Pizzeria Gusto

Naples Italy was the birthplace of pizza. In the late 1600’s someone got the idea of topping the traditional flatbread of the region with tomatoes, cheese and other ingredients. Over hundreds of years the pizza makers of Naples have refined pizza making to an art. Neapolitan pizza (Pizza Napolitana) is a very simple but amazing combination of quality ingredients and a very intense wood fire. The dough is made with a very soft, fine type 00 flour from Italy. The tomato sauce is made from crushed San Marzano tomatoes grown in the rich, volcanic soil of Mt. Vesuvius just east of Naples. Our oven was even hand-built in Naples. The size of the pie, the cooking time (less than 90 seconds) and even the number of toppings are all dictated by the time honored tradition of Pizza Napolitana. The perfect pie will have small charred bubbles around the outside of the crust and the center will be soft. After experiencing Neapolitan pizza, it’s hard to go back to ordinary pizza. We hope you will love it as much as we do!