Why does this Colorado city have such an absurdly good pizza scene?
Longmont will become the center of Colorado's pizza world this weekend with the state's first pizza festival.
Anthony DeSousa put the pizza in the oven at Antonio's Real New York Pizza in Longmont on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Rosalee's Pizzeria owner James Ross tosses pizza dough in the air for an order at the Longmont restaurant on April 7, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Co-owners of Rosalee's Pizzeria, Amy and James Ross, stand with a fresh out-of-the-oven pizza at the restaurant in Longmont on April 7, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Chef Nick Swanson, left, helps teach Intern Michael Pullo, right, how to cut onions in the kitchen at Urban Field Pizza & Market in Longmont on July 15, 2024. Chef Nick Swanson, owner of Urban Field Pizza & Market in Longmont (with another opening soon in Loveland), is a training partner for the Colorado Restaurant Foundation's Bridge Internship pilot program, which gives young professionals a look at careers in the restaurant industry before they become certified apprentices. This new restaurant internship program is being spearheaded by the Colorado Restaurant Foundation. Swanson has Bridge interns at both of his locations. The interns will work and learn for six weeks this summer, and their progress will count toward the Certified Line Cook apprenticeship track. Acting as a coach as well, Swanson teaches them everything from knife skills, cutting and prepping in the back of the restaurant to working on the line making orders for customers in the front of the restaurant. He says that he wants his interns to have experience with all aspects of the restaurant and that in doing so they will be able to know what they like and what they don’t like in the industry. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
The interior of Urban Field Pizza & Market in Longmont on July 15, 2024. Chef Nick Swanson, owner of Urban Field Pizza & Market in Longmont (with another opening soon in Loveland), is a training partner for the Colorado Restaurant Foundation's Bridge Internship pilot program, which gives young professionals a look at careers in the restaurant industry before they become certified apprentices. This new restaurant internship program is being spearheaded by the Colorado Restaurant Foundation. Swanson has Bridge interns at both of his locations. The interns will work and learn for six weeks this summer, and their progress will count toward the Certified Line Cook apprenticeship track. Acting as a coach as well, Swanson teaches them everything from knife skills, cutting and prepping in the back of the restaurant to working on the line making orders for customers in the front of the restaurant. He says that he wants his interns to have experience with all aspects of the restaurant and that in doing so they will be able to know what they like and what they don’t like in the industry. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Reed McGraw, left, and Jacques Vandersteen bite slice of pizzas at Antonio's Real New York Pizza in Longmont on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Anthony DeSousa spins pizza dough at Antonio's Real New York Pizza in Longmont on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Anthony DeSousa put the pizza in the oven at Antonio's Real New York Pizza in Longmont on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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