Like a bronze-sculpture artist, a master pizza craftsman carefully hand-molds a base, covers it with melted material, and then displays it somewhere where birds can't ruin it. Honor flavor-disk artisans with today's Groupon: for $12, you get $25 worth of pizza, pasta, subs, and more at The Pizza Shop @ South Natick.

The Pizza Shop @ South Natick renders hunger powerless with colossal slices of New York–style pie on hand-stretched dough shellacked with homemade sauce. Crust-lusters can build their own scrumptious circles ($10.50 plus $1.49 per topping for a large) from a list of favorite and offbeat ingredients such as ricotta cheese and meatballs. They can also sample specialty pizzas ($10.30–$20.90) such as the Godfather, an olive-oiled saga starring sliced tomatoes, grilled chicken, artichoke, romano, mozzarella, and the chef's questionably-cast daughter. The Spinocolli forgoes sauce in favor of sliced tomato on olive oil and garlic, with a spinach, broccoli, and mozzarella quilt for warmth. The extensive menu pleases diverse appetites, with calzones ($9.20–$15.30) and subs ($6.25–$7.25) taking up plate residence beside burritos ($7.25) stuffed with pulled pork, steak tips, or chicken.

Reviews

Four Yelpers give The Pizza Shop @ South Natick an average of 4.5 stars:

• Best pizza around. I go out of my way to go there. – Paul S.
• Huge slices of many different pies, all fresh and delicious! – James H.