Founded in 2004 by Italian-born Luigi Agostini, Pizzeria Luigi brings Neapolitan-trained technique to its Newport Avenue storefront in OB. The kitchen stretches 18-inch pies on bottled-water dough — a hydration method that produces a thinner, crisper crust than the pub-style rounds at Pizza Port Ocean Beach. Signature builds include the Crime Scene (ricotta, hand-rolled meatball, and marinara dots) alongside calzones, stromboli, and a rotating pasta menu. This OB outpost opened in 2021 as the fourth San Diego location, extending a footprint that began in Golden Hill and now anchors the same Narragansett-to-Newport Italian corridor as Poma's Italian Deli. The full bar pairs San Diego craft drafts with Italian imports, completing a format built around the 30-inch party pie — a single crust engineered to feed a table of eight.