Dallas is a thriving pizza town. It isn’t necessarily known for any one style, but for its wide variety of pies influenced by the area’s multicultural makeup. Along with classic Neapolitan-style pizza, and American iterations hailing from Chicago, Detroit, and New Haven, you can discover Turkish pizzas and pies that incorporate fusion flavors inspired by places like Bangladesh, South Korea, and more. Consider this guide of 13 Dallas pizzerias and restaurants slinging top tier pies.
Cane Rosso
Cane Rosso started as a mobile pizza operation in 2009 and became a fast favorite, eventually growing 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, or AVPN. Known for bold topping combinations, pies like the Honey Bastard with hot soppressata, bacon marmalade, and habanero honey; and the PBR with a combination of pepperoni and smoked brisket, candied jalapeños, and barbecue sauce, pack a punch of serious flavor. 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 in fine form at this Southern Italian restaurant that he runs with his wife Megan. Partenope has locations in Richardson and in Downtown, and is one of only a few Texas members of the True Neapolitan Pizza Association. Pies have 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, and bask in a perfect pizza moment. 1903 Main St., Dallas, partenopedallas.com
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, the menu features bold flavors and creative combinations, with toppings layered atop a thick, buttery bottom crust and topped with Wisconsin brick cheese. Try the Connie, a simple pie with cupped pepperoni, or build your own and get adventurous with toppings like bacon marmalade, zucchini, and ricotta cheese. 7328 Gaston Ave. #110, Dallas, thunderbirdpies.com
Zalat Pizza
This Dallas-based pizza restaurant, which offers delivery and takeout onl has grown to nearly 30 Texas locations in 10 years. Zalat made a name for itself with its flavor bomb combinations, like 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” sauce for dipping. Multiple locations, zalatpizza.com
Zoli’s
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 since it opened in 2013. Find round and square pies, and customize them as you please with toppings like 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
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 is made up of a number of thin-crust pies, like the buffalo chicken, made with wing sauce and ranch dressing; and the supreme, loaded with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, and veggies; but guests are also welcome to build their own pie. Choose toppings like hot honey or alfredo sauce and seasonings like GAPCo’s signature Pizza Crack. Popular among the late night crowds, both GAPCo outposts boast patio seating and walk-up windows, and offer pastas, sandwiches, salads, and hot wings, in addition to pizza. 1923 Greenville Ave., Dallas, gapco.co
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. By way of toppings, the menu offers a few vegetables and some meats from southern Italy. In other words, the toppings are only there 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
Olivella’s Pizza and Wine
If the group can’t decide on a pizza style, head to Olivella’s, where both the Roman (characterized by thin, crispy crust) and Neapolitan pizzas are top-shelf. Fresh from the wood-fired oven, pizzas come topped with everything from traditional homemade mozzarella and basil to pistachios or 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, adding to the sense that you’ve stepped into a neighborhood gathering spot. Multiple locations, enospizza.com
Fortunate Son
This Garland newcomer from the team behind Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House specializes in New Haven-style pizza, a Connecticut staple known as “apizza” that had yet to be introduced to Dallas diners. 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 classic flavors like margherita ($16) and pepperoni ($17), the menu includes a clam pizza ($25) with white sauce, a potato and pancetta pie ($17) with shallots and duck fat, and chicken and gorgonzola ($16). The menu is well-rounded, with salad, pasta, and sandwiches, plus a selection 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 two items have remained signature dishes since it opened in 2007, including the White Clam Pie. It’s not just hype. Order a bottle of white, 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
This Neapolitan-style pizza once emerged exclusively from a beloved Dallas food truck equipped with a 5,000-pound wood-burning oven, but it grew so popular that 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
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
