Pizzaleah — Restaurant in Windsor

🍕Went to PizzaLeah in Windsor this past weekend with my best friend Lauren. The award-winning, woman-owned pizzeria offers a casual atmosphere with two pizza types (pan and thin crust), local beers and wine, fresh salads, calzones, meatballs and garlic knots.

🍕We had great service, and keeping with our tradition, we over ordered for leftovers. 🤤

🍕Lauren had Chef Leah's famous mush-a-roni (red sauce, pepperoni, cremini mushrooms, shaved parm, fresh basil).

🍕I am a person who judges pizzerias by their "cheese and tomato sauce" pizzas so I ordered the Spayde (red sauce, mozzarella, pecorino, olive oil & fresh basil).

🍕Both of these pizzas were pan pizzas, which is about 1.5 inches thick, similar to pizza al taglio you'll find throughout Italy. I ordered an extra side of tomato sauce for dipping - no regrets!

🍕The fresh ingredients were evident in upon digging in and the pizzas had a nice balance of sauce and cheese. I'd probably get mine a touch more well done, but, I'm one of those people. 😜 I look forward to trying the thin pizzas next time.

🍻We enjoyed local beer with our pizzas - I had a HenHouse Brewing Company Best Life and Lauren had a beer by Seismic Brewing Company.

🍕If we had a pizzeria like this where I live I'd probably be there way too often - reminds me of the casual, delicious, family-centric pizzerias I grew up going to in Indianapolis.

🍕Worth a visit to Windsor if you aren't from the area - it's located next to a great pet store and the amazing Windsor Oliver's location, so we made an...

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This was my first visit to Pizzaleah. My sister and I arrived right before the dinner rush about 6pm so it was slow but by 6pm nearly all the tables inside and outside were filled.

The staff was amazing! We asked them for recommendations on the menu, and each of them had a different favorite. We ended ordering the Grey Beard (Calabrian chilis, sausage, hot honey, and orange zest) and the Po-tay-to (fingerling potatoes, cream sauce, green onion, bacon). They were both incredible. The orange zest was so fragrant and complimented the spiciness of the peppers and the fennel in the sausage. It was so flavorful and unexpected and I can see why it is their award winner. The po-tay-to was highly recommended by our server. She said it was her favorite and she thought it was the best on the menu. It was absolutely delicious, like a loaded baked potato in perfect pizza form. The dough was also incredibly flavorful. They also have sodas from 55 Mile Sonoma Co which are delicious. The diet cola was awesome because it didn't have the Diet Coke fake lemon flavor or the diet aftertaste. It tasted like Cola!

As we were leaving we saw that someone had ordered the garlic knots and they looked awesome. Next time I will def be...

Hands-down the best East Coast style pizza we've had in Sonoma County. Perfect for take-out. Crust is chewy and foldable with a good crisp and a light burn on top. Sauce is just the right acid balance. Sauce/cheese ratio is spot on. This pizza absolutely stands its ground against the greats.

Tried a plain cheese to get a feel, and it was fantastic. Also a pepperoni and olive. Equally amazing. Pepperoni was delicious.

For a signature we tried their Old Grey Beard, an inspired pie with mozz and fontina, Italian sausage, Calabrian peppers, hot honey & orange zest. It was a great pizza, not too busy, and all the elements worked – the honey and orange were something I've never had before, and worked really well together.

They also have Pan Pies and a few other entrees to round out their menus, if that's your jam.

We'll be eating here weekly. Prices are absolutely reasonable given the clear quality of ingredients and craft. Friendly young lady ran our food out to our car with gloves. 30 minutes from call to pick up.

Bottom line, if you're craving a good East Coast pie, give PizzaLeah a shot. Definitely the best we've had here, and on a par with Jersey, Escape from NY or Arinell in the Bay. We're lucky...