When you think of where the best pizza is, most people immediately think of Italy. But there’s a pizzeria right here in Metro Vancouver that was just named the by , a content platform known as the global authority on Italian food, wine, and travel (essentially the Italian version of the Michelin awards). Based in Port Moody, Pizzeria Spacca Napoli was not only named Canada’s top pizzeria but also received a corresponding three Spicchi ranking, making history as the only Canadian pizzeria to ever earn this prestigious ranking.

So naturally, when we heard the news of the award, we had to go and see what all the hype was about. And trust us, this spot is serving up some great pizza. Dished spoke with co-owners Danny Pero and Davide di Giovanni about the shop’s beginnings, the recent award, and, of course, the pizza.

“Spacca was born about eight, eight and a half years ago, but it probably started in our minds at least, gosh, more than 20 or 30 years ago,” said Pero. Giovanni shared that the duo were best friends from high school and went to university together, where he studied dentistry, and Pero went into financing. “We’d always talk about this dream of opening up a pizzeria or restaurant, and that was something that we’d always dreamed of doing,” Giovanni said.

“We come from large Italian families. Of course, food is number one,” added Pero. “It’s always the most important thing in life.

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