Il Paesano Pizzeria and Restaurant

What Reddit says

An Etobicoke Browns Line pizzeria valued for airy, bubbly-crust pizza, panzarotti, sandwiches and daily specials. Long-time locals are nostalgic and mostly positive, though one commenter says a different location changed hands and declined.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 7.4
  Pizza6 Redditors
  Worth trying
• Pizza by the Slice1 Redditor
• Sandwiches1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “Best pizza EVER. i used to deliver for them, i was 17. I am 50 now and still go there for slices!”

• “We used to live walking distance from there but moved away from Etobicoke and I miss this!”

• “sold off to new owners and never has been the same, but Il Paesano in Etobicoke”

• “Il Paesano Pizza on Browns Line Etobicoke…they have full bar and other Italian dishes.”

• “Il Paesano 2-4-1 pizza with their airy, bubbly crusts circa 1998.”

• “Price and quality ingredients Il Paesano Brownsline. Good specials and panzarotti and sandwiches”

• “IL Paesano”

• “I grew up with Il Paesano's pizza! I still go there once in a while!”

• “il Paesano on Brown's Line doesn't pretend to be anything other than old-school greasy pizza.”

• “they make a simple and fabulous pizza slice.”

• “IL Paesano for the old school pizza lovers”

• “Il Paesano”