Pizzeria Bianco
Pizza restaurant · Cooper Square
623 E Adams St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Highlights
Legendary wood-fired pizzas from James Beard winner Chris Bianco.
Legendary wood-fired pizzas from James Beard winner Chris Bianco.
"Chris Bianco, America’s best pizza maker, is meticulous about everything, sourcing (and sometimes even milling) flour blends, hand-shaping mozzarella, and topping pies with tomatoes from his own California label. His wood-fired pizza — a little Neapolitan, a little American, a lot Bianco — defies strict categorization, but the result is always a light, charred-at-the-edges crust, offering just the right amount of chew. An expanded menu at the Town & Country shopping center location also includes beautiful salads, excellent pasta, lush chicken cacciatore, and a rice pudding that zips you back to childhood. The tiny pizza shop spawned a mini-empire, which includes Italian restaurant Tratto (one of the city’s best modern Italians) as well as sandwich-and-salad gem Pane Bianco. Hot tip: The legend lives up to the hype — expect a wait, but nearby bars make it easy to kill time." - McConnell Quinn
"The pies at Pizzeria Bianco have launched Phoenix’s food scene into the orbit of national conversation. Seriously, these pizzas are so famous they moved to Downtown Los Angeles, where a new Bianco’s debuted in 2022. Head to the original Heritage Square spot for pies like the Biancoverde, with mozzarella, parmigiano reggiano, ricotta, and arugula, before a Diamondbacks game, or a weekday lunch when there’s less of a wait. Go with a group and order family-style so you can try everything." - lauren topor
"The pies at Pizzeria Bianco launched Phoenix’s food scene into the orbit of national conversation. Seriously, these pizzas are so famous they moved to Downtown Los Angeles, where a new Bianco’s debuted in 2022. But there’s a reason the original location is still a place that people line up for: the dough is seriously flavorful on its own, having been fermented for 18-20 hours, giving it a delicious yeasty tang. Head to the original location for pies like the Biancoverde with mozzarella, parmigiano reggiano, ricotta, and arugula before a Diamondbacks game, or a weekday lunch when there’s less of a wait." - team infatuation
"The pies at Pizzeria Bianco have launched Phoenix’s food scene into the orbit of national conversation. Seriously, these pizzas are so famous they moved to Downtown Los Angeles, where a new Bianco’s debuted in 2022. Head to the original Heritage Square spot for pies like the Biancoverde, with mozzarella, parmigiano reggiano, ricotta, and arugula, before a Diamondbacks game, or a weekday lunch when there’s less of a wait. Go with a group and order family-style so you can try everything." - Lauren Topor
"At his tiny pizzeria in Heritage Square, America’s best pizza maker Chris Bianco makes a half dozen splendid pies, but the standout is the Rosa. It’s a white pie, strewn with crushed pistachios, Parmesan, rosemary, and red onion. This white pie is quintessentially Bianco: Strewn with crushed pistachios, Parmesan, rosemary, and red onion, it’s a genre-bending that nods to the flatbreads from which pizza evolved hundreds of years ago. It’s beautifully crusty and wondrously chewy." - McConnell Quinn
