In business since 1992 in a strip mall that has been a retail graveyard smack in the middle of Carrollwood Village, Domenic’s does New York-style pizza as good as you can get outside of the five boroughs. Sure, Westchase is blessed with not one, but two outstanding pizza makers (both Bona Pizza in West Park Village and Marina’s in the Publix shopping center offer up outstanding slices), but you have to go to Carrollwood Village for the absolute best housing development pie. A no-frills operation, Domenic’s has the cramped, mussy, worked-in feel of all the best pizza joints in the Big Apple. That character makes its way into the pizza, which is simple, tasty and perfect. 4538 W. Village Drive, Tampa, 813-963-1360.
This article appears in Sep 14-20, 2005.