The newest pizzeria on the block is Brick Fire Tavern, and with every simultaneously chewy yet charred, crispy bite, it is capturing the hearts of Honolulu’s pizza devotees.
The Chinatown pizza parlor is owned and operated by Inthira Marks and Matthew Resich, who left their island home to study with pizza master — pizzaiolo in Italian — Enzo Coccia in Italy.
The pair learned the storied craft of making and baking Neapolitan pizza dough.
When they returned home, the opened Brick Fire Tavern and created a menu with traditional and modern Neapolitan pizzas featuring locally-sourced ingredients.
The pizzas are made in a 900-degree wood-fired brick oven that was specially commissioned for Brick Fire in Naples, Italy.
The end result lives up to the expectations—any pizza here is a good pizza.
The Mamma Mia, made with soppressata salami, pancetta, Italian sausage, hot peppers and red onions is popular.