Pizza is one of the clearest ways to order here, from the 17-inch combo option to Spicy Dill Pickle, Beef Dip, Hot Honey, Pesto Pollo, and Sweet Chili pies.

The restaurant's center of gravity is pizza: a stone-hearth oven, San Marzano tomato, fior di latte, and a roster that runs from Margherita Pizza to Diavolina Calabrese, Parma Pizza, and Quattro Formaggi Pizza.

Del's puts hand-stretched pizza beside fresh pasta at the front of its Italian-kitchen identity. The current list ranges from familiar red-sauce pies to combinations such as the sweet-heat Vespa and nduja feature pizza, giving the pizza section enough personality to stand on its own.

Papa Joe's strongest case is pizza first, especially when the order moves past plain pepperoni into Pesto, Caprino, Prosciutto and the house meat-lover pie. The menu has enough traditional choices for easy ordering, but the gourmet lane gives the restaurant its clearest identity.

Rustico's hand-stretched pizza program is a substantial part of its Italian-Canadian comfort menu. Mushroom and Goat Cheese, Prosciutto and Garlic, Victoria, Meatball, and Sausage a la Florentine give the section range, while Pizza Tuesdays reinforces it as a repeat-visit draw.

Graffiti Market makes Detroit-style pizza a centrepiece of its food, art, and technology mix. Risk It For The Brisket, The Spicy Dill-Inquent, Fungitown, and Bacon & Blue show a thick-crust program with playful house combinations rather than a generic casual-menu pizza section.

The Civil says exactly what it is: modern cocktails and adventurous pies. Bee Spicy, Donair It In Public, Civil Disobedience, The Bouje, and the rotating Cause pie give the pizza menu a playful house language strong enough to define both dinner and takeout.