UNCLE RICO'S PIZZA – Restaurant

A hole-in-the-wall on Cleveland Avenue near the Edison Mall, with a line out the door and the smell of a hot oven filling the strip. Uncle Rico's runs like a well-drilled kitchen: thin crust, crackling and properly charred, and a sauce that balances sweet against salt. Order the Angry Uncle with pepperoni, hot honey and basil, add burrata if you are serious, or take the house special, a Benny Blanco, a cheese square, a margherita, garlic knots with parmesan and marinara, a meatball hero or a stromboli. Family-run, loud, inexpensive, and the owner still comes out to say hello.

Cuisine: Restaurant