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From classic pizzerias to pop-up ventures, discover where to enjoy the Italian favourite in the city
This pop-up pizza-turned-courtyard restaurant dishes up classics like the Pepperoni, the topping for which is made exclusively for Dusty Knuckle by Charcutier Ltd.
Also a firm favourite is Blas y Mor which is topped with lardons, cockles and laverbread. Cockles? On pizza? Yup, and it’s blasus! 70 Llandaff Road, The PrintHaus, Canton. A newbie to the permanent pizza place scene, Ben Thomas has brought his Ogmore-by-Sea pop-up to Victoria Park and it has recently opened and is already impressing with its simple, delicious and cheesy offerings.
The handcrafted bases and classic toppings, as well as a few more interesting cheese alternatives – think spinach and cashew ricotta – makes The Dough Thrower a welcome addition to the city’s pizza scene. 591 Cowbridge Road East, Victoria Park. With these Penarth pizza bods first expanding into Cardiff Bay last year with their third branch, wouldn’t it be good if they opened a fourth base in the city centre?
Good news – they are after recently announcing that their Cardiff Bay shack will shut.
We’re just not sure when or where the brand will move to the city centre, but pizza-lovers will be happy.
With the tasty homemade dough and sauce, Pizza Pronto is always going to be onto a winner from the start. Currently based at Stanwell Road, Penarth. Often to be found at pop-up festivals and street markets across the city, Ffwrnes is a travelling pizza van which serves the most delicious, fresh, Neapolitan pizza.
All over the place! Visit www. ffwrnes.co.uk for the next Cardiff event. An Italian restaurant that uses a handcrafted, traditional Neapolitan brick oven for its stone-baked pizzas, custom-built by a specialist oven-maker in Italy.
On the menu you’ll find pizzas that include Scarpariello, with cherry and sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, basil and pecorino alongside ‘Nduja, with spicy salami from Calabria, mozzarella and basil. 25 Clearwater Way, Cardiff. A rustic restaurant offering traditional home-cooked Italian food ‘just like mamma used to make it’ with pizzas that include the Fantasia del Pizzaiolo, a white pizza with cream, mushrooms, baked potatoes and pancetta. 154 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff. The pizzas, which are made using fresh dough and cooked in a woodfired pizza oven, have toppings that include dolcellate with mushrooms, ricotta, roasted pinenuts, rocket and sunblushed tomatoes. 4 Church Street, Cardiff. The Cardiff pop-up serves handstretched stone-baked pizzas made with vegan cheese and toppings ranging from Mediterranean vegetables to vegan pepperoni at food festivals and markets in and around Cardiff Check the Facebook page for Famous for its delicious pizza ‘slippers,’ Cardiff’s classic Italian cafe is often busy with diners after a true Italian experience.
Nowadays its menu is just as delicious with much more choice, including a brunch pizza, which comes topped with an egg.
If brunch pizza isn’t your bag, then
there’s plenty of cheesy goodness on their pizza menu. 42 Castle Arcade. If you’re after something a bit different, The Stable’s pizzas are a good shout. Tailored especially for Cardiff, you’ll find the likes of The Fiery Dragon, The Cymru Clucker and The Blue Pearl on the menu. Ty Admiral, Bridge Street Cardiff. This family-run, wood-fired pizza place – one of two branches, the other being in Bath – serves up fresh, simple and crispy pizzas in the city centre. 22-23 Trinity Street. A real Italian gem tucked away a short walk from the city centre’s Principality Stadium at nearby Riverside.
Fresh, crispy pizza and in decent sizes. 26A Clare Road, Riverside.