Pizza ^ 3

Apizza is crowded because, outside of Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix (yeah, of all places), which I think they're about even with, it is the best thin crust pizza outside of the east coast. If you show up at 4:30 you can always get a seat when they open at 5. You used to be able to show up at 5 and get a seat, but then they got some good reviews and people found out about them (I think they were on the Food Channel or something). I also made several trips out to Scholls when they were slightly less known, and they were crowded even then, though you could get it to go.

Ken's is good, though the toppings are spartan, and it's not nearly the deal, quantity-wise, that Apizza's is. The commonality to both is that the driving forces behind them both started as bakers first.

I've also heard good things about Dove. They are in the space that used to be Kustom Pizza, and they seem to go out of their way not to have a sign by which you could actually identify them as a restaurant. Yet there always seem to be people inside.

By the way, this is the pizza bible. I'm hoping Santa brings me a pizza peel this Christmas, even though my oven only goes to a measly 550 degrees.

Edit: Ken's Artisan Pizza started as pizza night at Ken's Artisan Bakery. I still think Monday night at the bakery is more fun/special than going to KAP.