If you are searching for three of the best restaurants for pizza in the Raleigh, NC area you have certainly come to the right place. Lilly’s Pizza, Capital Creations Gourmet Pizza and Casalinga Ristorante Italiano offer distinctive pizza creations that are certain to please even the pickiest appetite.
Lilly’s Pizza
Located in the Glenwood Avenue area of Raleigh, Lilly’s Pizza offers a locally owned restaurant that uses fresh ingredients for its premium pies. In a hip, casual atmosphere the place serves up creative pies with names like the Aristocrat, Big Star, and Dante’s Inferno. If you are up for designing your own pizza the menu states — “Enjoy a pie made just the way you want! Skilled hands prepare every pie to order and bake each of them on our stone hearth. Choose our traditional Thick or our Thin Crust. Both the dough and tomato sauce are handmade daily from the finest organic ingredients. Served with Wisconsin, independently-farmed whole milk mozzarella.” For the create your own option, the pricing is small $6.30, medium $10, large $13 additional toppings $1, $1.50, $2. What makes Lilly’s Pizza in Raleigh so special? Probably the delicious tomato sauce on each pie that is made from organic tomatoes and organic veggies. For diners with allergies, this restaurant is more than willing to accommodate special dietary considerations which is a major plus. These pizzas provide a true adventure for the taste buds.
Lilly’s Pizza
1813 Glenwood Ave
Raleigh, NC 27608
(919) 833-0226
www.lillyspizza.com
Capital Creations Gourmet Pizza
If you are looking for a tasty pie, Capital Creations is another Raleigh restaurant that creates some of the best pizza you will ever taste. This place is only take-out and delivery, so no sit down service is available. They use the freshest ingredients available, to create their gourmet pizzas, and this restaurant has quite a loyal following in the Raleigh, NC area. The Pescky Chicken is the most popular pie offered here, and customers keep coming back for this creation. According to the menu, the pie has a white crust with the following — “Basil pesto, mozzarella, grilled chicken, feta, red onions and bacon. This could be the best thing you will ever put in your mouth. Your fellow customers agree – this pie out sells everything else on the menu!” A 10 inch Pescky Chicken pizza with 6 slices is $ 11.40 and a 14 inch with 8 slices will cost $ 22.80. If you choose to build your own pizza here, you have the ability to choose from white, wheat or cornmeal crust. A tasty gourmet pizza from Capital Creations is definitely worth every penny!
Capital Creations
3055 Medlin Dr
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 782-7080
www.capitalcreations.com
Casalinga Ristorante Italiano
Located off of Capital Boulevard in Raleigh, Casalinga Ristorante Italiano offers a phenomenal pizza — one of the best in the city. As a true lover of all things bacon, my personal favorite is the Pizza Fantasia which has bacon, ham, black olives, fresh tomatoes, onions and a bit of fresh basil for $20.95. Additional menu offerings include Chicken, Margherita, Seafood and Pizza Capricciosa. Of course, if you are wanting to design your own pizza, the talented Chef Carlo can create any pie you desire using their fresh ingredients in the kitchen. The pizza here is definitely something you do not want to miss in Raleigh.
Casalinga Ristorante Italiano
4538 Capital Blvd
Raleigh, NC 27604
(919) 873-1334
www.carlocasalinga.com
If you are interested in reading additional reviews on these restaurants check out Yelp.
Sources
www.lillyspizza.com
www.capitalcreations.com
www.carlocasalinga.com
