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The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area
Pizzaiolo is one of The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area.

1. Pizzaiolo

9.1
5008 Telegraph Ave (at 51st St), Oakland, CA
Pizzeria · Temescal · 88 tips and reviews

Slice Pizza BlogSlice Pizza Blog: The window for the Wild Nettle and Pecorino pie is limited, but the combination of grassy nettles with salty Pecorino and creamy, buttery, almost-nutty mozzarella is killer when it's in season. Read more.

Pizzeria Delfina is one of The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area.

2. Pizzeria Delfina

9.0
3611 18th St (btwn Guerrero St & Oakwood St), San Francisco, CA
Pizzeria · Mission Dolores · 265 tips and reviews

Slice Pizza BlogSlice Pizza Blog: Officially listed as Panna with Sausage, we prefer the nickname "Magic Pie", which sums up what is going on here. Read more.

Liguria Bakery is one of The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area.

3. Liguria Bakery

7.6
1700 Stockton St (at Filbert St), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · North Beach · 43 tips and reviews

Slice Pizza BlogSlice Pizza Blog: The pizza focaccia here is a beautiful thing because it captures San Francisco's northern Italian roots and the city's present love affair with pizza in one soft, airy, sauce-topped slab. Read more.

Una Pizza Napoletana is one of The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area.

4. Una Pizza Napoletana

210 11th St (at Howard), San Francisco, CA
Pizzeria · SoMa · 98 tips and reviews

Slice Pizza BlogSlice Pizza Blog: On the Filetti, crust and cheese are dotted with cherry tomatoes that pop with sweetness—particularly in summer, when just about nothing could be better than a tomato. Except one on pizza this good. Read more.

Pizzeria Picco is one of The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area.

5. Pizzeria Picco

8.9
320 Magnolia Ave (at Monte Vista Ave.), Larkspur, CA
Pizzeria · 52 tips and reviews

Slice Pizza BlogSlice Pizza Blog: When all the pies are killer, as they are here, it means that the kitchen's working from a really solid base. That's why the Margherita is our pick at Pizzeria Picco. Read more.

Tony's Pizza Napoletana is one of The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area.

6. Tony's Pizza Napoletana

9.1
1570 Stockton St (at Union St), San Francisco, CA
Pizzeria · North Beach · 465 tips and reviews

Slice Pizza BlogSlice Pizza Blog: Don't miss the Margherita with sausage, made with San Felice flour proofed in Neapolitan wood boxes, bright, pleasantly salty San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte, fresh basil, sea salt, and EVOO. Read more.

Flour + Water is one of The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area.

7. Flour + Water

8.9
2401 Harrison St (at 20th St), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Mission District · 263 tips and reviews

Slice Pizza BlogSlice Pizza Blog: The bone marrow and rapini pizza seems odd, but it works. Chin-dripping fattiness with sweet, nutty brassica and a sprinkle of grated horseradish root. This pie assaults all your senses at once. Read more.

Emilia's Pizzeria is one of The 8 Best Pizzas in the Bay Area.

8. Emilia's Pizzeria

8.2
2995 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA
Pizzeria · South Berkeley · 25 tips and reviews

Slice Pizza BlogSlice Pizza Blog: For all those San Fanciscans or transplants in need of a legit East Coast pie, there is Emilia's. While the plain pie is fantastic, it's the sausage and onions that haunts our dreams. Read more.