Cugino Forno Durham

Cugino Forno Durham is a Pizza Place in Durham, NC, located at 800 Taylor St. The restaurant specializes in authentic Neapolitan-style pizza, offering a menu that includes the Pizza Margherita D.O.P., Marinara, Livorno, Americano, Bianca, Verdure, Porziano, Calabrese, Funghi, Napoletana, and Supremo Italiano. They also serve salads such as the Caprese, Lecce, and Verona, alongside pastries like cannoli, chocolate cake, strawberry cupcake, carrot cake, coconut pineapple cake, Italian fruit tart, and tiramisu. The business holds a rating of 4.60 based on customer reviews.

The founders, three cousins from a small town in Turkey, spent months in Naples learning from the world’s greatest pizzaiolos to master the craft of true Neapolitan-style pizza. They import nearly 80% of their ingredients from the best sources in Italy. Each pizza is cooked in a 900° oven imported from Naples that contains stone from Mt. Vesuvius. Select locations offer hands-on pizza classes where customers can learn to stretch dough and fire up their creations. The first location opened in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 2017, followed by locations in Winston-Salem in 2019 and Clemmons in 2020. The Durham location is among the newer additions to the Cugino Forno network, which also includes a location in Wilmington, North Carolina, and one in Frederick, Maryland.

Customers have described the food as delicious, authentic, and made fresh. One reviewer noted that the Americano Pizza was particularly good, while another praised the quick service and the cool venue with outdoor space. The menu features specific items like the San Marzano tomato sauce, bufala mozzarella, and fresh basil on the Margherita, and the spicy Italian salami with Calabrian peppers on the Calabrese. Desserts include chocolate cake, strawberry cupcakes, carrot cake, and Italian fruit tarts. Gelato is available in a variety of flavors, including a vegan option.

The business maintains a positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it. Reviewers have called it some of, if not the best, pizza in the state, noting that it is nationally ranked. The combination of imported ingredients and traditional cooking methods has earned it a strong reputation for quality.

Cugino Forno Durham brings its signature wood-fired Neapolitan pizza and imported Italian ingredients to the heart of Durham on Taylor Street, offering a distinct taste of authentic craftsmanship to local diners.

Cugino Forno Durham sits on Taylor Street, about a tenth of a mile from North Elizabeth Street and Holloway Place. It is also located roughly two tenths of a mile from Holloway Street and Fayetteville Road, and about three tenths of a mile from Edgemont Park.

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