Ten years can change everything. Even the pizza scene, which is vastly different than before in terms of consumption and production, boasts some good establishments on the island until 2015, but perhaps not yet capable of competing with the big names on the national scene. Today, the situation is completely different, as confirmed by Gambero Rosso's new Guide to Italian Pizzerias, presented today at the Palacongressi Mostra d'Oltremare in Naples, which recognizes the island as boasting a growing number of top-notch establishments.
"It's truly incredible how much the high-quality pizza scene in Sardinia has changed and improved over the last ten years," says Giuseppe Carrus, one of the editors of the Guida Vini D'Italia and regional coordinator for the Guida Ristoranti d'Italia. "If we go back to 2015, the landscape was completely different: many places were certainly good and recommended, but the pizza hadn't reached nearly the levels it is today."
A leap that isn't limited to Cagliari, where the excitement is evident and constant, but extends across the island, even to the smallest towns. "The best thing is that this phenomenon has occurred not only in Cagliari, which, being the capital, boasts the largest number of brands, but has occurred throughout Sardinia, in the largest cities and even in some very small towns."
The three slices and the new geography of pizza
In the most coveted ranking, the Tre Spicchi, Sardinia takes home four awards: Remi in Sassari (93 points), Framento in Cagliari (92), Bosco in Tempio Pausania (92), and Maiori in Cagliari (91) . These pizzas are very different from each other, but they have helped shape the art of baking on the island and can compete fearlessly with the big national names. Four establishments that demonstrate how excellence is distributed from north to south, with different styles but the same commitment to quality. "This alone truly shows that the restaurants are spread throughout Sardinia," underlines Carrus.
But the island's pizza map doesn't stop there. Numerous pizzerias have surpassed 80 points, the threshold that Gambero Rosso considers excellent. In Cagliari with his pan pizza.
