Chesapeake Pizza, Chesapeake

An unassuming restaurant in Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake Pizza specializes in a pan crust pie with medium thickness and your choice of typical toppings.

Sometimes a pan crust is an enjoyable departure from the reigning kings that are New York style slices which dot the map all over the country, and this is no exception.  A crispy crust on the outside and still very fluffy soft in the middle define the ground floor of this pie, while some of the best mozzarella around sits atop a mild, inobtrusive tomato sauce.  Simplicity is bliss.

Chesapeake Pizza has instilled something in me which was previously very foreign, a good pan crust.  I once scoffed at the option of eating pan pizza after years of my childhood being fed Pizza Hut’s abominable excuse for such, but this is some of the best pan pizza I’ve ever had.  Well done.