{"id":332065,"date":"2026-07-07T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332065\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:49:13","slug":"tampa-icons-berns-steak-house-and-bellas-italian-cafe-now-have-a-limited-time-french-onion-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332065\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa icons Bern&#8217;s Steak House and Bella&#8217;s Italian Cafe now have a limited-time French onion pizza\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"695\" data-attachment-id=\"364024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-icons-berns-steak-house-and-bellas-italian-cafe-now-have-a-limited-time-french-onion-pizza\/attachment\/bb34\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BB34-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2279&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2279\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Amy Pezzicara or Pezz Photo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R5m2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1778597109&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Pezz Photo&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BB34\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bern\u2019s French Onion Pizza&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BB34-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C695&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BB34.jpg\" alt=\"A pizza and a wine glass. \" class=\"wp-image-364024\"  \/>Bern\u2019s French Onion Pizza Credit: Bella&#8217;s Italian Cafe<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longtime South Tampa dining institutions<a href=\"https:\/\/bernssteakhouse.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Bern\u2019s Steak House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellasitaliancafe.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bella\u2019s Italian Cafe <\/a>are both celebrating some serious birthdays this year, and to mark the occasions the two are throwing a collaborative pizza party of sorts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Bern\u2019s and the 40th anniversary of Bella\u2019s, the popular duo released a limited-time \u201cBern\u2019s French Onion Pizza,\u201d available now through Sunday, July 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collaborative dish is a pizza-fied nod to Bella\u2019s popular wood-fired zas and to one of Bern\u2019s most famous complimentary sides. The wood-fired pizza features Bern\u2019s classic French onion soup reduction, caramelized onions, and a Bern\u2019s exclusive cheese blend and thyme, layered on Venetian dough and topped with fresh chives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first of its kind pizza is is only available on a first come, first served basis for dine-in only at Bella\u2019s, and is priced at $19.56 in honor of the year Bern\u2019s first opened its doors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is just the most recent of local collab dishes from Bern\u2019s. 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