Luca's Pizza — Restaurant in Delaware

No joke: Outside of the New York Tri-State/New Haven corridor, this is one of the best pizza and sandwich spots I've been to in the world (that includes Italy and a few dozen other countries; when I travel abroad, I sniff out local pizza as much as possible). The owner is friendly and engaging, he also has an open air kitchen so you can see them cooking; and he's a true master at his craft. If I remember correctly, from our conversation, he attended the CIA in Hyde Park and it certainly shows.

My go-to orders are the Italianio hoagie (chicken cutlet, broccoli rabe, roasted red peppers, provolone and garlic aioli) with prosciutto and a pepperoni, ricotta and hot honey pie (the fungi is also amazing as is the regular or "OG"). The calzones are gigantic and phenomenal as well, and you have to try the garlic knots. I don't know what he does to his sauce but it tastes like a mix of San Marzanos and some kind of cherry tomato (I say cherry tomato because there's a certain brightness to it) and is packed full of umami.

It's all just so dang good, the quality is insane and so is the consistency. I wish they had a bigger kitchen so they could make entrees and pasta, this area is in desperate need of good Italian takeout, but alas - I'll settle for the brilliance...

Visited for the first time after seeing all the good reviews. Ordered the Italian Sub and the vodka Sauce pie. Very busy place so if ordering order early. We ate in, they have a few tables and serve bottled beverages. They do not have ice for the beverages. Seats were comfortable and after a short wait our food order came out. The Italian sub was really good with the Italian meats and EVVO garnish. They had Mortadella on it which I love. They use Liscios bread. The pizza was cooked very well, the crust was crispy and airy very tasty. However the toppings had a bite to them which we later found out was the Vodka sauce? The pancetta was crispy and spinach ok. In my opinion it could have used some more cheese. The pizza price was $28.50, a bit steep even for the resort area. I will have to try the regular with sweet fennel sausage for a...

We ordered two pizzas one gluten free and standard. Off the menu no adds. At noon for 6:30 pick up. Pizzas were on time. We were looking forward to it since we have so many good reviews. Gluten free pizzas can be challenging and we have had good GF and not so good. This one was not good at all. It was overcooked. And undercooked st same time and did not look very appealing at all. Unfortunately we ate two slices and threw it out. Very disappointed. The standard pizza was good not the best we have ever eaten. Perhaps an off night. Perhaps the GF is offered because they have too. Regardless. We won't go back for the GF. (I should have looked at it before I left... my mistake)!. We'll try another standard pizza in the future but not any time soon. We will give Lucas another chance. We really want...