Archive for December, 2009

Here is our holiday gift to you, our readers, from the Paper Tiger staff — 12 reviews of Bay Area pizzerias rated on a scale of 1 to 4 slices, 4 being the best. Our reporters have search high and low, near and far to bring you Seasoned Greetings!

Multiple Bay Area Locations www.amicis.com 4 slices Brick oven. Need I say more? This is what separates East Coast pizza from est, true pizza from cheese and bread. While Amici’s actually serves a wide variety of Italian fare, let’s be honest…we go there for the pizza. Pizza Variety Amici’s has all of your classic:; cheese, pepperoni, vegetable. It...

1512 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/Pizza%20Collective/PizzaPage.html 4 slices Tuesday through Saturday, 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM  and 4:30 – 8:00 PM, this north Berkeley is electrified. Two blocks away, a line curves round the corner. A block away, you can hear a live jazz trio over the buzz of excited chatter. Standing in line, you smell the savory aroma...

Costco Pizza Multiple locations www.costco.com 2 slices Costco is known as an economical source for buying items in bulk, but it also has a popular food court known above all for its cheap prices. You can get pizza slices for $1.99 and whole pizzas for about $12. Their quantity is impressive as the slices are more like two...

3611-18th Street San Francisco www.pizzeriadelfina.com Pizza 4 slices, Atmosphere 2 slices, Service 3 slices, Price 3 slices Located on 18th Street between Oakwood and Guerrero, Delfina Pizzeria is home to some of San Francisco’s most mouthwatering pizzas. Situated in the heart of the Mission District, this neighborhood eatery is adjacent to the Delfina Restaurant. The stools at the...

2842 Diamond San Francisco www.gialina.com 3.5 slices Gialina, the only pizza place in Glen Park, invites every customer with mouth-watering smells that waft out of the restaurant. Gialina graces both its thin-crusted crusts and thick, airy crusts with a variety of ingredients, from the standard margherita to wild nettles with pancetta, mushrooms, red onions and red provolone. The menu...

Little Star Pizza 846 Divisadero Street 400 Valencia Street San Francisco www.littlestarpizza.com 3 slices Little Star Pizza is known throughout San Francisco as a haven for deep dish lovers; however they also have a wonderful thin crust pizza. The price is fairly high with pizzas ranging from $13-19; but, without a doubt, the pizza is worth it. Despite this, if...

420 Castro Street San Francisco http://marcellospizzasf.com 3 slices I’m not a fan of thin crust, New York style pizza. Marcello’s Pizza at 420 Castro Street provides the perfect solution — pizza with thick and doughy crust. The slices have just the right amount of cheese, flavorful tomato sauce and a huge variety of fresh and interesting toppings. Another key...

260 Valencia San Francisco www.paulinespizza.com 3.5 slices Pauline’s is the equivocal San Francisco pizzeria, all organic, self-grown ingredients, an “Eccentric Toppings” menu section and many vegan options. Located in one of the more trendy neighborhoods on Valencia Street, Pauline’s is a popular restaurant for large parties of people, especially young families. I would like to note that this...

Multiple locations http://pizzamyheart.com 4 slices On busy East 4th Avenue in downtown San Mateo is Pizza My Heart, one of the various locations in the chain across Northern California. One glance at the variety of gargantuan pizzas and I knew the pesto pizza was for me. Other tasty choices included the “Maui Wowie” (Canadian bacon and pineapple)...