Goodfella's Pizzeria

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Goodfella's Pizzeria is an old-school, no-frills slice shop on East Colonial Drive serving New York style pies that guests say taste like the kind they grew up eating. The Goodfella's Special comes loaded, the garlic knots earn their own following, and the calzones arrive huge. Longtime regulars say the room has changed some since the founding owners sold, but many still call it some of the best pizza outside New York.

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