"The pizzas at June’s will stun your entire table. The former cult-following pop-up has landed in an industrial West Oakland space that can barely fit all of the sourdough crust enthusiasts who flock here every night. Get the only two pies on the menu: One flawlessly executed margherita and one rotating special, each the size of a bike wheel and smothered in freshly grated parmesan. The crust is a puffy tang-fest that’s charred and bubbly all over. No edge will be left behind. And by the time you finish, you’ll find cheese in crevices you didn’t even know existed. It gets busy here, but you won’t have to worry about them selling out within minutes like they did in their pop-up days—just grab a seat with the rest of the June’s fanatics and settle in for a slice. Food Rundown Margherita A remarkable, cheese-drenched specimen of a margherita. Every other Bay Area tomato sauce pie should be quivering with fear. photo credit: Julia Chen Special This rotates weekly-ish and is typically a white pie—expect combinations like sausage and broccoli rabe, tomatoes and guanciale, or a recent favorite involving pancetta, green onion, and frisée salad under a parmesan blanket. Garlic Dipping Sauce For $5 extra, you get a plastic tub of lemony confit garlic to smear all over each slice. Ready the breath mints." - Julia Chen
