'Homeslice Pizza' Named One of the 101 Best Pizza Restaurants in America

It’s no secret that Austin is home to some one of the best food scenes in the nation. Texas barbecue, Tex-Mex tacos, and hand-made pizza bring foodies from around the world to Central Texas just to get a taste of the southern goodness.

Now, food experts from The Daily Meal have given their nod of approval that with their list of 101 Best Pizzas in America 2015.

Homeslice Pizza’s pepperoni and mushroom pie made the coveted list this year, ranking at No. 65 amongst pizzas around the country. The magazine gave the South Austin restaurant and its pizza words of praise and glory.

“What do you get when you combine a former food editor of the Austin Chronicle with a passion for pizza? One of the most heralded pizza spots in Texas,” said the magazine. “Jen Strickland must have had to forget everything she’d learned about the pitfalls and craziness of opening a restaurant during the decade she spent covering them for the Chronicle and Texas Monthly in order to take a leap of faith and try to open one with her husband Joseph Strickland and partner Terri Hannifin. Or maybe she just knew the New York City slices she ate while attending NYU would inspire her own Austin pizzeria to greatness (there is a certain invincibility those slices can make you feel while eating one walking down the street Saturday Night Fever-style). The end result at Home Slice Pizza has been a South Austin smash: New York-style Neapolitan thin-crust slices and pies (try the pepperoni and mushroom) that just might inspire a South Congress strut, Tony Manero-style.”

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The Backspace wasn’t the only Austin pizza joint to impress the food experts. The Backspace was also on the coveted list. Check out the full list here.

[Photo: Homeslice Pizza Flickr]