Category: Pizza

Alley Cat Pizzeria: 486 Chestnut St., Manchester; 669-4533. Coolest sign downtown; pizza cooked "right on the stones" and comes as large as 20 inches across. All the traditionals plus more unusual toppings like buffalo chicken, breaded eggplant, and corn chips.

Annula's Pizza & Deli: 525 Chestnut St., Manchester; 669-2005. Small neighborhood place with delicious food. Highlights include the lamb special on Thursdays and fish and chips on Friday.

Bertucci's Brick Oven Pizza: Mall of NH, Manchester; 668-6204. Known for their brick oven cooking and great food with fresh ingredients (dough, vegetables,) they also offer a variety of full-fledged dinner choices.

Brother's Pizza: 6 Willow St., Manchester; 668-7333. Comprehensive menu includes "everything except hot dogs" they say, and with reason. Best selling Greek dish: baked lamb. 

Brown Avenue House of Pizza and Pub: 2626 Brown Ave., Manchester; 623-2900. Closed Saturdays and Sundays. Simply good pizza - convenient if you're heading to or from the airport.

Caesario's Pizza and Subs: 1057 Elm St., Manchester; 669-8383. Closed Sundays. New York-style pizza served by friendly staff in a no-frills atmosphere. Huge, ever-changing menu; signature item is seasoned fries.

Chelby's Pizza & Subs: 284 Mammoth Road, Manchester; 669-4329. A tradition on Manchester's East Side for more than three decades.

Domino's Pizza: 212 Lowell St., 668-4701 (Downtown/North); 150 Amory St., 668-2252 (West Side); 91 Maple St. 647-4300 (South). Reliable source of very late night home delivery.

Front Street Waterfall Pizza Restaurant & Lounge: 554 Front St., Manchester; 623-0006. Italian dinners, fresh seafood & more. Taso's place. Closed Sunday.

Grand Slam Pizza Grill & Bar: 472 South Main St., Manchester; 622-5522. Pizza and full menu; many specials for students with college IDs. Filled with TVs.

Jimmy's House of Pizza: 345 Kelley St., Manchester; 669-3310. Closed Sundays. A standard-bearer on Manchester's West Side.

Luisa's Pizza: 19 South River Road, Bedford; 668-0581. Also 673 Hooksett Road, Manchester; 625-1331. Area favorite known for Italian home cooking, and especially for calzones. Huge portions of pasta and homemade sauce.

Luigi's Pizza Bar & Grille: 712 Valley St, Manchester; 622-1021. Pizza, salads, subs, burgers, and pasta, all prepared fresh to eat in or take out. Lots of choices.

Mako's Pizza: 850 East Industrial Park Drive, Manchester; 623-5550. Oasis of pizza in city's sprawling industrial park. For lunch try the "all-you-can-eat pizza buffet."

Papa John's: 1015 Elm St., Manchester; 645-7676. (A new place open on South Willow Street, too.) National chain back and newly established downtown. Careful with their garlic sauce; it's powerful stuff. Open until 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. 

Pappy's Pizza: 1531 North Elm St., Manchester; 623-3131. Highly visible pizza palace operated by civic-minded Ron Pappas; popular items include the mushroom and pepperoni pizza and the chicken tenders dinner.

Perillo's: 55 Calef Road, Manchester; 624-1212. Closed Sundays. Nice neighborhood pizza joint serving the area of Lower Elm Street; known for their steak & cheese subs.

Pizza Express: Maple Valley Plaza, 245 Maple St., Manchester; 647-7885. Lively place tucked away in shopping plaza near Gill Stadium. Extensive menu, including unusual personal pizzas served on Syrian bread. Also, clam and scallop subs.

Pizza Mia: 460 Route 101, Bedford; 472-8878. Out-of-town place but worth traveling to for great and unusual pizzas and the honey Dijon chicken subs.

Pizzeria Uno Chicago Bar & Grill: 1875 South Willow St., Manchester; 647-8667. The Queen City's version of the popular national chain.

Sal's: 296 South Willow St., Manchester; 623-6565. Popular and reliable source of great pizza in the city's southern reaches.

Santoro's Pizza: 468 Union St., Manchester; 627-6666. Great traditional pizza house; the chicken broccoli ziti alfredo uses grilled chicken prepared with the owner's special marinade.

South Main Street House of Pizza: 194 South Main St., Manchester; 624-1699. Neighborhood pizza joint. Steak & cheese sub is their best-selling non-pizza item.

Souvlaki Pizza & Subs: 256 Bridge St., Manchester; 625-9354. Colorful personnel and delicious food highlight this no-frills Greek-oriented eatery. The pizza's good, too.

Times Square Pizza and Deli: 15 Pearl St. (corner of Elm), Manchester; 668-8463. New York-themed pizza parlor offers range of choices, from the classics to specialties like Mexican.

Zoey's Pizza & Calzones: 2160 Candia Road, Manchester; 666-7332. Popular with those way out on the far East Side. Best-selling dish is good old pepperoni pizza.