For Amazing Wood-Fired Pies, Visit 1929 Pizza & Wine in Wood River

Great pizza, crispy salad dressed well and fantastic wine: What more could you ask for? That's the premise behind Amy and Matt Herren's 1929 Pizza & Wine in Wood River, Illinois. The pizzeria's fare stands out thanks to its wood-fired crust, which combines the thinness of a Neapolitan pie with a crunch bottom and slightly more heft. It's a wonderful base for offerings such as a potato pizza, which stuns with layers of taters sliced so thin as to be transparent.

If fare this delicious wasn't enough, 1929 also has a great story. After a 2021 fire devastated a century-old building in Wood River, an artist ran a depiction of what the revitalized building could someday be in the Alton Telegraph. Civic leaders ran with the idea and reached out to the Herrens.

To find out what happened next, you'll have to read RFT Dining Critic Cheryl Baehr's review "1929 Pizza & Wine Brings Truly Extraordinary Wood-Fired Pies to Life." But first, scroll down and check out our photos of the pizzeria, as an appetizer.