What do you get when a pizza maker turns a childhood memory of onion bialys into a pie topped with pistachios? You get one of the most celebrated thin crust pizzas in the region, served from a 1929 machine shop in a historic Phoenix park.
The restaurant started humbly in the back of a neighborhood grocery store back in 1988. The owner became the first pizza maker ever to win a prestigious culinary award, and later added another major honor to his name.
The signature pizza has no tomato sauce, just red onion, rosemary, aged parmesan, and chopped Arizona pistachios. The dining room is small, so waits can be long…