Pizza! Served Mexican-style and traditional, at a place that claims to be the best corner pizza joint in Philadelphia
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746 Snyder Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19148
Dean Kitagawa spent 35 years working in some of Philadelphia’s top restaurants but when he opened Wood Street Pizza, it was with the modest goal of creating a corner pizza place in a neighborhood that didn’t have one. He makes everything from scratch using high quality ingredients and that includes the house mozzarella. Dean created the pizza recipe himself, wanting a crust that was thicker but with a thinner deck so a slice wouldn’t get ‘floppy’ when you pick it up to eat it.
He claims to be the best corner pizza joint in Philadelphia and says he can make you “one of the best cheesesteaks in the city” too.
He also makes an unworldly sized Stromboli and fried chicken thighs rather than wings.
Dean is born and raised in Philadelphia and grew up across the street from a pizza shop.
“A corner pizza place goes beyond just the pizza they serve,” he says, “It kind of harbors getting together and sharing with people.”
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325 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107
(215) 515-3382
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