Restaurant critic Laura Reiley dined out for nearly 200 meals this past year. We think that makes her more than qualified to tell you some of the best places to eat in Tampa Bay. As we roll out her Top 100 Restaurants over the next few days, here are her picks for best pizza joints. What? Your fave isn't listed? Let us know in the comments section.

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In September, longtime Tampa pizza maestro Cesare Bastone tossed his last pies, dying of a heart attack only a couple weeks after the Times included Cesare's of New York Pizza in a roundup of best pizzas. He may be making pie in the sky, but there are still some terrestrial heavy hitters in the area. Not known for its pizza, certainly, but Mise en Place does a rock shrimp, poblanos and chorizo pizza that is hard to beat. Matthew McClellan, owner of Tour de Pizza, wins the prize for thinking big. Thin-crust pizzas, lots of cheese, not too much sauce — but his dream is to install a bicycle in the restaurant that, when pedaled, powers the pizza oven. The coal oven at Cristino's can cook a pizza in five minutes, rendering it crisp but tooth-resistant, with those black bubbles and perfectly gooey cheese. Order a pie without too much stuff on it, and save room for gelato.
Mise en Place, 442 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa; (813) 254-5373, miseonline.com 
Tour de Pizza, 212 37th Ave. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 898-5555, tourdepizzaonline.com 
Cristino's Coal Oven Pizza, above, 1101 S. Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater; (727) 443-4900, cristinospizzeria.com 

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