FLORINA Pizzeria & Paninoteca

Legitimately some of the best pizza I’ve ever had, this has become my go-to spot. The portions are very large for a great price, I honestly can’t recommend this enough!! This is actually the first restaurant that has ever inspired me to come leave a rating on Google

Great value for really solid pizza. I only docked a star because one of our slices was so, so floppy - it was just soupy and falling apart. For about $12 for two slices (and a free drink for purchasing two slices) it was a great lunch.

Great little pizza restaurant near the city center. Good pizza, low prices ($5 for a quarter of any pizza) and friendly staff. Staff member even let me use the shops private toilet when I asked.

There is a short, highly celebrated (and much argued-over) list of Boston-area pizza joints slinging pies that truly honor, or in their own way, challenge the grand pizza traditions of Naples, New Haven, or NYC, for example. Florina makes a bid for the latter. A single bite of their thin crust slice, in my case, with a rich red sauce base, the thinnest rings of sweet onion, festooned with oblong cross-sections of Italian fennel sausage, immediately transports you to a sepia-toned world of flavor where all the great pizzaiolos are from. The crust is unbelievable: a delicate, crisp bottom that holds its shape but still has a good chew at the edge. Kissed by the oven and a dusting of cornmeal but not blackened or sooty underneath. The sauce is aromatic; sweet but not sugary. A sprinkle of Italian herbs or pepper flake would not likely enhance it. (They have an arrabbiata too, for those seeking a bit more heat.) Toppings are distributed generously, as is a blend of high quality mozzarella cheese, though neither so heavily that the pizza swims with grease. (Can’t speak for the ‘roni.) This is a rare pizza that, as others have mentioned, also comes at a very good value, considering a quarter of an 18” pie was $5.88 with tax: two huge slices worth. It is a precious little miracle. I will be coming more often.

This place was super busy; the line was out the door but I was able to get a seat by the window to dine in. I got the meatball to start, which was served in a bowl which was an interesting presentation! It was soft and juicy, I could have eaten 2 easily.
I also got the lasagna, which took about 15 mins to prepare.
It all tasted fresh, and homemade; very enjoyable!