Maggio’s Wood Fired Pizza, 7212 W. North Ave., is heating up its ovens. In fact, the new East Tosa counter service pizza spot will officially open its doors to the public at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, just a day ahead of National Pizza Day. Behind the concept is Jeremy Maggio, a University of Wisconsin graduate who began experimenting with making pizza after falling in love with Neapolitan pies he ate during a trip to Italy in 2008. 

What began as a curiosity soon became an obsession. By 2015 he'd built a pizza trailer and launched a side business catering wood-fired pizzas with his wife Emily. They sold the trailer in 2017 when they decided to make a cross-country move to Seattle. But Maggio says he continued to hone his skills. “I never stopped making pizzas,” he says.