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Gourmet Pizza For Under $7 a slice? It exists near FIU.

Low prices + No Lines = Great pizza

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Matt Meltzer
Jun 11, 2026
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At what point did we all decide $30 was a perfectly normal amount to pay for a pizza? I’m not sure when it happened. I remember sitting down at Lucali for the first time 13 years ago and doing a triple take when I saw a pizza was $24. Now, you’re lucky to get a 12-inch cheese for that price. Let’s not even get into the preposterous world of “gourmet slices,” where you wait in a long line for the right to pay $11 a slice.

This is why I was giddy when I found Golden Lizzard, hidden, as most great pizza places are, in a strip mall near a college. The FIU-adjacent spot serves up crispy crust, high-quality pizza for literally half what much-ballyhooed places in Downtown and Wynwood charge. And if you’re looking for the best pizza deal in the city, this may well be it.

Ok, what kind of deals are we talking?

Two slices and a soda for under $10, like god intended. And these aren’t the standard, window-aged slices you get for a few bucks in South Beach. These are high-qual…

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