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Pizzaiolo: Toronto's Best Pizza

February 05,2010
While Pizzaiolois opening new storefronts across the city in a seemingly Starbucks-esque frenzy, many pizza-lovers contend that this brand doles out some of the best pizzas in the city. The Pizzaiolo outposts - and there are many - serve up doughy, cheesy, tomato pies full of hearty ingredients such as Italian veal, grilled chicken and juicy steak to name a few. From the Capone, with chicken breast, roasted red peppers and pesto Sauce, and the Gianni Ola with pepperoni, mushrooms, bacon and mozzarella to the Meat Lover, with pepperoni, sausage, bacon, ham & ground beef and mozzarella, the slices are thick, spongy dough, surprisingly airy, with just a slight, appealing edge of char. 270 Adelaide Street West, 416-340-0002 (* there are 9 locations, with 6 upcoming openings).

Really, it�s just flatbread with toppings, and has been around since ancient Greek and Etruscan times. But pizza is big business. Competition is stiff, and the turnover high. In Toronto, discussions of the best pizza typically centre around a few usual suspects: Terroni and Libretto (Terroni had often gained the edge until Pizzeria Libretto opened up and began to steal some of the "best pizza in Toronto" praise). Meanwhile, the stalwarts are pulling in the masses in record numbers. Pizza lovers are fanatically faithful to their brand and have a stubborn hatred for all the rest (read some of the reader reviews to get a taste of the pizza frenzy).