To successfully make pizza, one must toss the proper ingredients into a concrete mixer, wait for the mixture to harden, and then drop in a few sticks of dynamite to blast slices from the drum walls. Today’s deal leaves delicate pie creation to the professionals: for $9, you get a large specialty pizza (a $19 value) at Rose City Pizza in Rosemead. This Groupon is good for either dine-in or carryout.

Rose City Pizza creates Italian cuisine and authentic New York¬–style pizzas using high-quality ingredients and handmade pizza dough. Drawing on their Scuola Italiano Pizzaioli–certified skills, master pizza chefs knead, toss, and transform flour paste into a flurry of large specialty pizzas. Although the selection varies from day to day, Rose City always offers cheese-pie lovers a marvelous variety of tomato sauciness. Cherry peppers and melted mozzarella on a slice of Spicy Pepperoni admirably complement most pool-cleaning parties, and the Spinach Pie (white sauce, garlic, and sautéed spinach) is certain to please cheek-pinching matriarchs and inflatable-forearmed sailor men alike. To celebrate a victory or commiserate over a defeat, sports fans can stick around and indulge in Canadian ham, bacon bits, and pineapple chunks waiting on The Aloha, gulp a slice of Tomato Pesto, or find comfort in a doughy disc of meat-shunning Veggie Delight. Swing by the restaurant or call ahead to see what specialty offerings are available that day.

Taught by nine-time world champion pizza tosser Tony Gemignani as well as the talented team at Amore Pizza in New York, Rose City’s pizza professionals have what it takes to wield pizza wheels with deadly precision. Grab a partner, dance a pizzica into Rose City’s welcoming restaurant interior, and rescue your favorite Italian pie from a miserable fate of not being eaten.

Reviews

Rose City Pizza has more than 300 Facebook fans. Yelpers give it an average of four stars:

• You're sure to find something you like here! All the food's super fresh. My first time here I had a hawaiian slice and tried a bite or two of my friend's fresca slice and we shared some wings. Let me tell you, I'm a pure meatatarian (personal choice :P ) , and I gotta say.. I was more impressed w/the fresca than the meat, am I crazy?? No, the fresca was just so damn good… – Cynthia A., Yelp
• Great little establishment that serves carb-filled goodies. I can't complain. Also checked out their website, they're socio-friendly too. They offer fundraisers and school specials. – Irma E., Yelp
• The Meaty pizza had pepperoni, sausages, bacon, and cheese. The flavor of each of these toppings were awesome. They weren't bland, the pizza was not greasy, and the dough was good. – Scott N., Yelp