Angelina’s Pizzeria Napoletana: OC’s Most Authentic Pizzeria…in Irvine?

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 2, 2016
Most Neapolitan pizzerias around these parts are content to have one wood-burning oven. The new Angelina’s Pizzeria Napoletana at the new Los Olivos Marketplace in Irvine has two—both Stefano Ferrara, the Ferrari of fornos. These ovens, built by...
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