The Best Gluten Free Pizza!

Right Here in Mashpee - by Susan


I've written before about my gluten problems... I've been gluten free for 7 years.  With all the gluten free products on the market nowadays I don't feel like I'm missing much sticking to a GF diet.  When I started this journey over 7 years ago there were virtually NO products marked as "gluten-free".  Today there are so many wonderful GF products, however; gluten free pizza has never lived up to it's billing.

Initially my daughter and I discovered the  Risotteria Restaurant in NYC.  It's got fantastic GF products, beer, cupcakes, and pizza.  We'd go to NYC a couple of times a year to shop and eat GF pizza!  (now that's a really expensive pizza!).  We have scouted around our area (Boston to Cape) for great GF pizza and eventually found BZ's pizza in Dennis.  They don't make their crust but it's thin and cooked in a pizza oven.  Their pizza is darn good and the people there are so friendly!  My daughter and I still go there often, it's a great traditional (GF) pizza.


When Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza opened I checked them out and wrote about it in this blog.  It's a great restaurant but they had a very limited GF menu when they first opened up:  salmon salad, salmon dinner, and steak.  But those 3 things were always prepared perfectly so I'd go with my mom now and then for the Organic Salmon and Citrus Salad.

I went there for dinner last week with my daughter and my mom and found out they now have a printed gluten free menu!  And let me tell you, it's wicked good!  There are not only salads but sandwiches, 3 more dinner entrees (for a total of 5 now), they also have Apple Wood Grilled Burgers (on a gluten free bun!!!) and yes, they have pizza.


They make their own pizza dough (it says rice flour slowly fermented) and they are cooked in their 700 degree hearth oven.  There are 12 different kinds of designer pizza's (the exact same ones that are on the regular menu, only made with GF crust) all with a thin and crispy crust, the only type of crust that GF pizza should be made with. They do have a plain cheese and tomato sauce pizza for you purists.  These pizza's are nothing short of amazing.  I had the Wicked Margherita and Cay had the Wicked Sausage and Caramelized Onion.  They were both fantastic... out of this world fantastic!   I am going back this week for another one (I see 10 lbs in my future).

A few things about Wicked... they don't take reservations (you can call 1/2 hour before you arrive and put your name on the wait list) and even in the off season they are busy on weekends, so be prepared to call ahead or wait.   During the summer it's busy all of the time, but if you call head, get your beeper when you check in, there are nice stores to window shop at while you wait.


I emailed Wicked for a comment about this blog post... I was curious what prompted the move from a very limited GF menu to a full GF menu.  I wanted to know if the dishes had to be reworked to add them to add them to the GF menu.  I was going to ask them more about the GF pizza process and most importantly (and a word of warning for all GF people) I really wanted to ask them about the Sicilian Comfort pizza - it contains "Wicked Meatballs" and I have a hard time believing they are gluten free (meatballs usually have bread crumbs in them).  Two of their pizza's have sausage and often sausage is NOT gluten free; however, my daughter had the pizza with hormone/anti-biotic free pork sausage (and I had a piece too) and neither of us reacted to it so I know that sausage is GF.  But meatballs?

Sadly Wicked never answered my email inquiry so I can't tell you their story, which is sad because not only do I have a lot of GF readers, but I keep a GF list of places to eat at for all of Cape Cod (free for the asking).  And I get over 400 requests a year for my list.  So I wish they would have participated in this blog post (if they do comment I'll let you know).  But I can tell you their pizza is excellent.  Really the entire place is great, the food excellent, the service is splendid, and the staff is always helpful and friendly.  I would really like to try their burgers but I can't imagine going in there now and not having pizza!


Best of all the pies are big enough for 2 meals, so I left with my doggie bag and had pizza for lunch the next day.  Thank you, Wicked Pizza! 

Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza

An average pizza joint… no way! - by Susan

Mashpee Commons already has a good selection of restaurants but Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza is more bistro than pizza place. I had trouble finding it the first time I went - it's behind Roche Bros. There is a new shell parking lot right in front of Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza, but my advice is avoid it. Park in one of the many paved areas to avoid the pot holes that are so large I lost my little car in one of them. (if you find it let me know)

I’ve eaten at Wicked a number of times and I’ve never been disappointed and I’ve had fun each time I’ve been there. As regular readers of this blog know… I have Celiac Disease and I have to eat gluten-free, which can be a challenge. The staff at Wicked is not only very friendly but they are very knowledgeable about gluten-free diets. I e-mailed them with a few questions for this article and Rob, the owner, told me he will send me an e-mail with all their gluten-free choices in it. I keep a list of Cape area restaurants and grocery stores that have gluten-free choices and will be adding the Wicked selections to that list. Please email me if you would like a free copy.

Wicked is owned by Rob and Sheri Cantania, a familiar name to Cape locals. Rob grew up in the hospitality business; his family owns the Cantania Hotel Group which manages resorts and restaurants all over the Cape (Dan’l Webster Inn, Cape Codder Resort, Hearth and Kettle). He decided it was time for a new venture and opened Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza.

Hospitality is the name of the game at Wicked: it’s a very friendly place and has a great vibe to it. I’ve sat at the bar a number of times and I’ve always met, not only the bartender, but all the people around me at the bar. Some places are just like that and, being single, I occasionally eat by myself at Wicked and I always end up making friends.

The restaurant has a nice outdoor patio, a lively bar area, and a dining room with tables and booths. You can see a TV from almost anywhere in the restaurant, however; they are not intrusive so it’s not like a sports bar. Some of the individual booths have their own TV’s (yes, they give you the remote) which is great for families with kids or sports fanatics. It’s casual too, last time I was there people were coming in from a day at the beach. Be forewarned: it can be crowded at the dinner hour and the bar is almost always packed. However they do have call-ahead seating which will shorten your wait time.

Sadly I can't eat the pizza, (I’m trying to get them to think about gluten-free pizza) but my friends tell me it’s great. They bill it as artisan pizza - many of the pies are creative and include: Lobster and brie, veggie and goat cheese, Shrimp Scampi with pesto, scallop BLT, and simple cheese for the kids. The pizza crust is made without oil so it's actually low in fat and then the pies are cooked in the 700 degree stone hearth oven in the kitchen. So the crust is exactly what I like: thin, hot, and crispy.

In keeping with the bistro theme, they have some nice appetizers (I think the only gluten-free one is shrimp) and great salads. I love the Organic Salmon and Citrus Salad - the salmon is perfectly cooked every single time. They have a number of dinner entrees too, from pasta, to cedar planked organic Salmon, to steak. You can get 5 different burgers and friends rave about the Spicy BBQ Burger. When I went with my mom, she got the Lobster Roll and loved it… it was exactly how she likes it… the lobster nice and tender, mixed with just a little mayo. It was huge and served with a large order of French fries!

They have desserts that are made daily in-house, a great wine list, a rotating selection of 12 draft beers, and fun specialty drinks. A huge plus for me about Wicked is they are as local and healthy as you can get. Almost everything in the restaurant is either local, organic, or both. The pizza dough is all organic, they have organic wine and spirits; the produce is locally grown in New England; the cheese is local; salmon is all organic; and the meats are all hormone- and antibiotic-free (they also have a full take-out menu and curbside service).

It’s a real treat; it’s a terrific night out; AND it’s moderately priced. Who could ask for more?

Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza 35 G South Street Mashpee, MA 508-477-7422

Pictures: Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza, Devin Dimeo-Ediger, and Rajiv Patel