National Cheese Pizza Day will happen this week, on Sept. 5. It is made with just three simple ingredients: pizza dough, tomato sauce and cheese. The hardest decisions you’ll have to make is whether to add a boatload of cheeses to your pie, and if you prefer thin or thick crust. 

Looking for the best restaurants in or around Meriden to celebrate with a pizza pie? Our guide below featuring the winners and finalists from our 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards can help steer you in the right direction.

Bella Luna Pizza offers pizzas and traditional Italian foods. Their chefs will create a regular but delicious cheese pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella, a Sicilian pizza, or a specialty pizza, using top-quality cheeses and homemade sauce and dough, fresh meats and garden-fresh vegetables with a special blend of zesty spices.

Grab a seat and enjoy your pizza in the restaurant, order it to go or get no-contact delivery.

Bella Luna is open Monday-Sunday from 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Address: 361 Liberty St., Meriden

2022 Readers’ Choice Awards: Winner for pizza in Meriden

Serving the Meriden community for over 20 years, Hubbard Park Pizza offers pizza and bread the authentic Italian way, cooked in a real brick oven. Their chefs will create a plain cheese pizza or pick your own toppings using quality ingredients. 

Order a small 12-inch pizza that includes eight slices, a large 16-inch pizza that includes 12 slices, or an extra large 18-inch pizza which includes 12 slices. Enjoy it in the restaurant, order it to go or get it delivered.

The restaurant is open Monday and Wednesday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday, noon–9 p.m. It is closed Tuesdays    

Address: 843 W Main St., Meriden

2022 Readers’ Choice Awards: Finalist for pizza in Meriden

The Little Rendezvous, with a 120-year-old, coal-fired brick oven pizza, has prided itself on its fired brick oven technique. They recently received a rave 9.1 review on “One Bite” with Dave Portnoy from Barstool Sports for their delicious cheese pizza. They offer plain grated cheese, mozzarella and other toppings including meats, fruits and vegetables. 

Order a small, medium or large pizza and enjoy it in the restaurant or take it to go. They do not offer delivery.

The restaurant is open Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, 1 p.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; and is closed Monday and Tuesday.

Address: 256 Pratt St., Meriden

2022 Readers’ Choice Awards: Finalist for pizza in Meriden

Hometown Pizza & Restaurant offers authentic New York-style Neapolitan pizza, Italian-style dinners, appetizers, salads and desserts made with fresh ingredients. They offer mozzarella pizza and your choice of other toppings including meats, fruits, vegetables and seafood. 

Order a small 12-inch pizza which includes six slices, a medium 16-inch pizza with eight slices, or a large 18-inch pizza with 12 slices and enjoy it in the restaurant, take it to go or get no-contact delivery.

Hometown is open Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-9 p.m. The restaurant is  closed Mondays.

Address: 314 Main St., Wallingford

2022 Readers’ Choice Awards: Winner for pizza in Wallingford

Apizza, pronounced ah-beetz, in South Town Apizza’s name is a colloquial reference to a pizza pie in the New Haven area. The restaurant specializes in pizza pies using the finest mozzarella, freshly ground Italian peeled plum tomatoes, and imported Italian Pecorino Romano cheese. They offer red mozzarella pie, taco pizza and other specialty pizzas.

Place your order and enjoy your pizza in the restaurant, take it to go or get no-contact delivery.

South Town is open Tuesday-Thursday. 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-8 p.m. They are closed Mondays.

Address: 2211 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, Marion 

2022 Readers’ Choice Awards: Winner for pizza in Southington 

Serving the Cheshire community since 2004, Vespucci’s offers the finest Italian classics and simple, clean, contemporary lifestyle dishes including steaks, daily delivery fish, shellfish and free-antibiotic chicken, pastas and pizza. The chefs use the freshest, locally-grown, daily, seasonal market ingredients. They offer mozzarella pizza and other toppings to choose from, including meats and vegetables. 

Order a small 12-inch pizza, a medium 16-inch pizza, or a large 18-inch pizza and enjoy it in the restaurant, take it to go or get no-contact delivery.

Vespucci’s is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Vespucci’s is closed Mondays. 

Address: 150 Main St., Cheshire

2022 Readers’ Choice Awards: Winner for pizza in Cheshire

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