Original Italian Pizza – 3509 James St., Eastwood Plaza

Original Italian Pizza is a pizza and wings spot in Syracuse’s Eastwood Plaza, and it is proud of two things: char-grilled wings and New York-style hand-tossed pizza. Its slogan promises food that is “flame smoking good.” It is a casual spot for pizza or wings.

Char-grilled wings are the unusual part of the pitch, since wings usually come out of a fryer. The pizza side sticks to a classic New York style, tossed by hand, and takeout is a natural fit for pizza lovers on the way home.

What to Know

• The house claim to fame is its original char-grilled wings.
• Pizza is hand tossed in the New York style.
• The slogan is “Where the food is flame smoking good.”
• The restaurant sits in Eastwood Plaza on Syracuse’s east side.