What’s on your pizza today? On the International Pizza Day, though other countries will celebrate for the next four days, pizza lovers don’t need a day to enjoy a filling & crusty pizza, do we?

While Urbanly puts together a list of the happening & cheesy pizzas, here’s a little trivia on the flatbread with toppings, which was supposedly food for the masses, the working class in Italy.

Food historians have traced the history of pizza then often mentioned as flatbread with toppings in Egypt, Rome and Greece, and the modern day round pizza was found in Naples in the 16th century.

In Pune, there have been mentions of Italian restaurants in the late 1800’s but there is no record of them serving pizza. Sometime later in the 1900’s  Punekars recall a pizza place by the name of Papa Luigi in Camp as the only authentic Italian place to serve pizzas. Although by late 1900’s, Pune had found ‘veg’ options in the home made pizza base topped with finely chopped capsicum, onions, tomatoes with a lot of cheese in hotels like Relax, Supreme and Shiv Sagar.

But today, the city boasts of some really good ‘pizzaiolos’ in random order;

La Pizzeria by Little Italy
This place has served over 3 decades in the city with interesting ‘vegetarian’ pizzas like Om, Zen, Freestate and Fantasy. Located at Boat club road, Shivaji Nagar and Baner/ Average Cost, ₹1,400 for two people (approx.)

Da’nonna Pizzeria
It is a new backyard set up offering authentic Neapolitan style pizzas, thin & chewy crust with a little burnt sidecrust.Da Nonna is located in Joshi Hospital lane, Bhandarkar road.

Average cost Rs 1000/- for two.

Largo Pizzeria
Largo means large, is the restaurant’s philosophy and theme, serving super sized portions of thin crust pizza. Come and dig into your super sized pizza cravings.
It has outlets in Viman Nagar, Dhole patil road, Salunkhe vihar, kharadi and Wakad, Average cost Rs 600/- for two.

1441 Pizzeria
1441 Pizzeria besides offering you gourmet style pizza, they offer you to make your own pizza. Located at Koregaon park and Kothrud.

Average Cost ₹1,000/- for two people.

Bubsterr’s
With their crowd favorite heavenly slices of Pork Overload, Pork Salami & Pepperoni, they now have 6 new Pizzas introduced – Cajun Spiced Chicken/Paneer, Teriyaki Chicken with Mushrooms, Peri Peri Chicken, Lemon Thyme Chicken with Grilled Broccoli and Bacon Bonanza.
Address: Silver Oaks Society, Floriyana Estate, Kalyani Nagar, Pune,
Average Cost ₹1,400/- for two people.

400 Degrees Pizzeria
The Place to gorge on wood-fired pizza is in town! Relish delectable pizzas with their house made dough pizza base and exquisite in-house sauces! Located on Aundh Baner link road/.

Average cost Rs. 700/- for two.