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  • Organ Stop Pizza Is the Most Fun You’ll Have at Dinner All Year

    Organ Stop Pizza Is the Most Fun You’ll Have at Dinner All Year

    Every visitor I drag to Organ Stop Pizza reacts the same way: a confused look when I describe it, followed by pure delight when they walk in. The cavernous dining room is built around a massive Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ that rises from the floor, and a live organist plays showtunes, Disney classics, and Sousa marches all night long.

    Family-Sized Fun

    The pizza itself is honest, cheesy, and comes out on the kind of old-school metal trays I remember from childhood birthday parties. Order a large pepperoni, get a pitcher of root beer, and grab a table close to the organ.

    A Mesa Original

    Kids are mesmerized, grandparents beam, and first-time visitors reach for their phones. There is absolutely nothing else like Organ Stop anywhere in Arizona, and we are lucky to have it.

  • Myke’s Pizza: A Neapolitan Love Letter on Main Street

    Myke’s Pizza: A Neapolitan Love Letter on Main Street

    There is a very short list of places in the Valley doing real Neapolitan pizza, and Myke’s is at the top of it. The dining room glows around the wood-fired oven and the whole crew moves with the calm confidence of people who have rolled a thousand doughs this week alone.

    The Margherita Test

    I always order a Margherita first, because if you can’t nail the simple one you can’t nail anything. Myke’s passed in about ninety seconds. The crust was blistered, airy, and just chewy enough, with San Marzano sauce that tasted like sunshine.

    Don’t Skip the Specials

    We also split the soppressata pie, which arrived with little cups of spicy oil pooling across the top. Every slice disappeared quickly. Myke’s is the kind of place you recommend before anyone even asks where to eat in Mesa.