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Pizzeria Beddia
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There are restaurants you casually date, and then there are the restaurants you’d marry. You know the ones—they’re so good that you’ve thought about tattooing their initials on your forearm. With some of the best pizza in Philadelphia and one of the most unique dining experiences in town, Pizzeria Beddia is very much the marrying kind.
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Unlike the other stellar pizzerias on our top restaurants list (including Angelo's, Down North, and Pizza Shackamaxon), Pizzeria Beddia is somewhere you can actually hang out for a few hours. The bright, modern space has high ceilings, a smiling cloud lamp hanging over the bar, and stars on the wall that kind of remind us of the glow-in-the-dark ones from our childhood. The place is usually packed with friends having drinks in the covered courtyard, couples on a fun date night, and groups celebrating birthdays (or that they actually got a reservation).
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Before you get to the food menu, check out the wine list. There’s a great bottle selection, as well as a few options on draft at all times. Once you choose a drink, start your meal with a selection of tapas-style small plates, like the roasted vegetables drenched in miso or the chicories caesar salad, before moving onto the hit list of pizzas. Arguably the most popular is No. 1, a plain cheese pie, with no toppings. The thin, crispy crust is strong enough to hold all the delicious little pools of grease safely in place until they make it to your mouth.
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And if you think you couldn’t get even more serious about Pizzeria Beddia, spend a night in the Hoagie Room—a two-hour pizza and hoagie omakase experience for six. The intimate space, hidden from the main dining area, is complete with private bar service and a meat slicer for crafting your soon-to-be hoagies. You’ll take a tour of the menu’s standouts, stopping by the tangy hunks of tomato pie, Judion beans, and a few signature pizzas. But it’s the hoagies—from the roasted vegetable with marinated mushrooms and sesame aioli to the cured meat-loaded Italian—that will (nearly) ruin eating hoagies anywhere else.
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As you leave, you’ll wonder, “Is it too soon if I come back tomorrow?” Maybe next time you’ll sit outside. Or maybe you’ll end up at one of the big, spacious booths in the back. Or maybe you’ll snag a reservation for the hoagie omakase. No matter what, you’ll be back. Because it’s not just a restaurant. And there's always the chance that Pizzeria Beddia might be The One.
Food Rundown
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Roasted Vegetables, Benne miso, Breadcrumbs
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Tomato Pie
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Tomato, Anchovy, Garlic, Oregano, and Grana Padano
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Greens, Calabrian Cream, Mozzarella, and Grana Padano
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Hoagies
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