Jerrison Oracion,
Senior Columnist

 

izza is a food that many people like

because of how customizable it is. Many
pizza places that you can only find in the
Lower Mainland make artisan pizzas that
you can't get in any run-of-the-mill Pizza
Hut or Domino’s. These pizzas are made
fresh with local ingredients. The places that
sell them experiment with new flavours
that could be instant favourites for you
and your friends. Here is my guide to great
pizza places in the Lower Mainland.

Flying Wedge Pizza
Opened by three University of British
Columbia graduates in 1989, Flying Wedge

makes a pizza that is high quality and has
a lot of flavour. One pizza slice is very big,
with toppings that go all the way to the
edge of the crust. It has natural cheeses,
with herbs and flax in the crust. Flying
Wedge has received a lot of awards in the
past few decades and they have a lot of
original flavours including the Perogie
Polka, the Szechuan Chicken, and the
Korean Chi. There is a location near the
David Lam campus and they have a deal
where when you buy a pizza, you can get
the second one at half-price.

Me-n-Ed’s Pizza

The pizza is very thin because they roll
their pizza dough 100 times. This makes
it crispy when you eat it. They use six

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different types of cheeses to make each
slice have a sharp taste. They have a variety
of Italian-influenced pizzas, including their
featured pizza this month—the Chicken
Parmigiana! It has marinara chicken and
breaded eggplant topped with mozzarella,
parmesan cheese, basil, and ground

pepper.

Pizza Garden

This pizza place is our preferred one when
we eat pizza in the Other Press office.
They make pizza in the Neapolitan way.
This means that they use specific kinds of
mozzarella and tomatoes in order to create
avery authentic Italian flavour. They bake
their pizza in a brick oven and the result is
a pizza that has bubbles in the crust and

 

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asmoky taste. Some of the ingredients
that they use are directly imported from
Italy. They have a location near the New
Westminster campus, so you can get a
delicious pizza even when youre cramming
for exams.

Freshslice Pizza

Freshslice has a lot of different locations all
over the Lower Mainland and they make
their pizza with local, fresh ingredients.
They even give you the option of getting

a pizza with different slices of different
flavours. Their pizza has a garlic taste and
it is chewy with a very thick, bready crust.
They have a new pizza called the Hat-Trick,
which has three different toppings, three
cheeses, and three sauces.

 
 

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