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.
Kevin Alvizures brandishes a finished pie at Flip Pizza in Mineola