Bringing Southern Italian Tradition to Laveen
Domenico Cavallo grew up in Salerno learning pizza by hand from his mother and grandmother. He brought that devotion — oven and all — to Laveen, Arizona.
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A Family Tradition of Authentic Italian Cooking
Domenico grew up in Salerno, learning the craft from his mother and grandmother — flour-dusted hands, wood fire, and an insistence on pure ingredients that shaped everything he cooks today.
Our Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Straight from Italy
Domenico didn't recreate the experience in Laveen — he transplanted it, importing a wood-fired forno directly from Italy so every pie carries the same char and blistered crust he grew up with.
Farm-Fresh Produce from Cavallo Vineyards
Cavallo Vineyards, Domenico's own Laveen farm, supplies the fresh produce that meets 100% imported Italian ingredients in our kitchen — desert Southwest terroir woven into the soul of southern Italy.
A Local Italian Restaurant Serving Laveen & Phoenix
Phoenix New Times called it "an ambitious pizzeria with its own farm." Eater Phoenix named it among the city's best. The regulars who come in on a Tuesday just call it their place.