Regina Pizzeria • 1926

The brick oven at this North End landmark has been firing thin-crust pies since Luigi D'Auria opened Boston's first pizzeria in 1926. Now run by the Polcari family for nearly seven decades, the original Thacher Street location still turns out blistered, sauce-forward pizzas from that same century-old oven. Order the Giambotta—a loaded pie that's been on the menu since the beginning—and grab a seat in the cramped, no-frills dining room where the smell of garlic and wood smoke hasn't changed in generations.