The Memphis Pizza Guide
The Fox Ridge Special pizza is seen from above. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
The Guides
Memphis Pizza Guide: Classic pizza parlors
High Point Pizza is a neighborhood pie joint. (Chris Herrington/The Daily Memphian file)
In this three-part Memphis Pizza Guide series, each entry gives a quick overview of the restaurant’s atmosphere, the pizza ordering situation, menu tips and personal picks from our pizza reviewers, plus location, hours and contact information.
We started with what we called classic local “pizza parlors,” pizza-centric places with only one or two locations. Part one covers the old-school neighborhood spots, newcomers to the scene and a couple of brewery-pizza-parlor combos. Read the guide.
Memphis Pizza Guide: Local chains and by-the-slice counters
Lost Pizza’s pies can come with thin or medium crust. (Chris Herrington/The Daily Memphian file)
In this guide, we tip our caps to the chains — mostly local, but also a few that didn’t originate in the Mid-South — while also stopping for a slice (or two) at some of the New York-style pizza counters around town. In part two, you’ll find some of the stalwarts of Memphis pizza culture and several new restaurants offering something different, including deep dish pizza in Memphis. Read the guide.
Memphis Pizza Guide: Restaurants with good pizza
The sauce does the heavy lifting to put the “barbecue” in the barbecue pizza at Coletta’s. (Holly Whitfield/The Daily Memphian file)
The third part of the Memphis Pizza Guide spotlights the best places to get pizza at restaurants that don’t just focus on pies. Naturally, multiple Italian restaurants are included, along with a hip cocktail spot with a wood-fired pizza oven and the original home of the Memphis barbecue pizza. Read the guide.
Read more about Memphis pizza
‘Memphis-style’ pizza? Meaty pies have been a local staple for 50 years.
Broadway Pizza features “The Broadway Special.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The Daily Memphian’s Chris Herrington makes the case that Memphis has its own specific pizza style, one that’s similar to but not the same as Coletta’s famous barbecue pies. He focuses on three longtime local restaurants that share a common origin and talks to the owners, revealing surprising Memphis pizza lore.
Memphis pizza bracket winner
Daily Memphian readers voted for their favorite local pizza in a bracket-style showdown. (Holly Whitfield/The Daily Memphian file)
Where can you find the best pizza in Memphis? In a decidedly unscientific bracket, Daily Memphian readers and social media followers voted for their favorite local pizza place. Out of 32 restaurants, here’s the place that poll participants chose.
Jigsaw: This is how we dough it.
Piece together a sliced up pepperoni pie in this puzzle game.
Crossword: That’s amore
Do you have the sauce for this pizza-themed crossword?