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| - I hardly ever gallivant in the South Hills, but it was a rare weekend where I found myself having crossed a river and in need of nourishment. My trusty Yelp app told me that apparently some of the best pizza in Pittsburgh could be had at this little storefront in Beechview, so I decided to give it a whirl.
First thing's first. As other reviewers have noted, it appears that parking is a pain here. It's located at the bottom of what looks to be a death trap of a cobblestone hill where you need to find a street spot and then hope your parking brake doesn't fail you. However, Fiori's does have like 3 off-street spots directly beside the building...fortune must've smiled upon us that day, because we were able to snag one of those.
The inside is quite small and adorably old school. You can see the workers tossing pizza dough and firing up your food in their ovens, which I always love to watch. There are like 3 tables and maybe 4 booths in here, and this place is POPULAR. We went at 2pm on a Saturday and there wasn't a table to be had (and many people waiting). It's open seating, so if you come during a peak time, you've just got to shark a table and hope you get lucky (again, we somehow were fortunate and happened to be standing by a table that left right as our food came out, so we were able to jump on it).
You order at the counter, and they bring your food to you. We got some cheese sticks to start and then split a small pizza. Now, usually cheese sticks are cheese sticks and all taste about the same, but these were notably good! I don't know if they are homemade, but they sure tasted like it. The breading was different than a typical from-the-bag-of-frozen type of cheese stick. The dipping sauce was unique...like a puree with no chunks (I actually prefer chunky marinara with my sticks, but this was still tasty).
As for the pizza, heed my advice: wait a couple of minutes before digging in. Both my husband and I destroyed the roof of our mouths because we didn't realize how hot the pizza was. It literally comes straight from the oven to your table (which is awesome, but I'm apparently too much of a fat ass to realize that I needed to wait for it to cool off). Second-degree burns notwithstanding, the pizza was tasty! This is the type of pizza that you definitely need to dab with a few napkins beforehand to soak up all of the grease that is oozing from it. They definitely don't skimp on the cheese! The sauce is thin and has just a hint of sweetness. And the crust is crispy...the kind of crust that gives you that delightful crunch when you bite into it. That's a nice change from the standard chewy crust that a lot of pizza shops in Pittsburgh seem to go with.
Is it the best pizza in Pittsburgh, like many reviewers claim? Well, pizza is subjective. It was definitely tasty and I'd go back the next time I'm in the neighborhood. But I have yet to find pizza in Pittsburgh that seems worthy of the "Best Of" title. Fiori's, however, certainly holds its own.
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