Patch Picks: 5 Best Places To Buy Pizza
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This week's list: 5 best places to buy pizza in Bradenton ...
- Ferraro's Pizza, 817 Tamiami Trail, serves up some of the best hand-tossed pizzas in Bradenton. The Lo Grande family has over 50 years of Italian dining experience in Sicily and New Jersey and, since 2007, has been a downtown Bradenton favorite.
- Gio offers fantastic brick oven pizzas in an upscale martini bar atmosphere at its two Bradenton locations, 7240 55th Ave E. and 4805 Cortez Rd W.
- San Remo Pizza & Pasta, 1914 Tamiami Trail, is a local Italian staple since 1982, offering a choice between thin, hand-tossed New York style and thick, square Sicilian style pizza. Stop in and grab a pizza or one of their delicious subs, calzones, or strombolis.
- Siciliano's, 6103 14th St W., has been serving up authentic Italian hand-tossed pizzas at their family-friendly restaurant since 1995.
- Verona, 5257 33rd St E., has been dishing out pizza, subs, and pasta at its cozy East Bradenton location for over 15 years and maintains a reputation of being a local favorite.
Know another place for pizza?
Tell us in the comments.
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Ferraro's Pizza
817 Tamiami Trl, Bradenton, FL -
Gio Fabulous Pizza & Wine Cellar
7240 55th Ave E, Bradenton, FL -
Gio Fabulous Pizza and Martini Bar
4805 Cortez Rd W, Bradenton, FL -
San Remo Pizza & Pasta
1914 Tamiami Trl, Bradenton, FL -
Siciliano
6103 14th St W, Bradenton, FL -
Verona Pizza & Italian Restaurant
5257 33rd St E, Bradenton, FL
Loren Hegge
8:57 pm on Thursday, February 3, 2011
Best Pizza place between Florida and Minnesota is CASA-DI-PIZZA at 4658 East Sate Rd. 64 in Bradenton, Florida in the Braden River Plaza (941)748-0700. SUPERB!!!!!!!
Mike Farnham
10:06 pm on Thursday, February 3, 2011
How do you possibly leave out Demetrios ? Didn't they invent pizza? :-) - Closed Mondays.
Paula Delaney
8:30 am on Friday, February 4, 2011
Casa DiPizza on SR64 in the strip mall next to Office Depot is the bumping place to be. Good food, atmosphere, great owners and staff, there is also another one off University Avenue in the same strip mall as World of Beers. Big "Bills" fans!!!
Jason Bartolone
8:46 am on Friday, February 4, 2011
Good call on Casa DiPizza, Paula ... I have a feeling they will show up when we pick the 5 best places to buy wings ...
Jason Bartolone
8:48 am on Friday, February 4, 2011
For those who are curious: http://bradenton.patch.com/listings/casa-di-pizza and http://bradenton.patch.com/listings/casa-di-pizza-2
Jennifer Tratz
9:24 am on Friday, February 4, 2011
Let's not forget Oma's on the island! :) They also have a great Anti-Pasta! :)
Nicole
1:18 pm on Friday, February 4, 2011
Oma's is AWESOME!!
t
10:27 am on Friday, February 4, 2011
Good call on Ferraro's - that's one of my favorite places to go for lunch. And I'm glad Mike mentioned Demetrios, although I usually don't get their pizza because I can never pass up the "Full House" meal every time I'm there.
But no one has mentioned one of the greatest pizza places in the county, and that's Joey D's Chicago Style Pizzeria near the corner of 14th Street West and Cortez Road. The local KING of pizza!!! Get the Monsters of the Midway pizza. It's like you died and woke up in Chicago!
Mike Farnham
3:03 pm on Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Nice post Tim. We do need to try them. I love deep dish. Looks like we need to put them in our queue of places to try.
Nicole
1:23 pm on Friday, February 4, 2011
Another great place for pizza and italian food is Capalbo's - 6059 26th St W Bradenton. This is a family owned and operated restaurant. The family is a very hard working and is so dedicated to the restaurant. The food is great and they even have seperate rooms for parties!! Give them a try, you won't be dissapointed!
Jason Bartolone
1:58 pm on Friday, February 4, 2011
Here are the Patch directory listings for some of the other suggestions: http://bradenton.patch.com/listings/capalbos-pizza, http://bradenton.patch.com/listings/joey-ds-chicago-style-eatery-pizzeria, http://bradenton.patch.com/listings/demetrios-pizza-house
Jason Bartolone
1:58 pm on Friday, February 4, 2011
Sounds like I need to visit Oma's next time I'm out on the island.
Jessi Smith
2:44 pm on Friday, February 4, 2011
It was actually really tough to write this list - I wish I could have done a top 10! Having grown up in Bradenton, I'm really partial to Demetrios as well, and had a tough time leaving it out.
Pizza is one of those dishes that everyone loves and everyone has an opinion about - and there's a really fantastic variety in Bradenton!
Although I think it's technically in Sarasota, Filippo's (University Pkwy and Lockwood Ridge) is another one of my local favorites.
Linda
5:10 pm on Thursday, February 10, 2011
What about Fire & Stone?????? Super salad, soup & pizza buffet!
Jason Bartolone
7:58 pm on Thursday, February 10, 2011
Haven't tried them, but I'll have to: http://bradenton.patch.com/listings/fire-stone-pizza
Anne
6:31 am on Friday, April 8, 2011
I'm originally from New York City, and the best pizza I've had down here is in Sarasota, at Il Panificio. It's just like I remember -- paper-thin crust, slightly singed. Awesome.
Jason Bartolone
10:13 am on Friday, April 8, 2011
I'm from Jersey, so I'm pretty picky about my pizza. I've seen a lot of places down here that claim to have "NY-style pizza." But I have heard good things about Il Panificio's pizza, and their calzones are the real deal.
Jessi Smith
11:01 am on Friday, April 8, 2011
Il Panificio is awesome! Crusty's is another one of my favorite pizza joints in Sarasota. Great thin crust and deep dish offerings... And Mon-Fri during happy pizza hour (3-7), they serve up endless slices of free pizza with the purchase of a drink. Can't beat that!
Jack Cole
11:35 pm on Thursday, May 26, 2011
I'm just now reading "Top 5" of Town (new to patch) and I love these articles! Oma's should be on this list somewhere... Order the White Pizza with Bacon, Garlic, Ricotta. Then just to ruin it and make the Italian guy who made it angry order a side of red sauce just to spice it up.
DCPeck
1:13 pm on Thursday, September 1, 2011
Casa DI Pizza on rt 64 is the BEST pizza around PERIOD. With ties to Buffalo, NY..
their wings can't be beat either!!! The five you mention don't come close to this
place for Pizza or Wings.....
Jessi Smith
1:53 pm on Thursday, September 1, 2011
Pizza is a subject of much contention! I completely agree with you on the wings. In fact, Casa Di Pizza made the Patch Picks list for the best wings in town.
http://bradenton.patch.com/articles/patch-picks-5-best-places-to-buy-buffalo-wings