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Best Bakery / Focaccia Pizza

A ranked guide to Bakery / Focaccia entries across The Slice Index.

8 entries · 7 open · 1 closed/archive

What defines this list

Bakery / Focaccia is strongest in Cincinnati, Chicago, Italy. The page groups the style across cities so the best examples are not trapped inside one local list.

Top examples include Brown Bear Bakery, Two Seven Two, Sebastian Bakehouse. The ranking is crust-first: bake, structure, sauce, cheese, and repeatability matter more than reputation.

5 entries have full review text. Score-only records remain in the index but are less editorially developed.

#1
Brown Bear Bakery

Brown Bear Bakery

Cincinnati · Bakery / Focaccia · Apr 2023

8.8Great

Revisiting the one place that I’m mostly likely to be seen enjoying a slice in Cincinnati. Brown Bear usually (but not always) has only one type of focaccia per day. When…

#3
Sebastian Bakehouse

Sebastian Bakehouse

Cincinnati · Blue Ash · Bakery / Focaccia · Jul 2025

8.7Great

Bakeries are experts in bread and bread is half of pizza - So when a great bakery makes pizza, it’s generally well worth your time. The excellent @sebastianbakehouse appl…

#4
Antico Forno La Pieve

Antico Forno La Pieve

Italy · Arezzo · Roman / Al Taglio, Bakery / Focaccia · Apr 2025

8.5Great

Less traveled than its nearby neighbors Florence and Siena, the eastern Tuscan city of Arezzo boasts impressive masterpieces of its own - namely, Piero della Francesca’s…

#5
D’Amato’s Bakery

D’Amato’s Bakery

Chicago · West Town · Bakery / Focaccia · May 2025

8.4Great

@damatosbakeryandsubs is a working Italian bakery, with a wholesale operation, that also serves one of Chicago’s most distinctive slices. The style here is pure bakery pi…

#6
The Wheel

The Wheel

Cincinnati · Bakery / Focaccia · Jan 2024

8.0Great

This is a cozy neighborhood carryout located in picturesque Oakley, which among other things specializes in fresh baked bread. Last weekend, I carried out a focaccia slic…