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A New York style slice shop that somehow landed in Mt. Lebanon and decided to stay, F&F sells by the slice or the whole pie, with options running from a straight pepperoni to cacio e pepe or a clam pie if you're feeling confident. The open dining room spills onto a patio when the weather cooperates. Vodka rigatoni is on the menu too, for anyone who came for pizza and stayed for pasta.

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The gelato case near the door makes the priorities clear before you've even found a table. Mercurio's is a Neapolitan-style pizza and gelato spot in Shadyside, where long-fermented dough gets a soft, blistered crust and the toppings run from a straightforward Margherita to speck with gorgonzola. The room is casual and easy, the kind of place that fills up with neighbors who aren't trying to make an occasion of it.

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A beer hall in East Liberty built around 14-inch, wood-fired Neapolitan pies that were designed to be passed around a long communal table. The cacio e pepe pizza and the spicy pepperoni with house hot honey are regulars on the menu; weekly specials rotate through whatever's local and seasonal. Kölsch, Italian pilsners, and a Franconian pale smoke lager share the drinks list with wine and amaro flights, which should tell you something about the crowd's ambitions.

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