Agricola — Restaurant in Philadelphia

Being celiac makes it difficult to find good pizza. So you can imagine my surprise when I find great pizza. Pizza that’s not a cheese-dressed cardboard frisbee.

Agricola doesn’t just have gluten-free pizza. Using the finest caputo flour and even now experimenting with their own blend, gluten-free is not an after thought for this jawn. They’ve perfected it. And the quality of the ingredients! Jersey tomatoes, PA cheese, freshly hunted meat. Origin-to-table freshness most places only talk about.

What’s better with fantastic food than an atmosphere that matches its quality? Agricola has been on my want-to-go list for months. When my friend and I rolled up last night about 20 minutes before closing, I didn’t think we were going to eat. (I didn’t want to be that person.) I wanted to poke my head in, do a sort of vibe check.

Our head poke received the warmest welcome you can imagine. Warmer than most restaurants welcome you an hour before closing. I felt like I had stepped into “home.” They assured us that it was not too late to order a pizza, and confirmed they have gluten-free. We quickly ordered two – Meat Sweats and the one with duck 🤤 – and got to chatting with the owner while our pizzas were being crafted.

Now, any pizza shop that is officially closed is going to stuff your pizza in a box and send you on your way. Not Agricola. You can imagine my surprise when they brought our pizzas to the table for us to dine-in and offered us a glass of wine – and when they heard another friend was on their way to South Philly to join us, asked us if they’d want one, too.

You guys. I did not just have the best gluten free pizza of my life last night. I had the best, most Philly-fam dining experience I could have imagined. Agricola is the complete package. Thanks to owner Aaron and his team Sara/h and Zach/k – Agricola is an experience that exceeded my...

We decided to try the pizza at Agricola. It is located on a corner with a long pizza history. Before Agricola, it was Slice, which was OK when it opened, but we liked other nearby places better. Before Slice, it was Joe Britt's Pizzeria, which I still remember from the 1980's and 90s (not sure when they closed) as my favorite pizza in Philly and the standard we still measure other pizza against.

We ordered the Agricola's basic "Plain Jane" pizza. It came in a 14" box, but the pizza was much smaller than that, probably more like a 12" pizza, which was cut into 6 fairly small slices. The crust was just about perfect, crunchy, light, and not too thick on the bottom. The gigantic puffy edge crust, which is very tasty, is probably two inches wide, so the part of the pizza with sauce and cheese on it is more like a 10" pizza.

There are a lot of interesting toppings for other pizzas on the menu. They are more in the "artisan" pizza category than traditional south Philly (or Jersey shore) pizza.

Overall the pizza was good, but not amazing. It lived up to its name "Plain Jane." The sauce was kind of skimpy and it definitely could have used more cheese. The squirts of pesto on top were tasty and...

A unique pizzeria experience in a familiar spot. Agricola is the anti-SliCe, sliding into a refurbished neighborhood storefront and going in its own direction. The food is fantastic, reasonably (competitively) priced. Its predecessor was 'thin crust' pizza - Agricola is craazy-thin but also has abundant crust, so the toppings shine but you do not want for a delicious crust. Speaking of that delicious crust, the knots with a rich vodka sauce are wonderful. The meatball, one large, delicious meatball, comes with a completely different sauce and shines. The atmosphere is warm and almost club-like. Unexpected but not unwelcome music selections, a bar with signature cocktails (gratis as of Feb '25) and some disco lights make this feel like a party that also sells pizza. And the hours, while limited, makes this feel less of a grind for the staff and more of an idealized small business. What's...