Tacconelli's in Philadelphia Named One of America's Best Pizzerias

Tacconelli's in Philadelphia Named One of America's Best Pizzerias

ForbesTraveler.com Ranks Port Richmond Pizza Place Among America's 10 Best

PHILADELPHIA, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In September 2007, the Today show named Vesuvio's Cheesesteak BLT the "Best Sandwich in America," and now ForbesTraveler.com is calling Philadelphia's Tacconelli's Pizza one of America's 10 best pizzerias. The Port Richmond restaurant joins great American pizza spots from Berkeley to the Bronx, including famed chef Mario Batali's Mozza in Los Angeles, on the March 5, 2008 list. Read the full ForbesTraveler.com article here: (http://www.forbestraveler.com/food-drink/americas-best-pizzerias-story.html )

To check out this prized pizzeria, hail a cab to Port Richmond, and keep these tips in mind:

-- The restaurant is cash only.
-- It's BYOB -- that is, bring your own bottle.
-- Tacs sells pizza and pizza only.
-- "It only makes enough pizza dough for one day at a time. Call early to
reserve or you're out of luck," according to ForbesTraveler.com writer
Don Burnham.

For more information on Tacconelli's, check out:

-- Philly insider travel blog, uwishunu.com (http://www.uwishunu.com/ ), for blog posts written by locals about Tacconelli's, including Tacconelli's Pizzeria (http://www.uwishunu.com/2007/11/13/taconellis-pizzeria ) and Not Mystic Pizza But Definitely a Slice of Heaven (http://www.uwishunu.com/2006/11/06/not-mystic-pizza-but-definitely-a-slice- of-heaven/) (due to length of URL, please copy and paste into browser)

-- soundaboutphilly.com, where the "My Philly" SoundAboutPhilly(R) podcast tour features locals dishing about the pizza spot. The Tacconelli's segment is found here (http://www.gophila.com/SEG/Casual_Meal_Tacconellis_Pizza/34.html ).

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The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) makes Philadelphia and The Countryside(R) a premier destination through marketing and image building that increases business and promotes the region's vitality. For more information about travel to Philadelphia, visit www.gophila.com or call the Independence Visitor Center, located in Independence National Historical Park, at (800) 537-7676.

Source: Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

CONTACT: Caroline Bean of Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing
Corporation, +1-215-599-7433, caroline@gptmc.com

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