Pizza is a religion in Rome. It’s served on street corners by the slice as well as in some of the world’s best restaurants, under topping combinations created by mad geniuses with flour on their cheeks. If you like your hometown pizza, prepare to love the best pizza in Rome. If you’re (somehow) on the fence, get ready to understand why it’s the world’s most popular dish. Nowhere else in the world treats this takeaway staple with such imagination, verve, and downright panache. Forget thin crust or thick, with cheese or without; Rome takes pizza to the next level. From whole pizzas layered with hearty mushrooms and ham, to take-away slices topped with fresh potatoes and rosemary, to thick Naples-style pies made with the very best tomatoes, this is the place to come to taste pizza as it was meant to be eaten. Here, the places you should know for finding the best pizza in Rome right now.
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