Enjoy a wood fired pizza or your favorite Italian dishes with a modern twist at the Facci in Laurel or Ellicott City!

When he looked close to home and couldn't find the kind of pizza he grew up eating as a youth in Naples, Gino Palma-Esposito took matters into his own hands and opened Facci in Laurel.

The "real thing" means using Caputo-brand flour and San Marzano tomatoes, and cooking his pizzas for no more than 90 seconds in a 900-degree, wood-stoked fire. The result is crisp, yeasty and a little smoky.