DELRAY BEACH
The Pizza Lab is the home of Florida Pizza. Here's what that means, straight from the Lab.
Pizza Lab Delray Beach calls itself the Home of Florida Pizza. It starts from Neapolitan tradition and takes its own direction: a lighter crust, a deeper char and crispier edges.
Draft for the Lab to fill in. No one has defined Florida Pizza online yet, so this page can own the term. These sections need your words:
- In one sentence: what makes a pizza Florida Pizza?
- The dough: how it differs from classic Neapolitan dough.
- The bake: temperature, time, what the crust should look and feel like.
- The toppings: anything Florida about them, such as local produce or citrus.
- Pies to try first: which menu items are Florida Pizza.
What we know so far
- It starts with the Lab's slow-fermented dough: a 48-hour preferment, a 72-hour ferment and imported mineral water.
- It's baked in the Lab's Italian oven.
- The Lab describes the result as a lighter crust, a deeper char and edges with just the right crunch.
Read: What Is Neapolitan Pizza?
Make it a Lab night
Ask the counter which pie shows off Florida Pizza best.