What Is Capricciosa Pizza? The Neapolitan Classic Explained
At Via Napoli Pizzeria in Surry Hills and Lane Cove, the Capricciosa sits alongside the Margherita and the Diavola as one of the most-ordered pizzas in the restaurant — a reliable favourite that rarely needs selling. Understanding what…
Diavola Pizza: The Bold, Spicy Neapolitan Classic Explained
At Via Napoli Pizzeria, there’s one pizza that tends to announce itself before you’ve ordered it — not by its description, but by the way it arrives at a neighbouring table, the smell of crisped salami cutting through the air,…
What Is a Calzone? The Neapolitan Folded Pizza Explained
At Via Napoli Pizzeria, with dining rooms in Surry Hills and Lane Cove, the calzone has always been part of the menu for a straightforward reason: it belongs there. Born in Naples from the same dough tradition as the Margherita and every…
What Makes Italian Pizza Different? Tradition, Dough and Simplicity
At Via Napoli Pizzeria, the question of what makes Italian pizza different has a specific answer: it starts with the dough, it comes together in the oven, and it holds back on everything that doesn’t need to be there. That…
What Is Pizza Fritta? The Neapolitan Fried Pizza Worth Knowing
At Via Napoli Pizzeria, pizza fritta has always been part of the menu — not as a novelty, but as a genuine expression of a Neapolitan food tradition that predates the baked pizza most people know. Via Napoli Pizzeria is a Neapolitan pizza…
The Art of the Perfect Margherita Pizza: Why Simplicity Is Everything
At Via Napoli Pizzeria — with restaurants in Surry Hills and Lane Cove, Sydney — the Margherita is ordered every service and measured every service. Founder Luigi Esposito, a third-generation Neapolitan pizzaiolo, has described it the…
Neapolitan vs Roman Pizza: Two Italian Traditions Compared
If you’ve ever sat with a pizza menu wondering what separates Neapolitan from Roman, you’re asking a question that matters. Both traditions are genuinely Italian. Both are worth understanding. But they come from different…
What Makes Neapolitan Pizza Different?
Neapolitan pizza is one of the most imitated foods on the planet, and one of the most misunderstood. At Via Napoli Pizzeria, a Neapolitan pizza restaurant with two locations in Sydney — Surry Hills and Lane Cove — we’ve spent over a…