Chowhound, a local web forum, sites | | | | A pizza for every palette, Rhode Island offers a |
| Pier Pizza as one of the best pizzerias serving | | | | betwixt 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 an | | | | not unlike that of an English muffin, can be enjoyed |
| oven, no pans and no oils. Their six locations facilitate | | | | at Twin's Pizza, 1000 Mineral Spring Ave., North |
| fast finger food foraging amongst Rhode Islanders | | | | Providence. 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; 6667 | | | | anchovies, 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., West | | | | jalapeno, 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 pie | | | | fresh crisp dough. It's one of the best pizzas Rhode |
| politicos who crave Sicilian-style pizza-thick crusted | | | | Island has to offer. |
| pizza topped with tomato sauce, cheese, and optional | | | | Roman, Sicilian, or Lazio style-the thick and thin of |
| toppings. Caserta Pizza (Rhody natives possessively | | | | pizza 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 an | | | | out-of-towners to hit the sauce by trying our cutting |
| Italian enclave in the capital city. Caserta's may be | | | | edge pizzerias. |