The owners of Sea Salt took to Goodlettsville for their next venture — an oak-fulled, stone oven pizza joint serving fun spins on Neapolitan-style pies. Order online or call for takeout of pizzas with names like “Cheez-us Take the Wheel,” “Nashville Without you,” and “Frying in the Rain,” in addition to new thin-crust “parlor” pizzas.

No, this isn’t a 5-year-old’s run-of-mill pizza place, but Philip Krajeck’s Eastside spot earned its way into the regular pizza rotation for many adults around town since opening in 2018. The lamb sausage pie and a clam pie with bonito flakes are fan favorites, but also keep an eye out for vegetarian-friendly daily and seasonal snacks to kick off the meal.

Nashville natives Clinton Gray, Derrick Moore, and Emanuel Reed opened fast-casual pizza joint Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria in March 2017 in North Nashville. The counter-order spot quickly became a popular spot to hang out, drink beer, and of course, eat pizza. A line has been known to extend down the block for the flatbread style pizzas and cinnamon rolls — and new outposts have since opened in a handful of locations in Music City, Memphis, Atlanta, Sacramento.

While City House isn't all about pizza, it’s hard to dine at this essential Nashville restaurant and not order at least one. James Beard Award winner Tandy Wilson offers some of the best pizza in town at his Germantown stalwart — and one menu staple is the pie topped with belly ham (add an egg).

At neighborhood favorite Lockeland Table, chef Hal Holden-Bache does a lot of things well, and that includes some of the city’s best seasonally adorned wood-fired pizza. Options range from carbonara-crowned pies to classic margheritas and the carnivore’s delight: the LT pig, topped with Italian crushed tomato, sausage, bacon, pepperoni, ham, LT smoked mozzarella, and pepperoncini.

Tucked inside the Nashville Farmers' Market food court, Bella Nashville churns out crispy, quick-fired pies. Expect offerings anywhere from margherita to hummus or meatball parmesan. Pizzas here are baked in a Terre Blanche white clay oven, the same material and style that has been used in French bread baking for centuries.

Tennfold’s name suggests brewing is its focus but diners gravitate toward its New York and Neapolitan-style pizzas, too. Traditionalists stay with supreme and meat lovers’ varieties, while other options include a pesto-sauced chicken pizza and a vegetarian-friendly Greek pie. Beyond pizza, people also come for the wings and salads.

Located in The Arcade downtown, Manny's House of Pizza has been owned and operated by Brooklyn native Manny Macca since 1984. The restaurant underwent some major renovations in 2017 and emerged as popular as ever, still serving Sicilian-style slices of pie to hordes of hungry lunch patrons Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The West Nashville outpost of this popular pizza joint opened a couple of years back, and is just as popular as the East Nashville original. During regular times, Five Points Pizza packs 'em in, offering up New York-style pizza by the slice or a roster of nearly 20 whole pies.

Located just off the beaten path near Demonbreun Circle, this carbon-copy of Atlanta's hugely popular Antico Pizza Napoletana serves certified Neapolitan-style pizza out of three massive ovens, shipped from Naples, Italy and weighing in at over 10,000 pounds each. A new outpost opened in Bellevue too — and both offer online ordering for takeout.

Open for dine-in, carryout, and delivery at L&L Market, PennePazze’s pizza (pinsa) menu might be hard to read if you don’t speak Italian. But don’t fret, as options for the oblong pies include Sicilian, meat-crowned-and vegetarian-friendly variations with familiar toppings, plus less common ones like onion jam and porchetta. All pies here are finished with basil and olive oil.

Brooklyn-based Emmy Squared specializes in Detroit-style pizza. Confusing? Maybe at first— but one bite of one of the thick, crispy slices of its rectangular pizza, and geography matters less. Sicilian-style dough is directly coated with a generous layer of cheese, creating a crunchy, chewy, crispy crust — then topped with everything from classic pepperoni to, yes, Nashville hot chicken with an Alabama white sauce drizzle. Two more Nashville locations joined the lineup in Germantown and Green Hills, so there are plenty of options to quench a craving for the popular Detroit-style pizza.

Pastaria, Gerard Craft's casual Italian import by way of St. Louis, landed in Nashville in 2017, bringing with it some top-tier pizza. Utilizing a large wood-fired oven, nine different pies are highlighted on the menu featuring toppings from spicy ‘nduja to fennel salami. Order online for takeout or delivery.

Joey Macca (brother of Manny, owner of Manny's House of Pizza) moved from Brooklyn to Nashville in 1988 to work with his brother. Ten years later, he branched out on his own and opened Joey's in Brentwood. Now located off Elm Hill Pike, Joey's carries on the grand family tradition of massive, Sicilian-style slices. Call ahead to order takeout.

The Edgehill pizzeria serves Neapolitan wood-fired pizzas in a hidden, exposed-brick setting with an outdoor courtyard. Call for takeout or get delivery via Doordash.

Chef Egidio Franciosa and partner Jannah Franciosa recently gave their popular mobile pizzeria a permanent location in Wedgewood-Houston, serving up Neapolitan-style pies like the diavola, topped with pomodoro, fior de latte, and calabrese salami. The menu doesn’t stop at pizza, though, folks are also raving about the restaurant’s carpaccio, antipasto spreads, and pasta features.

The Belle Meade restaurant is still the only VPN-certified pizzeria in the state of Tennessee — serving a slew of classically prepared pies from basil-spotted Margherita to spicy diavola. Of note — Porta Via offers BOGO pizzas daily from 8 p.m. to close (dine-in only). For the safety of guests and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, Porta Via has installed an Advanced Air Filtration System that cleans the air inside the restaurant.

A hidden gem in Antioch, this pizza joint and Italian restaurant has been operating in its current location for over 16 years. But they’ve been serving up pizza by the slice, full-size pizzas, calzones, stromboli, pasta, and subs since 1976. Order takeout online or call.