On a busy stretch of Magazine Street in New Orleans, a small pizza shop has built its following on a crust that snaps instead of folds. Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza bakes its pies thin and crisp, closer to a cracker than to the soft, chewy dough many people picture.
Regulars stop in for lunch specials, salads with house-made dressings, and a front window seat that looks right onto the street. If you care about how a pizza crust sounds when you bite it, this spot deserves a closer look.
A Pizza Counter On Magazine Street
Find 4218 Magazine St on a map, and you land in the Uptown part of New Orleans, in the 70115 zip code, where the street is lined with shops, restaurants, and houses packed close together. Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza sits right in that mix, a pizza restaurant that fits into the block instead of standing apart from it.
The Magazine location is one of several Theo’s shops around the city. One visitor pointed out that the staff here make it easy to forget you are in a chain at all, and that it feels like a true neighborhood pizzeria…