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Top Pizza in the East Bay, SF Chronicle March 2022
11 Great Pizzerias in the East Bay A slice for every kind of pizza lover by Noah Cho Updated Oct 28, 2020, 11:00am PDT
Bluebird is so unassuming you might drive right past it and not know you’ve just passed one of the best pizzerias in the entire Bay Area. A lot of East Coast transplants have sung the praises of the sweet-savory red sauce and the exceptional crust, and you’d be hard pressed to find better versions of an East Coast pie than Bluebird. There’s something to please any pizza lover here, and the meatless and vegan options are varied and interesting.
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Pizza Today July 2020 A Look at Pizzerias around the U.S.
Bluebird Pizzeria | San Leandro, California
Bluebird has garnered a solid takeout reputation in the Bay Area amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a straight-forward spot with pizza, salads and cannoli, that’s it. The pizza is New York style with a broad array of pies with several meatless and vegan options. The Kellie Grrrl is topped with mushrooms, green olives, Calabrian chilies, ricotta sauce, mozzarella and ricotta. Vegan pies are extra saucy with no cheese. The Heart of Glass features artichoke, mushroom, piquante peppers and spinach.
The 38 Essential East Bay Restaurants, Winter 2020 Where to eat right now
Eater SF
For every hundred Bay Area restaurants that promise “East Coast style” pizza, there’s only one Bluebird — a family-friendly, real-deal New York-style pizzeria in San Leandro that serves what many of its fans believe to be the best pizza in the Bay Area, straight-up. Taste a slice of one of owner (and New Jersey transplant) Fran Leidy’s pies — with their tangy-sweet East Coast style sauce and their sublime, crunchy-chewy crust — and you’ll be hard-pressed to disagree. Don’t miss the thick, square-shaped grandma slices if they’re available.
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San Francisco Magazine
The Best of the East Bay 2017 San Francisco magazine July 7, 2017
Pizza: Bluebird Pizzeria
496 E. 14th St. (at Euclid Ave.), San Leandro, 510-562-1199
The East Bay has no shortage of pizzerias that claim to offer a real-deal East Coast slice, but only one that fully delivers on that promise. Bluebird has all the outward trappings: the Bruce Springsteen paraphernalia, the cozy booths, the low-key vibe. But the main thing is the pizza itself, with its crisp-bottomed but foldable crust, upward-curled pepperoni slices, tangy-sweet tomato sauce, and glorious slick of grease.
East Bay Express
Bluebird Pizzeria: East Coast pizza and down-home hospitality
The power of the neighborhood slice shop.
Dining Discoveries: Bluebird Pizzeria
