Bavaro's Pizza Napoletana

Florida's first certified traditional Neapolitan pizzeria, Bavaro's opened in March 2009 using a 100-year-old yeast culture carried over from Italy to leaven its dough. Each pie is hand-stretched and fired at high temperature in a wood-burning oven, producing the soft center and leopard-spotted crust that define Vera Pizza Napoletana standards. The Downtown Tampa location on Franklin Street is the original.