"Caleb Schiff went to NAU to be a geologist, but after biking through Italy one summer, he came back to Flag, found a tiny, wedge-shaped space on Flagstaff’s Southside and started turning out excellent pizza from his Italian-manufactured wood-burning oven. Nothing about these Neapolitan-style pies is average — not the chewy fermented crust or the off-beat toppings (case in point: the “SS-145,” topped with gorgonzola, charred kale, almonds and lemon juice). Start with warm Calabrian-spiced olives and end with excellent housemade gelato. There’s a good Italian wine list too. (If you can’t wait until dinner for pizza, drop by Dark Sky Brewing, where Schiff’s pizzas, prepared with different toppings, are offered at lunch. Bonus: there’s beer at that location.)" - Nikki Buchanan