It took a war to complete pizza's journey to these shores, however. Next Veteran's Day, add this to your reasons to give thanks. There's certainly no shortage of pizza purveyors in Tucson. It's the food that seems to suit all tastes. Tasty, filling and economical, pizza is the ideal foodstuff for college students, young families and people on the go.
Variations range from mundane to gourmet, simple to sophisticated, personal to institutional size.
You name it, Tucson's probably got it. But all pies are not created equal, and a little guidance is in order if you're in search of the best. Transplanted New Yorkers and Midwesterners have for years bored the rest of us with near mythic tales of the pizza they enjoyed back home. Both Brooklyn Pizza Company and Rocco's Little Chicago offer the perfect cure for homesick epicures from the frozen north. The pizza at both establishments is not only exceptionally good, it pays ample tribute to the traditions of two great pizza meccas.