Elio Pizza On Fire

Wood Burning Pizza Established in 2012. Forget deep dish, pan and stuffed for a minute. If you want to go to the source of pizza, Naples, you have to understand how that pie is constructed. And if the pizzaolo goes to the trouble of chopping up his own wood for his oven, you know you're in the right place. They have become as familiar - and imitated - as a politician running for office. Many places claim to make Neapolitan pizza, but few go the extra mile to do it the right way. Elio Bartolotta takes a pretty old school approach to his pizza. He has to, because at Elio Pizza on Fire, in an Addison strip mall, he's simply making pizza the way he first learned in Sicily, then later, in New York City. "We mix all together, so we use piece by piece. And but main thing is hickory, apple and maple," he said, referring to the wood he uses in his oven. Once he gets his custom-made, wood-burning brick oven up to temperature, he begins work on his handmade pies. Like all great pizza