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A margherita pizza from Del Popolo – pizzadelpopolo\/Instagram<\/p>\n
For a city best known for tangy sourdough and loaded\u00a0Mission-style burritos,<\/a> San Francisco is surprisingly home to quite a few pizza joints. From crispy Detroit-style<\/a> to classic New York-style slices<\/a>, you can find just about every type of pie in the Bay Area, and there are some pretty fun stories behind them. A perfect example is Del Popolo, a family-owned operation that grew from a makeshift food truck to earn a spot on Tasting Table’s list\u00a0of the\u00a0best pizza places in every state.<\/a><\/p>\n A celebrated San Fran institution since 2012,\u00a0Del Popolo started out on a very interesting set of wheels. Having learned the trade at some of the city’s top pizzerias, founder Jon Darsky decided to try to open his own place.\u00a0A trip to Austin inspired him to go the mobile route.\u00a0But Darksy didn’t just build any food truck \u2014 he created a fully-equipped exhibition kitchen inside of a glass-enclosed shipping container and placed it on a Freightliner truck.<\/p>\n The container held not only Darsky’s mixer but also a 5,000-pound wood-burning oven from Naples. The blistered, naturally leavened crusts and flavorful local ingredients were a hit \u2014 so much so that Del Popolo had a brick-and-mortar location by 2015.\u00a0A frozen pizza business followed,\u00a0and Darksy’s creations are still considered the best not only amongst\u00a0San Francisco,\u00a0but the whole country.<\/p>\n Read more: The Most Iconic Sandwich In Every State<\/a><\/p>\n You can buy Del Popolo pizzas to bake at home The Del Popolo pizza truck – pizzadelpopolo\/Instagram<\/p>\n Like many Bay Area chefs, Jon Darksy procures Del Popolo’s ingredients\u00a0locally and organically wherever possible. That goes as far as the sourdough, Neopolitan-style pizza dough<\/a> \u2014 which is made from\u00a0California-grown and milled wheat flour \u2014 to the\u00a0California-grown tomato sauce. But you’ll also find ingredients sourced from small, Italian producers, too.<\/p>\n There are classics on the\u00a0menu, like marinara and margherita, as well as a pizza bianca with mozzarella, ricotta, basil, and garlic, and a potato pie with red onion, fontina, and rosemary.\u00a0The seasonal\u00a0appetizers are also a big draw, showcasing even more local delicacies like\u00a0Dungeness crab<\/a>. People love the focaccia and burrata, but the pizza is always the standout.<\/p>\n One Yelp user<\/a> called it “one of the best pizzas I’ve ever tried,” while another<\/a> said the dough was “phenomenal … Really yummy and chewy.” Another Yelp reviewer<\/a>\u00a0said, “The dough was airy and light, with a perfectly charred crust that added just the right amount of smokiness. A subtle touch of sea salt inside the pie elevated every bite\u2013it was seriously next level.”<\/p>\n Del Popolo is definitely worth seeking out if you’re ever around the Union Square area.\u00a0Even if you’re not, you can buy a pack of frozen Del Popolo pizzas online to bake at home. It won’t come on wheels, but the story is still there.<\/p>\n Want more food knowledge? Sign up to our free newsletter<\/a> where we’re helping thousands of foodies, like you, become culinary masters, one email at a time. You can also add us as a preferred search source<\/a> on Google.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/736c24f4e740bbd6aeedfc0c3d94dc1c.jpeg\"\/)
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