Oakland's wood-fired pizza canon runs College Avenue. A16 Rockridge cooks Neapolitan, Pizzaiolo cooks Cal-Italian, and Marzano runs a Park Boulevard hearth across town.

Charlie Hallowell opened Pizzaiolo on Telegraph in 2005, codifying the Bay Area's wood-fired Cal-Italian template. A16 brought Naples to the East Bay with the Rockridge branch in 2013. Pizza in Oakland has since been a College Avenue institution, with each room running its own version of seasonal Cal-Italian and Neapolitan.

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