Caioti Pizza Cafe

Before there was California Pizza Kitchen and all the other nouveau pie purveyors, there was Ed LaDou, who is often credited with creating the barbecue chicken pizza. At his modest east Valley Italian spot, the super-thin-crust "Old World" pizza, topped with porcini sauce in lieu of the usual tomato as well as fresh mozzarella and roasted garlic, has a particularly loyal following.