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 Groupon leaves delicate pie creation to the professionals: for $12, you get $25 worth of pizza and more at Home Slice Pizza on South Saint Clair Street.

Home Slice Pizza specializes in hand-tossed, New York–style slices, inventively topped specialty pies, and toasty ciabatta subs. The menu's bounty of eclectic dough disks is topped by the potato pizza, a starchy symphony of potato, bacon, and cheddar cheese served alongside creamy ranch dressing ($14–$16). Sink meat munchers into the steak "Za," smothered in a zesty blend of ranch and A1 steak sauce and topped with cheddar, a secret hodgepodge of five other cheeses, green peppers, mushrooms, banana peppers, and seasoned steak ($13.95–$15.95). Compare and contrast other filled-bread concoctions by ordering a few toasty ciabatta subs to share among friends ($6.50), or impress a date by hand tossing a hand-tossed hot apple turnover into a basketball hoop mounted in a brand-new Ferrari ($6.89).

Reviews

Nine Yelpers give Home Slice Pizza an average of four stars, and 87% of Urbanspooners recommend it:

• We're lucky to have local options like this, and it's a great change of pace from the sports bars near the ball-park and arena. Do yourself a favor and try it! I recommend the "white" pizza. – N R., Yelp
• The grilled chicken is a particular favorite of mine. They also have a fair amount of specialty pies like margarita pizza and a artichoke dip pizza. Cheese bread is also really solid. – Rob D., Yelp