Calogero's Pizzeria - Pizza restaurant in Lake Alfred - 148A W Haines Blvd, USA

Everything we ordered here was delicious!! They have a hot honey pizza that was crazy good and we also ordered their wings and they were some of the best ever! Also a antipasto salad. Delicious! BTW they have real expresso and cappuccino. Great place! You would have to go to Italy to get any better!

Haven magazine's Tara Crutchfield proclaimed Calogero's pizza to be the "best pizza in Polk County" in their May issue. Her evaluation has my full and unwavering support. In my opinion, this pizza is the best of its kind. Pizza joints all around the county and state are no strangers to me, as they are to many of you. Without a doubt, this is the finest pizza I have ever tasted in Polk County. The wood-fired chicken wings were really succulent, by the way. The tangy sauce, the flavor of wood-fired beef, and the meat's moistness left a lasting impact. We were completely caught unawares by the enormous portion sizes. When you consider that a lot of the ingredients come straight from Italy, it makes perfect sense. Any time I'm in Polk County, I'm ordering these wings and pizza. Without a doubt, this is the sole pizzeria from which I will ever order pizza again. In the year 2024, I intend to sample every single one of their pizzas from their extensive menu. We will also make sure to try the meatballs, which are only available on Sundays! In my opinion, you're missing out if you don't go there. I completely forgot about the cannolis, too. I'll let you decide on that!

Unexpected Taste of Sicily and Italy in small town Auburndale, FL. My review is based on gastronomy, traveling and writing for renowned agencies, so, taste, feel, savor and see for yourself before finalizing your decision. If you do like what you read or revive your senses, please "like" my post. Owner, Charlie, with interesting history and roots, Sicilian descent, born in New York and later returned to Sicily to experience the true roots and flavor of Italian cooking. Strangely, while in Sicily, he stayed at the same hotel room where his father once lodged while waiting for embarkation of his life and journey to the US as a young man -remarkable yet ironic story. Charlie did just that, experiencing and tasting the flavors and textures, learning the preparation and the love in Italian cuisine. Charlie decided to own Acunto from Italy and painstakingly, he assembled Acunto piece by piece to make sure he brought Italian flavors and textures to Auburndale. San Manzano pomodoro (tomato) sauce imported directly from Italy is the base for all Calogero's pizza. No doubt it tastes different from US Hunts or other brand tomato sauces. The flour are imported from Italy mixed in the right portion with US flour to create the magical texture for the pizza dough. The rest are pizza ingredients from the US. The next big secret for an excellent pizza is the cooking oven. With Italian-made Acunto, the oven on a slow day runs over 600 degrees Fahrenheit, cooking every items evenly and beautifully. The position of the food items, pizza, wings, meatballs, are quintessential in the making of great dishes. The wings are kept to the side avoiding the splattering of the natural oil from the wings, the pizzas are placed towards the middle, mid-front of the oven allows quick yet evenly cooked pizzas. The meatballs combined with secret ingredients are cooked to perfection inside Acunto- moist and tender. One who looks for butter on the crust, dripping and oozing cheeses and oils from the slices of pizza or burnt or thick crusts, are not savoring Italian pizza or Italian cooking. We've ordered various pizzas, meat lovers, L'Inferno and build our own. We also ordered the wings as appetizer along with double shots of expresso, cannoli and gelato for dessert to complete our Italian savory experience here in small town Auburndale. The pizza crust is extremely thin in the center due to the weight of the ingredients and light and airy on the outside crust. Calogero's pizza was so light and airy that I ate the crust! The San Manzano sauce is lightly spread around the pizza pie, with light sprinkles of cheeses and arrangement of the pizza condiments before being pushed into the Acunto to finalize the cooking process which is rapidly done with the high temperature of Acunto. The harmonious marriage of the entire pizza pie and the ingredients inside the inferno Acunto presented patrons with the memorable Italian flavors and textures. The wings are superbly incredible on size, wings and drummettes, the incredible savory sauce and the unforgettable textures are an enigma to patrons which is hard to forget and may named Calogero's Pizzeria as the best wing place in FL. The wings are cooked on the side of Acunto, encapsulating the heat cooking the big size wings evenly and fast. These jumbo wings have slight sweetness and spiciness, yet, made without sugar but from natural ingredients. When biting into each wing, one experienced the crispiness of the skin, tender and juiciness of the wings along with the savory sauce to complete the wings experience. The cannoli tubes are direct import from Italy while the ricotta fillings are made in the US. Nevertheless, the bite into the cannoli, brings joy and memories of Sicily and Italy. Gelato are made in the US and it is still excellent. Do try the pistachios for a more genuine Italian taste. I highly recommend this restaurant for true Italian and Sicilian pizza experience and definitely, going back for the meatballs and ricotta!

Delicious true italian pizza just like the one I had in Napoli!! We sat outside on the patio on a sunny day to enjoy Calgeros light perfectly baked pizza. The umbrella lets you know this is one of a kind in this area 🇮🇹

My words would never describe impeccably how much I LOVED this pizza. But you really have to TRUST me, and try it in person. Probably the best pizza that I ve had in years. Perfectly studied for make you feel happy. You just one have another one after you finish the first one, and you wanna know why?? because it was so light and excellently balanced that you just wanna die eating this pizza. UNFORTUNATELY I’ll be back to Italy one day, my own country, and I hope to find a PIZZA, special like this one. We’ll see you again for sure, but in the meantime, please, GO, and check it out! Chef Charlie is waiting for you! Thank you!!!

Great fresh pizza. Beautiful food. We loved it. Me and my wife just came for the first time and everything was delicious. Italian fresh. We needed this in Haines city.

My husband and I have driven by this place for ever. Today we stopped in. I was not disappointed. I got the hot honey and my husband got the meat lovers. The food came out hot and fresh! We came on a Tuesday night after work and the place was quite. The pizzas were well baked and hard a nice crust.

The best pizza I ever had. Wood fired with a little char is very tasty. Authentic ingredients. We had 4 pizzas. I had pepperoni as usually, and let me say the best pepperoni I have had in Florida. The hot homey pizza was just as tasty! Don’t forget to take a dessert to go the cannolis are the best!