Classic Italian-style
Pizza in Tacoma
Ciao!
Welcome to APIZZA---pronounced "Ah-beetz"!
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!
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.
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.
We are here for you, through thick and thin!
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.
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.
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.
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Can order Pizza by the slice which is rare in Tacoma. Great thin crust and other non Pizza menu items, Attentive staff
David Rome
My husband was walking by this pizza spot going to another place. As we were walking by we noticed owner or employee giving a slice of pizza to a homeless man going through the trash. She said here it’s cold outside! We took a mental note to come back and support this establishment, just so happened we had to wait for our seats for 25 mins. So we went back and had a slice of the best pizza I have had thus far. I would definitely recommend this place. We were there for only a little bit but their service was still excellent! Thank you your delicious pizza and giving to the community!
Jameela Parks
Great pizza, great atmosphere, friendly staff.
Joseph Krissoff
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Opens at 1pm on weekends not 12 😐
Jerry Locklear
Food is gas. The vibes are immaculate. It’s a little pricy but worth it because pizza is very well made and you can see the process as they are making it. The atmosphere is very warm and welcoming. Also, I got too see some live jazz here which is always a plus 🙂
Malachi Desposato
Thin on crust, heavy on toppings. The PNW isn't known for pizza, but APIZZA steps up to the challenge.
Garrett S.
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Very nice experience
Gloria Coyle
This place is incredible! The food was delicious, the service friendly and accommodating and the atmosphere is super cozy. We even got some red velvet gelato after our pizza and it was amazing. Highly recommend this place.
Matison Sue
Delicious food and amazing service. Everyone working is working hard and making amazing products. Will absolutely recommend to friends and family in the area.
Kim Robles
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I love pizza so my wife found this place to take me for my birthday, it was outstanding! We liked it so much we took our daughter's family and they loved it as well, including two somewhat particular young granddaughters 😉 We tried a number of their pizzas and all were excellent. My favorite is the Amante di Carne but all the pizzas were fantastic.
Dave Ross
We’d been meaning to try this place out for months and finally did on a Thursday. First group in around 5, then it filled up quickly. Friendly staff and good atmosphere. Most importantly, the pizza was phenomenal. Perfectly cooked thin crust and a really flavorful, delicate red sauce. We frequent brick oven spots with small, artisan options like Bar Rosa or E9, or occasionally Camp Colvos if we want a classic pizza slice meant to be folded. This place felt like a wonderful marriage of those two elements. Get the tiramisu though (made in house). It’s as good as you’d hope for a place that feels this authentic.
Josh Barnes
*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
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I moved to the Tacoma area almost 7 months ago. Pizza being my favorite food…I’ve been trying desperately to find the best pizza in town…. Congratulations! That’s you. Will be back!!!
ALISSA MOTT
This pizza is the real deal! Fresh quality ingredients, so flavorful and cooked to perfection in a clean wood fired oven. The staff are all so friendly. It's rare that we have found such a great overall experience as here; with pizza that tastes authentic to Italy. A+++++++
misty Tardiff
If you haven’t had this place you’re missing out on an amazing and authentic experience. Moving away and my heart is staying with APIZZA. Marshall, you are the BEST! Family style and run. You cannot go wrong with any item here. If you enjoy wine, highly recommend Barolo. A gem in downtown Tacoma.
Karissa Hernandez
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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
Great spot for a date
brownfb fbrownfield
Most delectible delicious pizza we've enjoyed in years! Phenomenal! 🐾✨
Melissa Wysocki
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An atmosphere just as good as the pizza. New favorite Tacoma pizza for sure ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ethan Riggle
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
One bite, everyone knows the rules. Great crunch to that crust and almost no flop! Cheese on the classic 3 cheese looked phenomenal, flavor was great, and very nice char! Easy 8.2, monster score for Tacoma Washington!
Luis Tovar
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The sign needs some work, but wow, does the pizza speak for itself. We spoke with an older gentleman, and he was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. The food.. wow. Wish we had one in Lacey/olympia! Crust is crispy, sauce is fantastic, and toppings were fresh. Skip the local camp C and drive a little further to this hidden gem.
Dan Coleman
Pizza was as good as I was hoping it would be. I like my pizza a little on the floppy side and this pizza was just that. Great flavor in the sauce and the cheese was just right. Give this place a shot. It’s worth the price.
Landmark Creations
What a delicious spot right in the heart of downtown! Great for a quick, easy, savory lunch with pizza by the slice, or bring the whole family for dine in family-style seating. You can sit at your table and watch them make pizzas in the giant wood-fired pizza oven. On a nice day, grab a spot outside on the patio. You'll love the tasty food menu. Add in the variety of beverages and top it off with gelato for dessert. This place is clean, open, with great vibes and a friendly staff. Hot tip: Be sure to check out their performing arts schedule for live music and entertainment throughout the month.
Andy Vargo: Own Your Awkward
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I went in specifically for the Gelato, which is the best!
Linda M
Oh my, I love their Pizza. Pizza was never something I enjoyed, but the pizza here forever changed my mind. Highly recommended.
kay ye
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
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Had a Negroni and Margarita pizza. Best pizza in the city hands down. They serve by the slice as well which makes this place a budget friendly option. Phenomenal classic Neapolitan style pizzas and top notch customer service. Antipasto was lovely too!
L. Byas
Awesome pizza!!!! 😋🍕
Nitish Sharma
Best pizza in Tacoma or Seattle. Tacoma is very lucky to have this place. Been here several times and they rock it every time.
Chris Pink
