🍕Who has the BEST Pizza in Rhode Island? During the entire month of November, Rhode Islanders criss-crossed our great state to answer that question. A record FORTY of the BEST pizzerias vied for the prestigious title in the 11th Annual LORD of the PIES! Tonight we honor the JUDGES' CHOICE Winner voted on by our panel of pizza experts. CONGRATULATIONS to merlinospizzeria located at 889 Dyer Ave in Cranston! Let's let rifoodfights own Pizza Laureate, Tim Chace, tell the story: "Merlino's sits in a Cranston strip mall like a secret waiting to be discovered. This is the kind of place that makes you question every assumption you've made about where great food comes from. The pizza here performs a kind of physics that shouldn't be possible in a space this modest. The crust - crisp enough on the bottom to satisfy New York purists, but maintaining a pillowy chew around the edges - speaks of someone who understands dough on a molecular level. It's the kind of excellence that comes from e...