Pittsburgh Square Pizza Tour – Beto’s
Our second stop in our Pittsburgh Square Pizza tour took us to Beto’s Pizza on Banksville Road. As soon as I got to the counter, I noticed a very tall man taking a large tray of pizza out of the oven. It struck me because there was only sauce on top of the dough. He proceeded to cut the sauced dough into square slices and place them in to go boxes. Then, he reached into a large bowl of wonderful looking fresh, shredded mozzarella cheese and placed a huge handful of it onto the slices that he just boxed. After piling cheese on, he loaded the box with pepperoni (there must have been a half pound of it), closed the lid and yelled “order up”!
As it turns out, Beto’s is famous for serving pizza this way – hot square crust topped with delicious sauce and cold but fresh toppings! We ordered four slices of pepperoni and mushroom pizza and the cashier told us that it tastes best if you eat it right away. So, we sat on a bench outside and opened our box. Once we figured out how to hold a Beto’s slice, we were digging in. I’ll admit I’m not the biggest fan of cold pizza and the cold toppings made me feel like that’s what I was eating. I should say, however, that the flavor and freshness of the cheese and toppings more than made up for the temperature. I can see why it is a favorite for many people.
It would be hard to eat more than two slices of this pie – mainly because of how much was piled on to the top of it. I held myself to one slice and we jumped into the van for our trip to yet another famous pizza place.
Visit Beto’s Pizza
1473 Banksville Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15216
Phone: (412) 561-0121
Tell them Pizzamaniac sent ya!
