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The name translates to "we are in the oven," which tells you exactly where priorities lie. This Palermo pizzeria turns out wood-fired Neapolitan pies with a crust that's soft, a little puffy, and easy to eat three slices in before you notice. The menu keeps creativity on a short leash, leaning on a handful of classics done precisely, plus a three-cheese-and-walnut pie that earns its place. Italian wines and a good beer list round things out.

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The wood-fired oven sits in plain sight, the way it would in Naples, and the pizzas that come out of it are properly leavened and blistered in the Neapolitan tradition. This Palermo pizzeria pairs that orthodoxy with Argentine wines by the glass and a menu that quietly folds in local ingredients alongside the Italian ones. Service runs quick without feeling rushed, which is harder to pull off than it sounds.

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The staff uniforms pull their blue from the Neapolitan flag, which tells you exactly how seriously this pizzeria takes the source material. The menu runs from the classics to pies built around regional Italian ingredients, with local vegetables and cheeses doing the heavy lifting. Fried starters and Italian desserts round things out, and the drinks list leans into Italian staples. Named among 50 Top Pizza Latin America's Excellent Pizzerias.

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A line out the door is the menu here, and the menu itself is barely a list. Kalis is a slice shop built around New York-style pies, large and thin, pulled hot from an open kitchen and handed over to eat standing at the counter or on the move. The dough has that crispy-soft thing nailed, and the toppings lean into quality over quantity. The room is small, fast, and loud in the best urban way.

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Two sisters who started making pizza for private dinners now run one of the top contemporary Neapolitan pizzerias in Latin America, landing at number four on 50 Top Pizza Latin America and number 21 in the world. The room is cheerful and unpretentious, with a nice outdoor area and Maradona on the walls. The Margherita is what everyone orders, and the service stays warm even when the place is packed.

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The wood-fired oven sits in plain view, warming a room that splits the difference between a casual neighborhood pizzeria and something a bit more considered. Long-ferment dough is the house commitment here, producing a light, airy base under toppings that lean into Italian tradition without ignoring where they actually are. Cortázar grew up nearby, which has nothing to do with the pizza but is a good excuse to make an afternoon of it.

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A pizza restaurant in a seaside town that actually thinks about where its ingredients come from, Il Gatto Nero draws on Italian tradition without the red-checkered-tablecloth nostalgia. The dough gets proper time to rise, the room feels put-together without feeling precious, and the wine list holds its own. A ranked spot on 50 Top Pizza Latin America. The kind of place that works equally well for a beach-day dinner with kids or a bottle-splitting night with friends.

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