National Pizza Day has led to some of the big takeway chains offering discount deals.
And there are plenty of restaurants in Oxford still serving takeaway pizzas during lockdown 3.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a way out of lockdown on February 22.
Nick West makes takeaway pizzas at the Holly Bush in 2020 Picture: Nick West
One of the restaurants, BBuona in Gloucester Green, formerly Buona Sera Italian restaurant, still holds the Tripadvisor #1 position out of 440 restaurants in the city.
It has a five-star rating and is placed first out of 31 Italian restaurants and takeaways in Oxford.
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Following a recent order, Alessandra left this review: "We have ordered a Carbonara and a Bufala pinsa to take away and we were so impressed!
Millie Stringer 5 enjoys her pizza at the launch. Pic by Denis Kennedy.
"Excellent dough and fresh top quality ingredients, the pinsa base in so soft and fluffy and crunchy at the same time. Really really good!"
Staff at BBuona say ‘you don’t have to go to Italy to eat a good pizza’.
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The website added: “We have arrived in Oxford, happy to bring with us the flavours and colours of Pinsa, a typical Roman dish.
“Pinsa has its own flours mix different from pizza, a very small amount of yeast and 80% of water. Crunchy outside and soft inside, lighter, less fat and more digestible than a classic pizza.
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“We are deeply and truly in love with Pinsa, its ancient origins and the variety of toppings that can make it really unique and tasty, so Pinsa is the protagonist of our menu here at BBuona Pizza Bar.”
Children at Hook Norton C of E Primary School were taking part in the national Let's Get Cooking 'Big Cookathon 2014'
As our archive pictures show pizza has been popular in the county long before the Americans dreamed up National Pizza Day.
When Pizzaland opened a new restaurant in Oxford High Street in 1985 they invited a dancer from the Apollo Theatre to entertain guests.
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