For Pizza, a Medford Square newcomer, offers what it describes as its own twist on South Shore pizza. It hits similar notes, but it’s a bit larger (12 inches instead of the usual 10) and has quite a thin crust (but not cracker-like) — “we believe that huge old school crust is a waste of taste,” declares the team. Still, there’s enough crust to get that classic lacy edge. Vegan options are available. A portion of For Pizza’s profits support local community groups.

Hot Box debuted in late 2018. This Bow Market purveyor — which also serves North Shore-style roast beef sandwiches — features an homage to the wildly popular pickle pizza at Town Spa in Stoughton (more on that below), only its version is also topped with hots.

Norwood’s Castle Island Brewing expanded to South Boston in late 2021, and it has a South Shore-style bar pizzeria onsite called Bardo’s, from the family that until recently ran the decades-old Randolph event space Lombardo’s (you’ve seen the giant chandelier from the road.) Bardo’s features a few fancy pies alongside its standard topping options, like the “happy camper” — pesto, fresh mozzarella, kale, roasted red peppers, and parmesan. There’s also a gluten-free cauliflower crust available.

There are plenty of South Shore bar pizza acolytes who’d tell you that Lynwood, which dates back to 1949, is the cream of the crop. It would be hard to argue with those people. It’s a great place to drink a beer and an even better place to eat a hamburger and onion pizza. Planning to travel? Lynwood offers half-baked pizzas to freeze and finish cooking elsewhere. Cash only.

Like Lynwood, Town Spa has its fair share of enthusiastic followers. Its most iconic pizza is topped with pickles. (It sounds weird; it is a little weird; it is also delicious.) Locals will tell you to dip your pizza in the restaurant’s popular honey mustard. Town Spa also offers mail-order pizza, which is a nice treat for anyone who’s moved away from the South Shore.

Nothing says pizza like an Irish pub, am I right? The lacy, crunchy, cheesy edge is an exemplar of the genre. Pastrami and pickle is the play at O’Toole’s.

Established in the mid-1960s, Venus is a heavyweight of the genre. Get the mushroom.

Cape Cod Cafe, established way back in 1939, claims to be the original South Shore bar pizzeria. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t — either way, it makes exceptional bar pizza, and that’s all that matters. It has four locations now, and you can probably find its pizza in the freezer of your nearest grocery store. Hit the original location in Brockton, though.

Another Irish Pub, another very solid spot for South Shore bar pizza.