I like to consider myself an aficionado when it comes to pizza. Growing up in an Italian household I had first hand exposure to the good (mom + nonna), the bad (when we'd go out and mom/nonna would send it back for being shit), and the ugly (Pizza Pizza - sorry dudes your pizza is to Italian food what dirt is to the bottom of my shoe).
I have me staple joints that are safe spaces for pizza pop-bys all over the 416 and 905. They're tried, tested and true, always a good experience. Then there is Pizza Nova, a one-time local small business that was (and still is) family owned but has grown into one of the biggest pizza chains in the Toronto/Southern Ontario area. It's downright lovely.
I'm torn because part of me thinks "hurrumphhh, chains, they just wash, rinse and repeat everything, there's no love, no soul, no spirit", and yet, Pizza Nova continually seems to execute at a high level... pie after pie.
To make a great pizza you really only need TWO things. Good dough... and good sauce. Everything else is immaterial because without these foundations, your pizza house isa gonna falla downa. Have you seen the leaning tower of PISA... yep, built on bad dough and sauce and look at what happened! Pizza Nova has a great sauce, and when freshly delivered it's close to parity with what I grew up on.
This is our go to for delivery because the best local spot (FBI) requires a second mortgage to buy their pizza and aside from Pizza Pizza (which I wouldn't buy from unless destitute or drunk and making bad decision), Pizza Nova has been a constant, reliable, enjoyable Pizza experience for lazy Friday dinners to entertaining with friends
Plus I mean Pizza!
Eatcrest Out! read more