{"id":7985,"date":"2026-04-16T09:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/?p=7985"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:28:04","slug":"leo-spizzirri-and-moderna-bar-and-pizzeria-best-new-restaurant-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/leo-spizzirri-and-moderna-bar-and-pizzeria-best-new-restaurant-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Spizzirri and Moderna Bar and Pizzeria, Best New Restaurant Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome back to Pizza Quest,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Leo Spizzirri, Maestro of Pizza, <\/b>is back, with all sorts of good news for us. He used to be known as \u201cthe greatest guy you never heard of\u201d until his classes across the country, and especially at Pizza University, became legendary. His videos on Instagram and TikTok have turned him into an international celebrity and, now, having consulted for years behind the scenes for restaurants and pizzerias across the country, he is now the chef and creative partner in a restaurant of his own, in Austin Texas called, <b><em>Moderna Bar and Pizzeria,<\/em><\/b>which just won the coveted prize as Best New Restaurant in Austin. And, if that\u2019s not enough, his first book, <strong><em>\u201cPizza Love, 100 Recipes Perfected for the Home Cook,\u201d <\/em><\/strong>is available for pre-order and will be out any day now.I think it\u2019s safe to say that Leo is no longer the greatest guy you never heard of but is now, simply, the greatest guy you now all know and love, and the guy of whom the legendary Chicago pizza author, Pat Bruno says,\u201c<em>Spizzirri knows pizza like Michelangelo knew marble.\u201d<\/em> Not bad, eh? You&#8217;ll hear all about in this episode of <em><strong>Pizza Quest.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>PS. Leo and I will be teaching a 3-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pizzauniversity.org\/events\/3-day-intensive-sourdough-trio-pizza-focaccia-bread-with-peter-reinhart-and-leo-spizzirri\/\">Master Class on Sourdough Pizza at Pizza University, from May 4-6<\/a> in Beltsville, MD. Here is a discount code you can use to get 20% off (a $400 savings!): <strong>SOURDOUGH20<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0A good time is guaranteed!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leo Spizzirri, The Pizza Maestro\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhS7prdu-Ck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Pizza Quest, Leo Spizzirri, Maestro of Pizza, is back, with all sorts of good news for us. He used to be known as \u201cthe greatest guy you never heard of\u201d until his classes across the country, and especially at Pizza University, became legendary. 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