Pizza Sangiorgi is on Route 364 in Canandaigua, which puts it at the northeastern approach to Canandaigua Lake coming from the Finger Lakes Expressway direction. Five stars for a pizza operation that is doing something specific and doing it well without requiring you to know what that specific thing is before you order.
The pizza here is influenced by the Italian-American tradition in a way that's tighter and more focused than the sloppy impression of that tradition. The dough has actual character. The tomato sauce is made with acid and salt balanced correctly. The cheese is applied at the right quantity rather than the approximate quantity. These are simple things that matter at the level of whether a pizza is worth eating or just worth having.
Canandaigua Lake is one of the more accessible Finger Lakes for a CNY visit — not as overrun as Seneca and Cayuga near the main wine trail infrastructure, which means Canandaigua keeps a bit more of its local feel on a Saturday in July. Pizza Sangiorgi is the kind of place you end up at after a day on the water and leave feeling like it was a good decision.
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