Ballard pizza to be certified true Napoletana

This is Neapolitan pizza week and one Ballard restaurant is being honored.

A delegation from the Associazionne Verace Pizza Napoletana is in town to certify seven pizza places, including Ristorante Picolinos. “This is very exciting for our establishment as being certified Napoletana is rare and very few restaurants in Seattle have the honor of this title!” they said in an email. There are rules for making Neapolitan pizzas. Certified restaurants must use specific ingredients, a wood-burning oven and the final product must conform to the tradition. The other certifications presented this week go to Via Tribunali in Fremont, Queen Anne, Georgetown and Belltown, Tutta Bella in Issaquah and Pizzeria Pulcinella in Rainier Beach.