Best thing I ate: This pizza in Mission Viejo defies convention

Critic Brad A. Johnson says you might need to set aside everything you already think you know about what makes a great pepperoni pizza because this one at Domenico’s breaks all the rules.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • December 8, 2021
Every few minutes a waiter comes out of the kitchen with a pizza and floods the entire dining room with a perfume of pepperoni and garlic. Heads turn. Noses curiously crinkle. “That smells so good,” I say. Unfortunately, we didn’t order the pizza...
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