Maxi's Luncheonette

Best pizza so far in San Diego. Thin crust, fresh toppings, fairly priced and a hard working pizza chef who puts some love in his pizza’s. Will recommend and will definitely come again.

The people the pizza all great!!!! Of course I can only have the gluten free pizza. Everything we get looks great and so cheesey! Taste great too😋 This is a must try!

I've been trying to get out to try all the various independent pizza places in SD, and found this place after scouring some reddit posts regarding good NY-style pizza in the city. I was super pleased to find they were open on a lazy Sunday afternoon, and were relatively busy given the time of day. When I got there, they assured me they were working on my order as fast as they could. I made sure to let them know I was in no hurry, and that I had heard the pies were worth waiting for. Brought the pie back to my buddies house in PB where we had our traditional Sopranos Sunday(we just throw on a season and let it play in the background while we hang out). The pizza is close to what I consider perfect. Crust is NY-thin. Chewy, and crispy (not that square-cut Chicago "thin" stuff). The cheese is a good quality, whole milk mozzarella that is very light on the grease compared to some other places(practically no drips at all), and the sauce was sweet and mildly tangy, with a strong, fresh tomato flavor. A good raw red sauce all around. No overpowering spices like oregano or cheap Full Red canned flavor. The evening culminated in finishing some still-delicious cold slices during the Talking Sopranos podcast. I've found my favorite so far! Better than Luigi's, Landini's, Milo's, Bronx, and all the other ones I've tried! I'll definitely be back to support this place! "These people ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine" -Peter Paul Gaultieri