"This St. Johns pizza shop has an open kitchen where you can watch and chat with the owner, who’ll turn out close to 70 Neapolitan wood-fired pies per night. The pace here can be leisurely, but you won’t even mind once you take a bite of something off their short, sweet menu. It always includes a margherita and tomato pie that goes minimal with sauce, garlic, oregano, and grated pecorino, and is so flavorful you won’t miss the mozzarella. Take a seat near the dogwood wallpaper (locally made, of course) and snack on some marinated olives while you wait for your pie to emerge. Order whatever the daily pie is—that’s where you’ll find seasonal touches like sugar snap peas and cubed melon that’s an ingenious stand-in for pineapple." - Krista Garcia
