The Field of 64 is set. Let the voting begin!
We've gathered your nominations and tallied your preliminary votes, and we can now reveal the Field of 64 contenders in the 2011 Valley Food Championship Pizza Playoffs.
According to your votes, these are your favorite 64 places for pizza in the Pioneer Valley. The field was completed over the past two days with play-in voting for the "bubble" pizza shops in each region. The regional winners of the play-in voting – Napoli (South), Aurora’s Pizzeria (East), West Springfield Village Pizza (West), and Big Y Northampton (North) – complete our Field of 64.
In Round 1, your votes will narrow the field of contenders from 64 down to 32. In each region, vote for up to 8 restaurants. The top 8 in each region will advance to Round 2. The bottom 8 in each region will be eliminated.
Round 1 voting is open until Wednesday, May 25 at noon. Don't let your favorite pizza place be eliminated!
Without further ado, let's start voting!
South:
West of the River:
East of the River:
North:
The complete list of restaurants appears below:
South
De Nardo's Family Restaurant (East Longmeadow)
Fazio's Ristorante & Pizzeria (East Longmeadow)
Family Pizzeria & Restaurant (Springfield)
Frankie & Johnnie's Pizza (Springfield)
Leone's Restaurant (Springfield)'
Napoli Restaurant & Pizzeria (Springfield)
Peppa's Pizza / Peppa's Express (East Longmeadow / Springfield)
Pizza Makers (Springfield)
Pizza Shoppe (East Longmeadow)
Primos Pizza (Springfield)
Red Rose Pizzeria (Springfield)
Rinaldi’s Italian Specialties (Enfield, CT)
Rinaldi’s Italian Specialties (Longmeadow)
Salerno Pizzeria (Springfield)
Tony's Pizza (Springfield)
2 Guys Pizzeria (Springfield)
North
A-1 Pizza House (Florence)
Antonio's (Amherst / Easthampton)
Big Y (Northampton)
Countrypie Pizza Company (Ashfield)
Easthampton Village Pizza (Easthampton)
Hillside Pizza (Hadley / Deerfield)
Joe's (Northampton)
La Trattoria (Belchertown)
Magpie Woodfired Pizzeria (Greenfield)
Nini's Ristorante (Easthampton)
Pinocchio's Pizzeria (Northampton)
Pizza Paradiso (Northampton)
Roberto's Restaurant (Northampton)
Sam's Pizzeria and Cafe (Northampton)
Sibies Pizza (Amherst)
Village Pizza Shop (Greenfield)
East
Aurora's Pizzeria (Chicopee)
Boston Bay Pizza (Chicopee)
Doogan's Deli Mart (Chicopee Falls)
Dugout Cafe & Pizza Shop (Chicopee)
Falls Pizza & Grinders (Chicopee)
Family Pizza (South Hadley)
Giovanni's Pizza Shop (Chicopee)
Gregory's Pizza Pub & Restaurant (Wilbraham)
John's Pizzeria & Restaurant (Chicopee)
La Cucina di Hampden House / La Cucina Express (Hampden)
Milano's Pizzaria & Restaurant (Chicopee)
Pinocchio's On the Go (Ludlow)
Pizza Corner (Ludlow)
Poppi's Pizza (Ludlow)
Route 33 Pizza House (South Hadley)
Teresa's Restaurant (Ware)
West
Amadeo's Restaurant & Pizzeria (Holyoke)
Bella Napoli Pizzeria (West Springfield)
Bertucci's (West Springfield)
Bruno Pizzeria (Feeding Hills)
Capri Pizza (Holyoke)
Family Pizza (Westfield)
Italian Friendly Pizza-Grinder (Holyoke)
Liquori's Pizza (West Springfield)
Paisano's Restaurant & Pizzeria (Southampton)
Pasquale's Italian Family Restaurant (Westfield)
Pic's Pub (Holyoke)
Pizza d'Action (Holyoke)
Pizza Guy (Agawam)
Roma Restaurant (Southwick)
Sorrento Pizza (West Springfield)
Village Pizza (West Springfield)