Antico Pizza Napoletana

"You can’t have an Atlanta pizza round-up without Antico. Giovanni DiPalma's popular Home Park pizzeria has since expanded to five total locations, including in Tucker, Alpharetta, and Battery Park. The Diavola is a no-brainer. It comes with spicy salami, Calabrian peppers, bufala mozzarella, and garlic, all on a perfectly chewy and thin crust. The Sophia with mushrooms, onions, and white truffle oil is also a hit. Don’t forget about the calzoni, which is perfect dunked into the side of marinara sauce." - Eater Staff

"Atlantans will debate everything, but there's one truth that stands unchallenged: the sheer perfection of Antico’s pizza crust. It strikes that dream balance—irresistibly crispy on the outside yet airily light on the inside. Our favorite is the Margherita dotted with creamy mozzarella cheese and fresh basil. We like taking our pizzas over to Gio’s, their sister restaurant within the same complex, to round out our meal with the juicy Amalfi chicken. It’s roasted and served with a simmering broth with green olives, onions, garlic, and bread crumbs. If you don’t finish it in one go, that's fine because the taste only deepens after a day." - jacinta howard, juli horsford, nina reeder

"Atlantans will debate everything, but there's one truth that stands unchallenged: the sheer perfection of Antico’s pizza crust. It strikes that dream balance—irresistibly crispy on the outside yet airily light on the insidey. Our favorite is the Margherita dotted with creamy mozzarella cheese and fresh basil. We like taking our pizzas over to Gio’s, their sister restaurant within the same complex, to round out our meal with the juicy Amalfi chicken. It’s roasted and served with a simmering broth with green olives, onions, garlic, and  bread crumbs.  If you don’t finish it in one go, that's fine because the taste only deepens after a day. Food Rundown photo credit: Sarah Newman Pomodorini This pizza is topped with creamy mozzarella and Vesuvian cherry tomatoes, which get a light char from the wood-fired oven. The best part is the eruption, when you take a bite and these hot juicy tomatoes actually explode like Mount Vesuvius in your mouth. photo credit: Sarah Newman Diavola If you’re a crushed red pepper on pizza person, this one might light your fire. Spicy salami, calabrian peppers, and a little drizzle of chili oil all combine for the type of heat that’ll make you sniffle some. The fresh Buffalo mozzarella cools things off a bit—but not much." - Jacinta Howard

"Michelin named Giovanni DiPalma’s popular Home Park pizzeria a bib gourmand. Since opening in 2009 near Georgia Tech, this little pizzeria off of Hemphill Avenue has been a hot spot for Neapolitan-style pizzas, calzones, and Italian sandwiches. For OTPers seeking a slice of Antico, there’s a location in Alpharetta’s Avalon development and at the Battery near Braves Truist Park in Cobb County. A location is also now open in Tucker." - Beth McKibben

"Located in Home Park, with owner Giovanni Di Palma's other concepts like Gio’s and Café Antico tucked into that same corner, Antico Pizza Napoletano promises exactly that. Walk through two sets of doors right up to a counter with the menu posted overhead—it's where you'll decide between rosso and bianche pizzas. After picking your preference, find a seat in the cavernous dining room which shares space with the prep kitchen. It's lively here, as the dough is shaped and baked in one of three ovens. The show will whet your appetite for delicious pizzas like the lasagna, topped with deconstructed 'meatball,' garlic, ricotta and basil and served on a sheet tray. Soft and chewy, it's a delicious treat." - MICHELIN Guide