Papa Toni's Pizza, Encinitas

After a quarter-century of pizza-smithing, the kitchen at Papa Toni's Pizza still crafts tasty pies out of freshly baked dough, creamy italian cheeses, and savory meats and sauces. Diners sink their teeth into specialty pies such as the all-meat Tutta Carne or the california spinach-covered Popeye, or take their cheese-covered fate into their own hands and create their own pie with 20 different toppings and a choice of flavored hammers to use on the pizza anvil. Classic pastas, subs, and calzones provide alternatives to a nonstop diet of pizza, while treats such as fresh, cherry-topped cannoli top off meals.