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Way to go Ed. Beautiful piece and a fitting tribute to the great pizza master that was Sal. My all time favorite slice, I was lucky to have it be four blocks from my childhood home. RIP Sal; keep going strong Sal and Carmine's!

Went last night with my parents and I loved this place. Not the best pizza ever but a really nice relaxing atmosphere and just excellent food at a reasonable price.

We had the tonno salad which was simple but delicious (the combo of the rich olive oil preserved tuna, bitter arugula, and acidity/sweetness of the lemon in the dressing and tomatoes was very pleasing). Then we had the squid ink pasta which was light for that kind of thing (even if it didn't have shrimp this time), a margarita pizza, and the funghi e salsiccia pizza which was so great that we actually ordered one to go which my dad and I had last night/this morning for breakfast.

My only real complaint, if you can call it that, would be the cheese which, as Ed pointed out, was nothing special (I would easily pay an extra dollar or three for higher quality mozzarella). On the other hand, the pizzaiolo was very welcoming and friendly. I asked him about the mushrooms on the pizza since I was surprised that he used only shitake since outside of myself (when I make my pizza at home), I have never really seen shitakes as the primary fungus on pizza. He also told me that in the near future he is planning on adding porcinis to the mushroom pizza.

I have pretty limited pizza experience in the Boston area so I really can't speak to the best (especially in the pie only restaurant sense). That said, I actually really like Pizzeria Reggina. Additionally, my favorite New York Style, by the slice place is Pino's on Commonwealth Ave. right near Cleveland Circle.