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A blistered wood-fired margherita on a wooden peel in front of the glowing brick oven
Chula Vista · Wood-fired since 1998

Ninety seconds in a 900° oven. On your table before it stops blistering.

Forty-eight-hour dough, San Marzano tomatoes, oak fire. Six pizzas, made the way Naples makes them, by the same family for three generations.

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Tonight 4–9:30Kitchen open, counter walk-ins welcome
4.8 ★640+ Google reviews
1420 Third AveFree lot behind the building
20 minTakeout, most nights
The idea

We make six pizzas. We make them properly.

A short menu is not a limitation, it is the point. Every dough ball is stretched to order, every pie is pulled by hand, and nothing is made yesterday. If you want forty toppings, there is a chain for that.

See the menu
Oak flames inside the hand-built brick dome oven
Flour-dusted dough balls proofing in a wooden box
Burrata with heirloom tomatoes and basil on a ceramic plate
The candlelit dining room with linen tables and exposed brick
The oven

Built by hand in 1998. Burning oak every night since.

The dome was laid brick by brick by the founder and his brother-in-law over one summer. It holds 900 degrees for service and takes two hours to come up each afternoon, which is why we open at four and not noon.

Three generations have worked this room. The recipe has not changed. The chili honey was the grandson's idea, and he was right.

48 hCold ferment on every dough
900°Floor temperature at service
38Seats, plus eight at the counter
4.8 stars · 640+ reviews

What the neighborhood says.

The crust is the real thing: blistered, chewy, a little charred at the edge. We drove forty minutes and would do it again tomorrow.

Marisol R. Google review · Eastlake

Booked a table on my phone in about ten seconds on a Friday. Food was out fast and the Diavola with the chili honey is unreal.

Danny K. Google review · Bonita

Family-owned and it shows. They remembered our order from last month and sat us at the same table. This is our Friday spot now.

The Alvarez family Google review · Chula Vista
Visit

Third Avenue, between the bakery and the barber.

1420 Third Avenue
Chula Vista, CA 91911
(619) 555-0142

  • Tuesday – Thursday4:00 – 9:30 pm
  • Friday – Saturday4:00 – 10:30 pm
  • Sunday3:00 – 9:00 pm
  • MondayClosed

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Parties of 2–10. Larger groups and the tasting table, call us.

No deposit. We hold the table 15 minutes past your time.

Good to know

Questions we get every week.

Do you take reservations?

Yes, for parties of two to ten, Tuesday through Sunday. Walk-ins are always welcome at the counter, and the counter is where the regulars sit anyway.

Is there a gluten-free crust?

Yes. It is pressed, not stretched, so it bakes a little flatter than our Neapolitan dough. We prepare it in a separate station but the kitchen is not a certified gluten-free environment.

Can we book the whole room?

The dining room seats 38. We host private dinners on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings with a set menu; call and ask for the events line.

How long is takeout?

Twenty minutes from the time you call, most nights. On Friday and Saturday after 6 pm, plan on thirty.

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