Here in the Twin Cities, there's a serious dearth of the folded pizza wonder known as the calzone, as well as its close cousin, the stromboli. Definitions are a little murky, but in general a calzone is considered to be pizza dough folded into a half-moon and stuffed with pizza-like toppings, where a stromboli is like a pizza roll.
While it can be hard to find calzones and stromboli in the Twin Cities, there are a few precious spots offering these elusive pizza relatives. From St. Paul to the suburbs, here are 7 places to eat calzones and stromboli in the Twin Cities, mapped in roughly geographic order.
Do you know about a calzone or stromboli missing from the list? Let us know in the comments.
The Parasole group’s signature Edina pizzeria offers up a calzone stuffed with cotto ham, mozzarella, marinara, spinach, sausage, and ricotta for $12. The calzone, like the other pizzas at Mozza Mia, comes out of their traditional wood fired oven.
For $12.95, Figlio in St. Louis Park offers up a stromboli on both its lunch and dinner menus. The stromboli is primarily stuffed with chicken and artichoke, but also includes tomato, mozzarella, ricotta, and kalamata olives.
Uptown’s Green Mill serves up an extreme supreme calzone stuffed with
sausage, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, black and green olives, and extra cheese for $10.99. Similar to a popular pizza option, Green Mill also offers a build your own three cheese calzone which starts off with three cheeses and gives you the option to choose the remainder of ingredients.
Soho Cafe is serving up the best of both worlds: a calzone, as well as two different stromboli. The meat stromboli includes mozzarella cheese, sausage, ground beef, and gyro meat. The Manhattan stromboli features mozzarella cheese, onions, peppers, pepperoni, sausage and gyro meat. The four cheese calzone is a combination of ricotta, Parmesan, mozzarella and feta-served with marinara. All three dishes are $6.49 each, and for an additional $.69 (each) you can add spinach, ham, pepperoni, sausage, red onions, or mushrooms.
True to its name, A Slice of New York on Eat Street offers up a variety of traditional East Coast style calzones. The choices consist of a veggie calzone, a meat calzone, a cheese calzone, a stuffed supreme calzone, and finally a meat stromboli - for $5.75 each.
Black Sheep Pizza, known for their coal fired oven, also serves up a mozzarella, ricotta, and marinara calzone for $17.75. Diners can also add ingredients from the build-your-own portion of the menu (like pepperoni or mushrooms) to make a custom calzone.
Punch Pizza’s original Highland Park location features five unique calzones available for both dine-in and take-out. First, the meatless AL 22 is stuffed with spinach, mushroom, ricotta di bufala, and garlic. The Da Michele includes ham, mozzarella di bufala, ricotta di bufala, and oregano. The Lombardi is stuffed with ham, mushrooms, goat cheese, and basil. For a simple and fresh calzone, try the Ripeno, which features salami, ricotta di bufala, and oregano. Lastly, the Trianon is stuffed with just two ingredients: Ricotta di bufala and San Marzano tomatoes. Punch’s calzones are all topped with San Marzano tomatoes and range from $11.25 to $15.45.
The Parasole group’s signature Edina pizzeria offers up a calzone stuffed with cotto ham, mozzarella, marinara, spinach, sausage, and ricotta for $12. The calzone, like the other pizzas at Mozza Mia, comes out of their traditional wood fired oven.
For $12.95, Figlio in St. Louis Park offers up a stromboli on both its lunch and dinner menus. The stromboli is primarily stuffed with chicken and artichoke, but also includes tomato, mozzarella, ricotta, and kalamata olives.
Uptown’s Green Mill serves up an extreme supreme calzone stuffed with
sausage, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, black and green olives, and extra cheese for $10.99. Similar to a popular pizza option, Green Mill also offers a build your own three cheese calzone which starts off with three cheeses and gives you the option to choose the remainder of ingredients.
Soho Cafe is serving up the best of both worlds: a calzone, as well as two different stromboli. The meat stromboli includes mozzarella cheese, sausage, ground beef, and gyro meat. The Manhattan stromboli features mozzarella cheese, onions, peppers, pepperoni, sausage and gyro meat. The four cheese calzone is a combination of ricotta, Parmesan, mozzarella and feta-served with marinara. All three dishes are $6.49 each, and for an additional $.69 (each) you can add spinach, ham, pepperoni, sausage, red onions, or mushrooms.
True to its name, A Slice of New York on Eat Street offers up a variety of traditional East Coast style calzones. The choices consist of a veggie calzone, a meat calzone, a cheese calzone, a stuffed supreme calzone, and finally a meat stromboli - for $5.75 each.
Black Sheep Pizza, known for their coal fired oven, also serves up a mozzarella, ricotta, and marinara calzone for $17.75. Diners can also add ingredients from the build-your-own portion of the menu (like pepperoni or mushrooms) to make a custom calzone.
Punch Pizza’s original Highland Park location features five unique calzones available for both dine-in and take-out. First, the meatless AL 22 is stuffed with spinach, mushroom, ricotta di bufala, and garlic. The Da Michele includes ham, mozzarella di bufala, ricotta di bufala, and oregano. The Lombardi is stuffed with ham, mushrooms, goat cheese, and basil. For a simple and fresh calzone, try the Ripeno, which features salami, ricotta di bufala, and oregano. Lastly, the Trianon is stuffed with just two ingredients: Ricotta di bufala and San Marzano tomatoes. Punch’s calzones are all topped with San Marzano tomatoes and range from $11.25 to $15.45.
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