Dough, cheese, sauce and toppings. Making a pizza seems easy as pie, but these Silicon Valley restaurants prove pizza is a real art with their top-rated food and customer service.
The sky’s the limit with these pizza options, so fine-tune your list and order the slice of your dreams.
See also: The Best Authentic Sicilian Restaurants In The SF Bay Area
Whether you're looking for vegetarian or meat lovers, New York style of stone-oven baked, these Silicon Valley pizza spots are the best around.
Reward your taste buds and grab your family and friends to share a pizza pie this weekend.
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3443 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose; 408-247-5423 / Website
This casual dining option offers plain and simple NYC-style pizza slices with a perfect balance of sauce, thinner crust and cheese. The owner Kirk grew up in Manhattan and holds his pizzas to a New York pizza standard of taste and texture. To keep it basic and authentic, try a cheese slice from A Slice of New York.
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1179 Laurel St., San Carlos; 650-591-1075 / Website
For New Haven-style pizza, check out Pazzo’s any Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. New Haven Pizza, or “apizza,” is distinct due to its coal-fired brick oven cooking technique and lack of mozzarella cheese. The blazing hot oven gives the pie a black-charred edge on the crust. They have handmade pasta, apizza and white pies available on the menu. Enjoy your traditional pie while watching the pizza-makers in their element as they oven-bake the pizza right in front of you.
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6138 Bollinger Road, San Jose; 408-777-0690 / Website
Known as “The Pizza with the Secret,” Cicero’s Pizza is renowned for its thin-crust pies and wonderful customer service. Originating as a recipe from Niagara Falls, the pizza favorite has been in business since 1968. Choose from a large menu of pizza options and sit down with friends and family to eat this delicious pizza hot from the oven.
14101 Winchester Blvd.; 408-871-6810 / Website
Established in 2010, the Garret Station is known for its signature pizzas and down-home local atmosphere. Step into the comfortable interior and order a whole pizza or single slice, depending on how much you can eat. With an arcade, TVs everywhere and plenty of booths, The Garret Station is the destination for a lowkey night of pizza and sports entertainment. Try the signature Veggie or BBQ Chicken Pizza for a unique tastes.
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3137 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose; 408-246-4605 / Website
Pop into Tony and Alba’s for that neighborhood restaurant feel. Family-owned and operated, you’re invited to sit down for a bite to eat and stay for seconds of the couple's raved-about pizza and family service. Check out “Tony’s Special Pizza” with pepperoni, salami, beef, sausage, linguica, onions, bell peppers and mushrooms.
Try not to completely fill up on pizza, and follow up your dinner with a sweet treat at one of the best ice cream spots in Silicon Valley.
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