Dallas is a thriving pizza city where no one style dominates. Thanks to the area’s multicultural makeup, as well as to transplants from other American cities, the Metroplex has a wide variety of pizzas to choose from. You’ll find plenty of Neapolitan-style, as well as Chicago-, Detroit-, and New Haven-style pies. You’ll also enjoy fusion pizzas inspired by the cuisines of Turkey, Bangladesh, South Korea, and more.
These 15 pizza-centric establishments are a great starting point when you’re craving cheese and sauce in the Metroplex.
GAPCo (Greenville Avenue Pizza Company)
This family-owned restaurant with two East Dallas locations leans heavily into its “Pizza Slayer” branding and rock ‘n’ roll vibes. The menu offers a number of thin-crust pizzas, like the buffalo chicken, made with wing sauce and ranch dressing; and the supreme, loaded with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, and veggies; but many diners opt for the build-your-own pie. Choose among toppings like hot honey or alfredo sauce, as well as among seasonings like GAPCo’s signature Pizza Crack. Popular with the late-night crowd, both GAPCo outposts boast patio seating and walk-up windows, and offer pastas, sandwiches, salads, and hot wings. 1923 Greenville Ave., Dallas, gapco.co
Cane Rosso
Cane Rosso started as a mobile pizza operation in 2009 and eventually expanded to nine Dallas-area restaurants. Owner Jay Jerrier learned how to make authentic wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas with master pizzaiolos at the True Neapolitan Pizza Association, aka the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana. Known for bold topping combinations, Cane Rosso slings the Honey Bastard, topped with hot soppressata, bacon marmalade, and habanero honey, as well as the PBR, topped with smoked brisket, candied jalapeños, and barbecue sauce. While pizza is the main draw, don’t sleep on dishes like cast-iron spinach dip and ground chuck and pork meatballs. Multiple locations, canerosso.com
Partenope Ristorante
Naples-born chef-owner and master pizzaiolo Dino Santonicola showcases Neapolitan-style pizzas at this Southern Italian restaurant. With locations in Richardson and Downtown, Partenope is one of only a few Texas members of the True Neapolitan Pizza Association. Pies arrive with a thin, blistered crust, slightly soft center, and simple toppings, like mozzarella di bufala, hot soppressata, Calabrian chiles, and prosciutto. Pair with something robust and full-bodied from the all-Italian wine list. 1903 Main St., Dallas, partenopedallas.com
Hot Pizza
With 4,000 miles separating India from Italy, the idea of Indian-inspired pizza might be puzzling, but with locations in Dallas and Frisco, this casual pizzeria has nailed the unique fusion. At Hot Pizza, go-to Indian takeout dishes arrive in the form of pizza. That includes tikka masala, chaat, and various paneer recipes.Multiple locations,orderhotpizzas.com/locations
Thunderbird Pies
The team behind Cane Rosso started experimenting with Detroit-style pizza during the pandemic, and went on to open Thunderbird Pies in East Dallas in 2021. Like its sister restaurant, Thunderbird features bold flavors and creative combinations. Toppings are layered on a thick, buttery bottom crust with Wisconsin brick cheese. Try the Connie, a simple pie with cupped pepperoni, or build your own with toppings like bacon marmalade, zucchini, and ricotta cheese. 7328 Gaston Ave. #110, Dallas, thunderbirdpies.com
Zoli’s
Since it opened in 2013, this New York-style pizza destination from the Cane Rosso team has evolved from a fast-casual, by-the-slice spot to a full-service East Coast Italian restaurant with two locations. Customize round and square pies with sweety drop peppers, jalapeño pesto, and habanero honey. While ranch dressing was essentially banned at Cane Rosso for years, Zoli’s embraces the dip by offering its signature “World Famous” jalapeño ranch side. Multiple locations, zolispizza.com
Zalat Pizza
Offering delivery and takeout only, this Dallas-based pizza restaurant has opened 30 Texas locations since it opened in East Dallas in 2015. Zalat made a name for itself with its creative recipes, including a pho-inspired pie topped with cilantro and hoisin sauce. The menu has since expanded to include dry-rub baked wings. Don’t skimp on the restaurant’s signature “sirancha” dipping sauce. Multiple locations, zalatpizza.com
Pizzeria Testa
When it comes to real-deal Neapolitan-style pizza, this restaurant with locations on Greenville and in Frisco delivers some of the best pies the Metroplex has to offer. This is not the place for lovers of zany toppings or honey dipping sauce.The menu offers only a few vegetables and some meats from Southern Italy. In other words, the toppings exist solely to enhance the star of the show—a soft, blistered crust, hot mozzarella, and San Marzano tomatoes. Even the ingredients for the Tiramisu are imported from Italy. Multiple locations, pizzeriatesta.com
Sauce Bros
When you walk in and see the pop-art murals on the walls and the black-and-white checkered flooring, you know that this is no quiet, run-of-the-mill pizzeria. This is the place to go when you’re craving something more exciting than cheese and a few tomatoes—especially if you love a little heat. Many of the pies are Bangladeshi fusion recipes. Try any of the naga habanero pizzas, including the naga habanero balachao (fermented shrimp), or go for a Korean BBQ pie, slathered with marinara and Korean BBQ sauce, topped with mozzarella, green onions, parmesan, and your choice of beef or chicken. 3115 W. Parker Rd. Ste. #570, Plano, saucebrospizza.com
Olivella’s Pizza and Wine
If the group can’t decide on a pizza style, head to Olivella’s, where both the Neapolitan-style pizzas and the Roman-style pizzas, characterized by thin, crispy crust, are worth a try. Fresh from the wood-fired oven, pizzas come topped with everything from traditional homemade mozzarella and basil to pistachios and black truffle oil. All three locations offer half-price wine bottles on Tuesday nights. Multiple locations, olivellas.com
Eno’s Pizza Tavern
Eno’s offers a hip Bishop Arts District vibe with its perfect-for-people-watching sidewalk tables, two floors of seating, sleek wooden bar, and criss-cross string lights. Known for its solid selection of craft beer and pizzas with cracker-thin crust, Eno’s makes sausage in-house and takes great pride in local sourcing. Multiple locations, enospizza.com
Fortunate Son
This Garland-based restaurant from the team behind Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House specializes in New Haven-style pizza, a Connecticut staple known as “apizza.” The crust is thin and chewy, made from slowly fermented sourdough that gets its well-charred exterior from a hot and dry coal-fired brick oven. In addition to classics like margherita and pepperoni, the menu includes a clam pizza with white sauce, a potato and pancetta pie with shallots and duck fat, and chicken and gorgonzola pizza. The menu also includes salad, pasta, and sandwiches, not to mention plenty of beer, wine, and cocktails. 500 Main St. Ste. 100, Garland, fortunatesontx.com
Nonna
The menu is seasonal at this beloved neighborhood Italian restaurant, but since it opened in 2007, two items have remained signature dishes, including the white clam pie. Order a Pinot Grigio from Friuli and tuck into this dish that regulars have been returning to for more than two decades. Plump clams, freshly shaved pecorino, and a creamy white sauce blanket a hot, bubbly crust. Adjacent cocktail bar Tabu is one of the most stylish little hideaways in Dallas. 4115 Lomo Alto Dr., Dallas, nonna-dallas.com
Bellatrino
Bellatrino’s Neapolitan-style pizza once emerged exclusively from a beloved Dallas food truck equipped with a 5,000-pound wood-burning oven. It grew so popular, it required a second food truck, and eventually a brick-and-mortar restaurant. That restaurant, located in the Dallas Farmer’s Market, slings pizzas, pastas, salads, and calzones. Even if you’re not craving a full meal, it’s worth going for the s’more chocolate pizza alone. 920 S. Harwood St., #20, Dallas, bellatrinopizzeria.com
Zanata
At this cozy neighborhood Mediterranean restaurant in Rockwall, you’ll smell the wood-burning oven as soon as you walk through the door. The menu offers 11 pizzas, cooked at 900 degrees for a delicious, blistered crust. Other Mediterranean delicacies include crab-stuffed avocado, wood-roasted salmon, and a pork chop with creamy lobster risotto. 202 E. Rusk St., Rockwall, zanatas.com
