Celebrating Long Island pizza
Pizza maker Kevin Alvizures holds out a finished pie at Flip Pizza on Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. ( Feb. 4, 2012) Credit: Linda Rosier
In today’s ExploreLI you can read all about Long Island’s newest specialty pizzerias, from the most authentically Neapolitan to the nuttiest fusion. Note: These are places that have opened in the past year. Click here for some of the Island’s classic gold-standard pizzas.
The vogue for authentic Naples-style pizza (Flip, Red Tomato, Grana, Brunetti, Piccolo Gourmet) is causing some confusion among pizza enthusiasts who thought they knew what Neapolitan pizza was. Asked and answered here.
