We live in a world where most pizza and pasta shops tend to have names like Louie’s and Little Joe’s. The names are old school Italian-American, which is why L’antica Pizzeria Da Michele in Long Beach stands out.

Just saying the name defines Da Michele as a proper taste of the old country. It exudes a place to go for a genuine taste of an Italian backstreet pizza. Da Michele exudes the old country come to America — and it succeeds. Step through the door, and you leave Belmont Shore for a land where pizzas are taken seriously. There’s no pineapple pizza on the menu. That’s for over here, not over there.

The authenticity of L’antica begins with its name, which does not follow in the form of a Mario’s and a Domenico’s. This is a pizza chain with roots that go back to 1870, when it was found

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