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Forno Rosso
A wood-fired pizza pulled fresh from a 900-degree oak fire, blistered crust and bubbling cheese

Wood-fired · Temescal, Oakland

Ninety seconds
over an oak fire.

Naturally leavened dough proofed for two days, San Marzano tomatoes, and fior di latte blistered in a 900° oven. Pizza the way Naples meant it, made in the East Bay.

Order aheadSee the full menu
48 hr
Dough proof
900°
Oak fire
2014
Since
Naturally leavenedSan Marzano DOPFior di latteOak-fired00 flourLocal & seasonal

Order ahead

Skip the wait.

Tell us what you want and when you want it. We fire pies to order, so yours hits the oven right before you arrive. Pickup only, paid at the counter.

  • Ready in about 20 minutesWe text you when it is boxed and waiting.
  • 4812 Telegraph Ave, TemescalTwo doors down from the BART plaza.
  • Rather call it in?(510) 555 0199, Tue - Sun from 5pm.

Pickup only · pay at the counter · no card needed to reserve

Our story

One oven, no shortcuts.

Forno Rosso started in 2014 with a hand-built brick oven and a stubborn idea: that a great pizza is mostly patience. We mill nothing, hide nothing, and rush nothing.

Our dough ferments for two full days before it ever sees the fire. The tomatoes are San Marzano, crushed by hand. The cheese is pulled fresh that morning. Then it all goes into an oak fire hot enough to leopard-spot a crust in ninety seconds.

48-hour dough

Slow cold ferment, 00 flour.

Sourced close

Bay Area farms, weekly.

A pizzaiolo stretching naturally leavened dough by hand on a floured counter
A finished margherita slice with fresh basil and blistered crust
90sin the fire

Word of mouth

The regulars say it best.

4.9 · 1,200+ reviews
The crust is the best I have had outside of Naples. That char, that chew. I drive across the bridge for it.
Marlowe K.Regular since 2016
Ordered ahead for a birthday and it was boxed and perfect the minute I walked in. The Diavola with hot honey is unreal.
Priya S.Oakland
Small menu, every single thing dialed in. You can taste that they actually care about the dough.
Theo R.Berkeley

Visit

Come sit by the fire.

Walk-ins always welcome, counter seating fills fast on weekends. We are right on Telegraph, two doors from the Temescal BART plaza.

Tuesday - Thursday
5:00 - 10:00pm
Friday - Saturday
5:00 - 11:00pm
Sunday
4:00 - 9:00pm
Monday
Closed
Get directions(510) 555 0199
The warm, dimly lit interior of Forno Rosso with wooden tables and the glow of the brick oven

4812 Telegraph Ave

Temescal, Oakland CA 94609