Best Pan Fried Sicilian Pizza

Where to Find Amazing Fried Sicilian Pizza in NEPA

Pan Fried Sicilian Pizza is one of NEPA’s most unique pizza styles: a crispy, oily, rectangular tray pizza with deep roots in Luzerne County. Some call it Fried Sicilian, Back Mountain Fried Pizza, or Victory Pig Style Pizza, but no matter what you call it, this style has built a cult following across Northeastern Pennsylvania. This 2026 guide tracks every known place serving Pan Fried Sicilian Pizza in NEPA, with reviews, websites, map links, and reader updates.

What is Pan Fried Sicilian?

Sicilian pizza, characterized by its thick, spongy crust, typically baked in a rectangular pan, became a cornerstone of Sicilian-American cuisine. However, the NEPA twist on this classic involves pan frying the pizza. This results in a crispy, golden-brown crust that adds a delightful crunch to each bite. “Pan frying” is achieved by pouring a very generous amount of oil in the bottom of the pizza pan. In excess of a cup of peanut or other high smoke point oil is applied to the pan prior to the dough being pressed in.

Locals refer to Pan Fried Sicilian (PFS) pizzas as “square” and they call a whole pizza a “tray” and a single slice a “cut.” One unique feature of the Fried Sicilian Pizza is that it generally comes with diced onions under the cheese by default, but it’s up to you if you want it with or without sort of like a Philly Cheesesteak!

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Quick Guide

Style: Pan Fried Sicilian, also called Fried Sicilian or Victory Pig Style Pizza
Origin: Victory Pig Pizza and BBQ in Wyoming, PA
Region: Primarily Luzerne County and surrounding NEPA communities
Updated for: 2026
New addition: Vito’s Bistro in Pittston
Status note: Victory Pig remains open, Ceccoli’s Closed

Map of All the Pan Fried Sicilian Pizzerias in NEPA (and the World)!

<br>Where we can get into great depth about the characteristics of Fried Sicilian Pizza, it’s probably easier (and much more mouth-watering) to show you what these pizzas look like and where you can find them! Below, you will find the <b>list of 50 different pizzerias who offer the PFS Pizzas</b>:</p>

Restaurant Name	City	Review Links
Back Road Alehouse	Swoyersville	See Review
Budds Pizza and Sports Hub	Kingston	See Review
Checkerboard Inn	Trucksville	See Review
Cheers Cafe	West Pittston	See Review
CJ’s Pizza & Subs	Wilkes-Barre
Cosmo’s Cheesesteaks	Scranton	See Review
Derff’s Pizza	Sugar Notch
Dino’s Pizza & Restaurant	Wilkes-Barre	See Review
Ernie G’s	Avoca	See Review
Fat Daddy’s Bar & Grill	Luzerne
Florio’s Pizza	Plains	See Review
III Guys Pizza	Dallas	See Review
III Guys Pizza	Edwardsville
III Guys Pizza	Mountain Top
Januzzi’s Pizza	Swoyersville	See Review
Januzzi’s Pizza	Mountain Top
Januzzi’s Pizza	Wilkes-Barre	See Review
Keeley’s Alehouse & Grill	Kingston	See Review
Magda’s Pizza	Wilkes-Barre	See Review
Marty’s Pizza	Nanticoke
McAlpine Street Pub	Duryea
Murphy’s Pub	Swoyersville	See Review
New Columbus Pizza Co	Nesquehoning	See Review
Octagon Bar & Grill	Plymouth
Ole Tyme Charley’s	Plains	See Review
Overbrook Pub & Grille	Dallas
Pizza Heaven	Luzerne	See Review
Pizza L’Oven	Exeter	See Review
Pizza L’Oven	Hanover
Pizza Perfect	Trucksville	See Review
Plains Pub	Plains	See Review
Player’s Pub	Tunkhannock	See Review
Ricci’s Pizza	Wilkes-Barre	See Review
Ripple’s Pizza	Hanover
Samario’s Pizza	Scranton	See Review
Samario’s Pizza	Tunkhannock	See Review
Shady Side Tavern	Dallas	See Review
Shandra’s Pizza	Pittston	See Review
Sicilian Bella Festa	West Wyoming	See Review
Sizzle Pi	Kingston	See Review
Slice of Heaven Pizza	Mocanaqua
Spare Time Pizza	Dallas	See Review
Stone Creek Bar and Grill	Hunlock Creek
The Stonehouse	Carbondale	See Review
TC Riley’s	Trucksville	See Review
Teberio’s Pizza & Pub	Wilkes-Barre	See Review
Togoz Pizza	Wyoming	See Review
Tommy’s Pizza Corner	Kingston	See Review
Turco’s Pizza	New Castle	See Review
Victory Pig Pizza	Wyoming	See Review
Vito’s Bistro	Pittston	See Review
Wheel’s Bar & Grill	Nuangola

NEPA Pizza Review’s List of Every Pan Fried Sicilian Pizza in NEPA and Beyond.

So that’s 50 different pizzerias where you can find this style of pizza which is unique to a concentrated area of Northeast Pennsylvania! I received several more suggestions of restaurants which may have this style pizza, but was unable to verify they do offer it after checking websites, social media, menus, and sending messages to pizzerias.

Know a place serving Pan Fried Sicilian Pizza that isn’t on this list? Send me the restaurant name, city, and a menu photo or social post. I update this guide regularly and will verify reader-submitted spots for the next version.