Come Enjoy the Best Pizza in Tacoma...

Classic  Italian-style
Pizza in Tacoma

Ciao!

Welcome to APIZZA---pronounced "Ah-beetz"!

Photo credit: Stephen Whitaker
Photo credit: Stephen Whitaker
Photo credit: Stephen Whitaker
Photo credit: Stephen Whitaker
Photo credit: Stephen Whitaker
Photo credit: Stephen Whitaker
Photo credit: Stephen Whitaker
Photo credit: Stephen Whitaker

What makes Apizza Little Italy the BEST PIZZA in Tacoma?

Our customer reviews speak for themselves, but this is what goes into making Apizza Little Italy the best pizza you'll have.

Authenticity

Come enjoy the thinnest crust you've ever had made with delicious and wholesome scratch-cooking with our own style of warm, dedicated, friendly, personal hospitality.

Wholesome Ingredients

We designed APIZZA's large, open kitchen to have something for everyone: fresh delicious salads, antipasto, gelato, mouth-watering apizza, Italian cured-meats, kid-friendly beverages, soft drinks and fabulous wine and beer on tap.

Love of Cooking

Chef Marshall Jett began his cooking career prepping vegetables for his mother when he was ten years old. Many decades later Marshall took his love and passion for cooking, ceramics and built his first mobile clay pizza oven and launched Veraci Pizza.

Looking for something FUN to do in Tacoma?

Come check out our LIVE MUSIC!

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Performing Arts Series:

  • No cover
  • All ages - very family friendly
  • Featuring local Tacoma musicians
  • Featuring student performances (The Tacoma School of the Arts* (SOTA - see below)
  • Third pillar of APIZZA Little Italy's "Arts Integration" vision (culinary art, visual art and now performing art) designed to bring pleasure to all five senses.
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APIZZA UPDATES!

We are planning on opening 7 nights for dinner in 2025, as soon as we can make it happen. Thank you so much for your support! Stay tuned!

We are very excited to add Grub Hub as our third delivery partner, which is a real bonus due to their close partnership with Amazon------providing FREE APIZZA DELIVERY for Prime Members.

Also, Grub Hub is offering 60 days of free delivery for APIZZA customers as a thank you for signing up with their delivery service.

We will let you know as soon as Grub Hub is live!

In the meantime, HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all and thank you for a terrific 2024.

We are so excited to begin our 3rd year serving the community with the very best PIZZA we have to offer!

With gratitude and love,

Chef Marshall

OUR STORY

Our ship left the dock and set sail on December 21st., 2022 - the Winter Solstice.

After 599 days of work building this amazing place, we are absolutely delighted to be finally open for business and serving you.

Please come say hello (ciao!) and experience our brand new, state-of-the-art demonstration & performance kitchen.

Bring the whole famiglia* and try a huge slice of our mouth-watering, uber-thin Neapolitan pizza!

*We always have plenty of wholesome and delicious real food for kids.

Our mission is to combine delicious and wholesome scratch-cooking with our own style of warm, dedicated, friendly, personal hospitality.

Our family recipes are made with extra care from scratch ----bursting with flavors, textures and natural goodness.

We designed APIZZA's large, open kitchen to have something for everyone: fresh delicious salads, antipasto, gelato, mouth-watering apizza, Italian cured-meats, kid-friendly beverages, soft drinks and fabulous wine and beer on tap.

A full European dessert and pastry program (including cannoli's of course), craft cocktails, pasta made to order and Sicilian style pizza are coming in 2023!

Thank you so much. We are here to serve!

Chef Marshall Jett.

Chef Marshall Jett
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We are here for you, through thick and thin!

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Love

APIZZA Little Italy is about love: love of cooking and serving others; love of restaurants and hospitality, love of Italian culture and traditional Italian-style pizza.

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Family

APIZZA Little Italy is a family business with the simple goal of bringing our extraordinarily delicious and wholesome family recipes to the Tacoma community.

We use only the freshest ingredients, source locally whenever we can----and use traditional, "old-school" techniques to create our mouth-watering menu items.

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Vision

APIZZA Little Italy is the latest creation of chef Marshall and represents his exciting new hospitality vision: to bring culinary happiness - Italian-style - to downtown Tacoma.

  • Everyone there was so nice!!! The pizza was some of the best I've EVER had! We had the hot honey pizza and I really recommend it!!

    Kelsey Benson Avatar Kelsey Benson

    Delicious thin crust pizza. Nice staff and a relaxed atmosphere.

    Meg Baker Avatar Meg Baker

    Really great pizza! Super crispy and toppings were delicious and fresh! Highly recommend.

    Rudik Rsr Avatar Rudik Rsr
  • Great spot for pizza and some live music. Winning this place is kind of funky little downtown pizza shop with a really great pizza oven right inside the door. Thought we just eat light and get a pizza by the slice but oh my God. My one slice of pizza was essentially 1/4 of a 16-inch pizza. The Caprese salad was really excellent as well and much larger than I expected. They also have really good gelato for after pizza. And what I hear is that they have really good tiramisu. Saw that after I already had the gelato. Have to give that a try next time

    Stephen Stoops Avatar Stephen Stoops

    Best pizza this side of New York. Most authentic pizza in Washington. Outstanding crunchy thin crust and superior ingredients all around. Tried the Spicy Tony at lunch and am back to try more the same night for dinner! It’s that good folks.

    Derek Riggle Avatar Derek Riggle

    Incredible people, and an incredible place. One of the best pizza spots in Tacoma.

    Eli Cherpak Avatar Eli Cherpak
  • Delicious brick oven pizza hot fresh and flavorful whole or by the slice easily the best pizza spot in Tacoma

    dolla316 Avatar dolla316

    I went in specifically for the Gelato, which is the best!

    Linda M Avatar Linda M

    Hands down the best pizza in all of Tacoma. I have been on the hunt for amazing pizza throughout Tacoma and surrounding area and this place is above and beyond the best. It is a true Neapolitan pizza, with perfectly baked thin crust, robust sauce in perfect proportion, and the toppings and cheese are perfectly paired for the given size ordered. My family consists of 3 kids (age range 6-13), my wife and I and we ate 2 entire pizzas as we could not stop eating it was soo good. We ended up ordering again the next evening and had the exact same experience. We have since ordered 2 more times and the quality never varies. If you want the best pizza experience you have ever had around this area you must eat at APIZZA.

    Heath Jarchow Avatar Heath Jarchow
  • Awesome pizza!!!! 😋🍕

    Nitish Sharma Avatar Nitish Sharma

    Marshal the owner is an incredible guy, wonderful establishment by heart. The bread dough lady is the 'prime example of flour' she was just covered in it😂 The pizza was delicious, crust was thin and the spinach with cheese made you want to eat with your eyes closed. When you're in the area stop by and show some gratitude!

    Lamont Avatar Lamont

    Delicious ah-beetz, great service. Will definitely be back!

    Stephen Whitaker Avatar Stephen Whitaker
  • Super good pizza!! Will be back!!

    Cameron Wheeler Avatar Cameron Wheeler

    Seriously the best pizza ever. I always wondered why they were more expensive and that kept me from eating here for a while. Let me tell you what a mistake that was! I could live off only this pizza for the rest of my life. My wife, who doesn't like wood fired pizza, said we could have only this wood fired place, because it was so good! I was a little sad that they were out of cannoli but that's ok, I will just have to come back and have another amazing pizza. ...oh! And their sweet tea... I dunno if they make it themselves but it is perfect too.... ... OH! And ask for the hot sauce peppers dip thing.. *chefs kiss*

    Michael Savage Avatar Michael Savage

    So glad we decided to stop in!! Lively and bright and the pizza was on point!!!

    M Keel Avatar M Keel
  • I LOVED this whole place. The food was good, the atmosphere is cozy. Bruschetta 10/10 Cesar salad 10/10 Pizza 10/10 Service 10/10 We will be coming back next time we are in the city 😊

    Ella Krohn Avatar Ella Krohn

    This place is next to The Forum. On Thursday, it has live music from 7-9pm. Outdoor seating is available. All ages ar welcome. No cover charge. They sell NY style pizza by the slice. I had pepperoni. It was delicious. They also serve alcohol and Italian sodas. I got the Peach Bellini, which was great. Overall, it is a great place to pop in for a bite to each or just a drink.

    Karen Reynolds Avatar Karen Reynolds

    Amazing, found it on a road trip. Super friendly staff and amazing pizza.

    Kalid Azad Avatar Kalid Azad
  • The Hot Honey pizza was delicious! We had a great time here with the kids.

    Troy Kaser Avatar Troy Kaser

    Pizza was so delicious and authentic. Staff was amazing. We really enjoyed our experience there. Highly recommend!

    ANGELITA POMPA Avatar ANGELITA POMPA

    I went to see a live Jazz performance, and it was perfectly housed in this establishment. The environment is very comfortable, the food is tasty, and the service was very friendly. Loved it

    Haven Diamond Avatar Haven Diamond
  • Had a great maybe the best dine In experience here the owner is a honest hard worker and was a Joy to chat with the food was amazing and timely can’t wait to come back

    Goul Bebe Avatar Goul Bebe

    Had a draft while I waited for my togo pizza. Service and staff were very friendly. Owner gave me some fresh red pepper topping in case I wanted it. Ordered the Spicy Tony, and it was as advertised. Spicy but able to taste all the fresh toppings. This was one place, in my opinion, that they used a good amount of sauce on a thin pizza. Every bite had that right amount of sauce that complimented the crust. Can't wait to go back.

    Jeff Cathersal Avatar Jeff Cathersal

    Not gonna lie, pizza is fire. Great customer service. Great atmosphere. Cool place.

    WA Home Pro Avatar WA Home Pro
  • 8.7/10. Amazing flavor. Ingredients on point. Just wish the crust was more fluffy and bubbly. The hot honey and their spicy peppers on the side are amazing.

    Rory Gracey Avatar Rory Gracey

    This place is amazing. Great pizza, the friendliest people, cute and unique atmosphere. I’m so happy they sell pizza by the slice! My new favorite place to eat in Tacoma!

    Lee R Avatar Lee R

    *Ownership reached out and provided a resolution for the issue. In my opinion, it is rare for an executive to be that attentive. Furthermore, when contacted, the manager was professional, courteous and efficient. I have changed my review to reflect their efforts. I highly recommend anyone try their restaurant if they haven't already. It's the best pizza in Tacoma. Full stop. Original TLDR: Got a luke warm after a longer than usual wait. The Apizza team rectified the issue.

    Kelly A Avatar Kelly A
  • Very nice experience

    Gloria Coyle Avatar Gloria Coyle

    I came to try the thin crust pizza like I remembered loving in Italy 🇮🇹 and this place did not disappoint = ) Delicious thin crust and a great variety of toppings in both ready to eat slices and made to order pies ♥️. Cute decor and good atmosphere both inside and in outdoor seating. Staff was welcoming and efficient. I'll definitely be back!

    Lynda Best Avatar Lynda Best

    I was in the area and saw this pizza restaurant, So I go in and order their pizza a "Spicy Tony" with the woman at the counter. I then take a seat after asking for a to go box as I explained I wouldn't be able to eat a whole large pizza. A few minutes later I get my pizza, which was admittedly delicious. However, the waitress never brought me my to go box or even interacted with me other than to bring out the pizza. On the other hand, the employee Mike saved this experience for me. Mike noticed I was using a lot of red pepper flakes on my pizza because I love spice, So he asked me if I would like to try Red Pepper Calabrian on my pizza and provided me a small dish to sample it. I absolutely love it. He even checked up on me while I was eating the pizza and when I told him how I like the Calabrian he brought more for me. When I was done eating, I got up to talk to the waitress and request a to go box, again. However, before I could ask, Mike saw that I was done eating and offered to get me one. The employee Mike is a gem and is the reason I am giving this restaurant 5 stars. He saved this from being just another restaurant with decent food and transformed it into a fantastic dining experience.

    Trevor Fuhlman Avatar Trevor Fuhlman