Three words: Fuck Pizza Pizza. We’re talking about the sexy stuff. The pizza that will make you bite your lip, burn your tongue, make your stomach growl, and fill you up with leftovers until next Tuesday.
The women of Toronto love pizza more than they love Drake’s “Hotline Bling” video, but that doesn’t mean they’ll settle for just any pizza. From Queen West to Kensington Market and the Danforth, we’ve compiled the best date night pizza to make your mouth wetter than Niagara Falls. Grab a napkin, you’re going to need it.
PIZZERIA LIBRETTO (221 Ossington Avenue)
There’s something undeniably sexy about Naples that makes the city wild-eyed for pizza. What started on Ossington in 2008 has now multiplied into an empire that’s bustling with pizza-crazed women. Baked in a wood-fired oven, smothered in San Marzano tomatoes and fresh ingredients, the crust is blistered to absolute perfection. Take a picture and stare at it later, this pizza will wet your appetite like a celebrity sighting at Soho House.
TERRONI (720 Queen Street West)
Cross my heart and hope to eat at Terroni tonight. These boys are the original Queen West pizza kings. Before they opened in 1992, you can imagine the prospects for southern Italian pizza on the Queen West strip of sex and drugs. Over twenty years later, Terroni is thriving with 29 of the city’s sexiest pizzas, all served with simple, fresh ingredients for you and a date to fall in love with.
MAKER PIZZA (59 Cameron Street)
Baby wants to watch Netflix and chill. You’re en route home and need a pizza that will make a night in feel like a sexy night out. Maker Pizza will do just that. Whether you’re picking up or getting delivery, Maker is an excellent pick for two foodies looking for pizza made with passion. Oh, and did we mention that Matty Matheson was a consulting chef? Now you know it’s going to be good.
NORTH OF BROOKLYN (650 Queen Street West)
Buy me a slice of Margherita pizza for $3.90, and I’ll spend the rest of my life with you (eating pizza). If you’re looking for takeout pizza that tastes as good as a restaurant’s, NOB is your spot. Not in the mood for an entire pizza? That’s cool. Order a slice and feel satisfied like a one-night stand with a hot yoga instructor. This is some serious upscale pizza with seasonal vegetables and local ingredients that will make you blush. Napoleon-style pizza for the win, women.
BITONDOS (11 Clinton Street)
You’re cheap, he’s cheap, and you’re craving old-school pizza that’s sexy while affordable. Located on Clinton, this adorable little spot will surprise you with each slice. If you’re a few dates down, we recommend double handing a meatball sandwich. It’s thick, smothered in sauce and might the messiest, most satisfying burger-style pizza sandwich on the planet. Maybe wait until the fourth date so you won’t feel embarrassed about the meatball sauce all over your face.
QUEEN MARGHERITA PIZZA (1402 Queen Street East)
Put your hands together and pray to the Queen of Pizza. Blending a classic combination of our fave San Marzano tomatoes, Ontario fior di latte mozzarella, hot topped ingredients and market basil, Queen Margherita is our east end pick for a delicious slice of pizza. We recommend this as a second date spot to share a Gio Oldschool, made with fior di latte, cherry tomato, prosciutto di parma and arugula. But don’t worry, there are plenty of other locations to try it.
PIZZERIA VIA MERCANTI (188 Augusta Ave)
The night started at People’s Eatery, took a turn into Cold Tea, and now you’re four beers in and craving a pizza topped with tomato sauce that’s rich and sweet. Kensington’s Pizzeria Via Mercanti is easily one of the best pizza places in the city to hit the hot spot. We recommend sharing bocconcini pizza balls to start. After that, let your freak out and smother each other’s pizza with their signature chili oil drizzle.
TREVOR KITCHEN AND BAR (38 Wellington Street East)
If there’s one thing that everyone in the city should appreciate, it’s sexy mood lighting. Paired with deep dish pizza, you’re in for a night of serious eats with this two-and-a-half-pound pizza. We recommend Trevor’s if you’re deep in a relationship and looking for a deep pizza to satisfy the deep feels. It’s a little pricey, but worth the seven-day full-body feeling after eating.
BIG SLICE PIZZA (382 Yonge Street)
Big Slice is more of a sloppy one-night-stand than a sexy date night, but that doesn’t discredit the awesomeness of this monster-size pizza. It’s gooey, warm and sort of crusty in all the right places. The best part? There’s like a million ways to eat it. Fold it into a sandwich to demolish, then face plant in bed together. You might regret the one-night-stand, but you won’t regret the sexy Big Slice.
DANFORTH PIZZA HOUSE (920 Danforth Avenue)
Taste the Danforth with this mouth-watering spin on old school pizza. With chewy dough and classic ingredients baked under a blanket of thick cheese, this historical pizza place is a popular pick for lovers looking for pizza-to-go. Pick up a bottle of wine and taste the difference of the Danforth, with extra cheese, extra pepperoni and extra topped everything.