Cipro Pizza al Taglio

The verdict

Located in a village-like pocket of Alexandria, an open-plan, industrial interior is home to Cipro Pizza, which is no ordinary pizza joint. Like in the local haunts of Florence, the main kitchen bench displays the daily specials, with not a tired ham and pineapple flavour in sight. And while pizza is the order of the day, there's also a fairly extensive menu of salads, mains and sides – think prosciutto, radicchio, fennel and hazelnut salad, minestrone with pesto and parmesan, and chilli and pepper marinated wood-fired chicken – to keep everyone happy.