Golden Boy Pizza

Photo by Patrick

Golden Boy Pizza, Dinner, North Beach
May 8, 2016

P:
Combination

J:
Clam Garlic


Notes:
Our fourth and final food stop for the day was at Golden Boy Pizza, because we wanted to finish the day right.

Golden Boy has been around in North Beach since 1978.  It's a hole in the wall and it's fabulous.  We've both been here a number of times, but this was our first visit together.  This is mostly a by-the-slice joint, with the available offerings on display in the front window.

They make only Sicilian-style pizza here, though they don't characterize it as such on their website, so I'm sure someone out there doesn't appreciate such a reference.  But it's the only one I have, so let's move on.  As I was saying, Sicilian-style, you know, the square slice, the thick, doughy crust.  Well, I don't typically like that kind of pizza (because "thick, doughy crust"), but at it's different at Golden Boy.  The crust is pillowy soft and airy with a crispy, crunchy base.  It's amazing.

Except, I don't know why I'm going on about their crust, because there is only one thing to talk about here, and that's the clam garlic slice.  This thing is out of control good, and it's the reason we stopped here.  This pizza has only a thin layer of tomato sauce, and it's topped with an insane amount of chopped raw garlic, clams, and parsley.  It's bursting with flavor from the toppings, the parsley and garlic slightly charred by the smoking hot oven, and it's all brought together by the soft, crispy-bottomed crust.  This is not for you if you have any misgivings about garlic breath.  Or clam breath.  But it is SO good, and one of my favorite things on earth.

Patrick will have to tell you about the combination slice, since I know only one thing.


CLAM GARLIC.