In Search of the Perfect Pizza at Settebello

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 18, 2014
I happened to be in a Vegas suburb earlier this year and tasted a pizza that floored me. Perhaps it was because I wasn't expecting it to amount to much. Perhaps the humidity in the desert that afternoon was the optimal condition for the dough....
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