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Pizzarium

Pizza al taglio is Rome's street food: baked in long trays, cut with scissors, sold by weight. Pizzarium is where it was taken seriously.

What it is
Pizza by the slice
Opened
2003
Area
Vatican
Nearest museum
Vatican Museums, 550 m

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    What Pizzarium is known for

    1. The dough

      Thick, light and full of holes, from a long fermentation, with a crisp base. It is the dough people come for.

    2. The toppings

      They change through the day and the season: potato and mozzarella, tomato, and combinations you will not have met on a pizza.

    3. How it works

      You point, they cut and weigh, you pay and eat standing at the shelf outside. There are no tables.

    What to know

    • Opened in 2003
    • Standing room only
    • The best lunch within reach of the Vatican Museums: come before or after the midday rush

    Where Pizzarium is

    Address

    Via della Meloria 43
    00136 Rome, Italy

    Nearest station

    Cipro, on line A

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    A hole in the wall by the metro

    Pizzarium opened in 2003 in a small shop beside the Cipro metro station. Within a few years it had changed what Romans expected of pizza by the slice, and shops across the city now work in its manner.

    Pizzarium: common questions

    Where is Pizzarium?
    At Via della Meloria 43, in the Trionfale district of Rome. The nearest station is Cipro, on line A.
    Which museums and sights are near Pizzarium?
    Vatican Museums is 550 m away, St. Peter's Basilica is 800 m away, Castel Sant'Angelo is 1.7 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is Pizzarium known for?
    The dough, The toppings, How it works. The shop that turned Roman pizza by the slice into something people fly in for, five minutes from the entrance of the Vatican Museums.
    When did Pizzarium open?
    In 2003. Opened in 2003.

    What visitors say about Pizzarium

    Rating from Google

    4.1

    14,456 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 6 October 2026.

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