Best Pizza by the Slice


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 The Original Pancake House, various locations

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Pizza Rustica
3327 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954/567-2992; 1155 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/279-8766; and various other locations

 Pizza Rustica's supersize slices, served in 31 flavor-packed varieties, are objects of desire for people who take their pizza seriously. Rated as excellent by the Zagat food survey, Rustica serves its Roman-style pies in square slices big enough for two people. The menu offers pizzas for cheese heads, meat eaters and veggie lovers, as well as miscellaneous new flavors (coming soon: apple-cinnamon, peanut-butter-and-jelly and banana-cinnamon). The list of available ingredients is exhaustive. Rustica provides free delivery on slices (minimum order of two), and it's open till 2:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, till 1 a.m. the rest of the week.