The tiny neighbourhood pizza spot which is better than the big boys and sells fried delights you can't find anywhere else

Manchester is awash with pizza. But then that’s nothing new.

Once Croma was the undisputed King of Dough, first in town ( now sadly deceased ), and then establishing local favourites in Chorlton and Prestwich.

In more recent times, it’s been Honest Crust, which picked up on the whole artisan sourdough Neapolitan style of pizza emerging from the likes of Franco Manca in London.

Starting out with its mobile oven, it set up shop permanently at the Market House in Altrincham, and then Mackie Mayor and the Picturedrome in Macc, and has never looked back.

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Then came the excellent Rudy’s.

A slick and decisive operation, it became so popular so quickly that in just a few years it has sprouted branches in Birmingham, Leeds, two in Liverpool, another in Stockton Heath and its first outpost in London, as well as three in Manchester.

Not every pizza spot has such designs on world domination (alright, national domination). And neither should they.

Some are small, but perfectly formed. Like PizzAmmore Napoli in Sale.

Yes, the name’s a bit clunky, and yes, it doesn’t have the stripped down coolness that Rudy’s seems to have nailed so effortlessly.

But the pizza is every bit as good. And on its day, perhaps even slightly better.

And if I’m totally honest, the whole Rudy’s pepperoni situation gets on my nerves a bit. Thickly sliced strips instead of circular slices? They’re monsters.

There, I’ve said it.

On a Wednesday night - which also happens to be National Pizza Day - the place is relatively quiet, but having visited on several other occasions, it’s usually bustling and busy.

Familiar faces suggest that this little neighbourhood gem has its own fanbase, not to mention the stream of