Mario's Pizza

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A family-run Curry Ford Road shop where the pies taste, as one guest put it, like real pizza from New York. The Girlfriend, half pizza and half calzone, anchors the menu alongside garlic knots, pepperoni rolls, and baked ziti with meatballs, plus a ranch guests insist you try with your slice. The vegan side is a draw of its own, from the vegan Buffalo chicken pizza to vegan pepperoni the kids ask for, and the owner still comes out to talk with the tables.

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