Fodor's Expert Review the backspace

$$ Downtown with Sixth Street and Rainey Street Pizza

This stylish pizzeria, another hit from chef/restaurateur Shawn Cirkiel, is one of Austin’s best bets for classic Neapolitan pizza and authentic Italian antipasti. Tables are hard to come by in this intimate downtown space, but the service and menu are laid-back and approachable. Antipasto selections, like baked ricotta and eggplant caponata, rival the main attraction: thin-crust, wood-fired pizzas, from margherita to the popular fennel sausage. Desserts, like ricotta cheesecake and salted caramel panna cotta, are artful—served in small mason jars—and delicious.

Pizza Dinner $$

Quick Facts

507 San Jacinto Blvd.
Austin, Texas  78701, USA

512-474--9899

www.backspacepizza.com

Known For:
  • Cozy date-night ambience
  • Seasonal antipasto selections
  • Classic Neapolitan pizzas fired in an Italian brick oven
Restaurant Details:
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon., Reservations essential

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