110 Maple Ave ., Barrington , 245-2355 , viennabakeryri . com This small-town bakery has been serving the neighborhood since 1923 . Their pizza is boxed up with twelve to twenty-four individual square slices that are best served at room temperature or cold . The sauce is sweet and robust with a light sprinkling of Romano cheese on top ( a fact that may send some Rhode Islanders into a tizzy ).
The winner is , D . Palmieri ’ s Bakery in Johnston .
Sal ’ s Bakery
1288 Chalkstone Ave ., Providence , 454-8090 , facebook . com / antsavas From the no-frills bakery case to the window that peeks out from the kitchen , and the sweet lady that runs the counter , Sal ’ s Bakery charms every patron that walks through the door . The pizza comes with slightly charred edges , their famous red sauce and a sprinkling of cheese . It ’ s available in a sheet of twenty strips and a party size with sixty pieces . Also try the legendary potato pizza , calzones and monkey bread . – J . C .
DID YOU KNOW ?
Pizza strips became a thing in Rhode Island thanks to health department woes , according to LaSalle Bakery . Back in the day , local bakeries used leftover dough from bread to make pizzas , and they ’ d leave them out on the counter for people to grab and go . But health inspectors objected to dairy sitting out on the counter , so many bakeries decided to ditch the cheese entirely and a Rhody legend was born .
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