I like Napolitano's but you gotta ask for extra crispy. Pizza Marvin is worth a shot

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Pizza Marvin, Pizza J, Nice Slice, Catanzaro in Cranston, A Guy and His Pies on Instagram.

This is in no particular order just places I don't get disappointed by..

Rosa Mia you need to request it well done.

Nice Slice is dynamite 🧨

Antonio’s Sicilian 🤌

Second this

Pizza J

Casertas

I’ve heard about this one!! An old man I work with told me I’m not a “true Rhode Islander” unless I go here, LOL!

Fellini's

Boulevard Pizza by JWU Harborside. Might technically be Cranston, but the cheese pizza is bomb.

You can't be a true Rhode Islander, but your kids could.

You'll need some deep held beliefs about which pizza strip is best, (DePetrillos or fuck off)

"Know a guy" for at least a dozen different things (min of 7 "guys")

Violently firm positions on red vs white (it's white btw, red is fine if they're out of the good stuff), and know and appreciate a good clam cake.

There's more, I'm sure others will help out with this list

Nice Slice, Pizza Marvin, Pizza J, Anna’s Vesuviano

Who orders a cheese pizza lol

Edit: Downvote me all you want, that’s a 6 year old order

My vote is not technically in Providence, but pretty darn close if you’re on the East Side: Jeff’s in East Providence, (pretty much just over the Henderson bridge).

If it HAD to be in the city limits, it’s probably Roma on Atwells. That stuff is magic.

Then again, it depends what kind of pizza you like, Casertas is defacto Sicilian, Lost Valley is Neapolitan, Marvin is New Haven, Big Tony’s (near Pizza Coin) is legitimately NY Style, Sicilias is Chicago, Alforno is Providence grilled, Guy and his Pie is Detroit, etc…though you may really like New England Greek Style - which is most of them.

(The above list is not testimony that these spots are the best at their chosen style, just a rundown of styles).

Providence pizza places:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zYc7n5HfJVeGF2sZXU-IfItmUtri413GwilZSIEGJIU/edit

Not cheese pizza but the Big cheese's mozz bread is so freaking good. Their Greek salad + house dressing is also very good.

The only correct answer and anyone who downvotes is a coward

Guy bad mouthing New England Greek style over here. Joking aside, and if you don't mind the drive, Zorbas in No. Pro is a home run for Greek style. Pretty much reminds me of the stuff I grew up with in the South Shore.

Pizza Marvin is solid but a wee bit fancy for my day to day pizza. Not My Daddy's right over the line in the bucket was my go to

Ya like what ya like, clearly there is a large market for this kind of pizza….but rarely are they cited as a destination pizza in food reviews like the OP asked for.

Tommy’s

Overrated for cheese, nice slice beats them by a mile. Also jesus fellini RUNS on cocaine, its wild

It's what I grew up with. Depending on where OP is from, I actually had to hunt down Greek style pizza here compared to the much better options that exist.

Dude marvin is not new haven, jeffs is. The Sicilian is the pie to talk about at marvin. Also re detroit hotline is the move. And lets not forget we have a frank pepes in warwick.

Marvin opened citing Sally’s as their model, and stated plainly that they were doing New Haven style (see below).🤷🏼‍♂️

And I never forget about Pepe’s, but it’s a 20 minute drive to their place in Warwick if you hit traffic right.

https://www.rimonthly.com/pizza-marvin/

Tommy’s closed in Providence.

Damn I completely forgot about that. My bad

Edit: if you can make it out to the Cranston location it’s worth it

Fellini’s or Angelo’s

YES!!! Jeff's is so good. But what is it? Portnoy said it reminded him of New Haven. So he asked Jeff. Jeff said "New Haven meets New York."

https://youtu.be/WUVs7CD4yDA

wow you’ve go nowhere good lmao - fellinis or nice slice, prov coal fire or flatbread works too

I don’t sense any oil in the crust like NY style, plus they’re a little more wonky shaped than NY.

Definitely feels more New Haven to me.

yes, Jeff's is my favorite too. But honestly if I hadn't moved down the street from it I probably never would have tried it, when I lived in the east side I never went into East Providence. Jeffs is a hidden gem, but its definitely getting more popular, sometimes I can't even get through the phone line now, I try to order early now, its a good thing I can just walk to it in 5 minutes.

The white pizza is great too, and technically a cheese pizza.

Like a mom and pop place? Try Cisco pizza on reservoir ave

Twins

Yes, at 6 you order cheese.

You become a teenager and start adding pepperoni, sausage, and maybe even extra cheese because you think Dominos is great.

You get to college form a belief with your friends that pizza is basically a platform for exotic flavors and start ordering taco, hamburger or Hawaiian.

You get into your 20s and decide you want to date seriously, so you ratchet it back to one meat and/or a vegetable to not look like a rube or a glutton.

Then at some point you recognize that the Italians (and your 6 year old self) were right all along, and cheese pizza by itself is perfection.

If you want Sicilian get twins instead of casertas.

Pizza Fair. Park ave Cranston

The big cheese

Pizza J is my favorite pizza in town and I would strongly recommend trying it! Lately it’s been even better than before. I love holding up a slice with a crispy bottom, no tip sag, but also beautifully cooked without being burnt/charred.

Piemonte is not good pizza at all. I’m always shocked it gets recommended on here.

Piemonte is very good, thin ny style and good price

Pizza coin has 65 reviews on Google which is very few. You can’t trust ratings with that few of reviews (ie their family, friends, etc can be 75% of them).

Pizza Marvin hasn’t been open that long and is a small shop…has 266 reviews.

Fellinis

Me too --

always good --

I should weigh 300lbs

actually I never met a pizza I didn't like

I’m from Jersey/NYC area and I have yet to find a slice that does not disappoint when compared to home (recommendations please!!) The only place that I find to be consistently good “pizza” is Flatbread Co. off Thayer Street. Gonna have to try nice slice.

Greek style pizza is the supreme overlord of pizza styles.

Jeff’s is the correct answer. Like you I was on a quest and this was the result.

You find any other gems? So far I’m pretty sad that my findings are precisely what the yelpgeist is.

Pizza Coin is fairly new and was exciting for the neighborhood because we didn’t have anything similar (Big Tony’s is largely reviled for mostly non-food reasons). Their pizza is not my style but I can see why others gave it good reviews.

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So it’s not “classic cheese pizza” but Flatbread is very good for what it is. Antonio’s is yummy but I’m more in it for the toppings there. Twins is good but not my preferred style. Providence Coal Fire. My husband likes Pizza J. Al forno for fancy nights.

Yeah I don't know what aspects of New York style he has adopted when he says "New Haven meets NYC"

Via Roma.

Marvin is #1 and Jeff’s is #1A. He’s just further out of providence.

Pizza Coin seemed interchangeable with Piemonte for me. It’s solid but not spectacular.

And if my choices were there, Big Tony’s or Milanos 👎🏻. They seem like the business I’d want to support most.

Roma on the hill honestly has the best pizza in RI, closest I’ve found to true NY style , only downside is they’re a deli so they do close at 6

Marvin is good if youre 65 and like a burnt pizza like my grandmother

So many places claim to be NY Style - that clearly are not.

I think it’s just a name thing to get people in the door.

New Haven style just isn’t propped up by being in the center of American media.

Since it hasn’t been said yet throwing Silicia’s deep dish cheese on Atwells.

Pizza Marvin for me. Like a Rhode Island bakery pizza but hot and cheesy.

#1 quality I appreciate in a food item: Heavy.

They are on Slice, the issue is Slice doesn’t have their correct hours so you can’t always rely on it - but sometimes it’s helpful.

I asked them point blank if ordering that way took away too much of their margin and they’d prefer I call - they were non-committal.

Yeah that's why I call too figured the apps take too much out of the thier cut. Now that they are open for lunch most days I just order before the evening rush.

Flatbread is fire but it’s a chain, OP is looking for more ma and pa places!

Best comment lol

Grilled margherita at Al Forno is world class za.

I love how many styles of pizza you can get in the Providence area.

Napolitano on Federal Hill - authentic NY style pie. Flavorful crust, good sauce.

Oh woah found the stand up comic and pizza expert all in one comment.

Depetrillos has the best pizza strip in the state!!👏🏼👏🏼

Fucking right kid

I know it’s not “close”, but this is RI! My favorite pizza, not strip, will always be Antonio’s in Cumberland! Their crust is second to none, and since they added a vegan cheese option, I get to feel like a kid again haha

Pizza strips, Greek, grilled, Roman, New Haven, NYC, Twins/Caserta’s, sicilian….. is there a Detroit style in RI? We have one here in Reston and it’s damn good.

A lot of cheese (typically mozzarella mixed with cheddar), tomato sauce, and fried, oil enriched crust is bound to taste somewhat good.

https://www.seriouseats.com/new-england-greek-style-pizza

Hotline Pizza on Broadway, or a Guy and His Pie on Mineral Spring in Pawtucket.

Give how thick Rosa Mia's is and what type of pizza they're making, it really is one that's made for toppings. I like Minerva's for nice plain simple cheese pizza, they are so generous with the cheese, it's amazing

If you like bbq chicken pizza, get the Cyclone from Brooklyn Napolitano.

If you like Detroit style, try Hotline Pizza (order thru instagram).

Not in providence but close by, The Big Cheese. Amazing place.

The Big Cheese in Cranston and Jeff’s in East Providence

PS Nice Slice is overpriced for what it is.

There is never only one correct answer when it comes to pizza. Downvoted.

Who downvotes pizza opinions lol

nice slice, pizza j, lost valley at revival

no one has said a guy and his pie or hotline pizza that ive seen. these are not pizza places per se, but folks who work out of ghost kitchens and make VERY GOOD PIZZA

also pizza queen. i forget where it is but they have some good ass greasy cheese pizza if thats what youre in the mood for

edited to say, someone else did say a guy and his pie. very good.

I strongly suggest trying Pizza J next!

Caserta.

Their toppings are of higher quality than what you will find at most other places in Providence.

Yes by all accounts the owners are nice people at least.

Twins Pizza by a mile over Caserta. Best single slice is Napolitano. This post is about cheese pizza not novelty pizza.

That's the one of the not soo good pizzas you can get

Yes it is over priced

Adding Jeff's to my list, hadn't heard of it.

> You can't be a true Rhode Islander, but your kids could.

I always go back and forth whether we adhere to the rule Mainers do, "just because a cat has kittens in the oven don't make 'em biscuits" or we permit first-generation born in RI to call themselves Rhode Islanders.

The nonchalance of this comment made me curious, so I checked out Roma today.

It’s not my understanding of NY Style (I think NY style has a smooth bottom and tiny crust bubble structure - both due to the oil in the dough). This is WAY better. Light, airy, crunchy, chewy, tangy - everyone is chasing a style, they seem to have this one all to their own.

Holy crap this was good pizza, I’ve not had any like it.

what the public views as “NY Style” and what true NYers like me who grew up there actually eat is way different tbh, napolitanos is a good example of what everyone expects of NY pizzas, it’s the quintessential $1 slice type of pizza, this Roma pizza is closer to what I had growing in Brooklyn

It’s definitely not “Ray’s” style.

It’s really superb, thanks for the tip!

Try antonios on thayer

This isn't Maine. Plus we have a habit of picking up strays, and kinda trapping them here, as a state. So in my book, if they grew up here amongst my kids, if they have an accent and have a preferred party pizza, they're Rhode Islanders. Yeah first generation. It don't take long to get salt in your bones

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Pizza Marvin by a mile. They use to burn pizzas randomly but figured that out. But still sometimes the intern makes your pie and it’s tossed uneven. Fellini’s is always undercooked it’s wheat. Nice Slice is classic but wheat I like their weird pies better. Antonio’s is okay, their square is better, their pies from hope street are comically small. Flatbreads cuts their pizza like an idiot figuring it out for the first time and half their pies have no sauce so I add it as an extra, but it’s good. What’s with no red sauce pizza here? just stop. Pizza Js use to be great, they use pour a bucket of garlic powder into the sauce, it was different, now it’s meh.

Antonio’s by the slice