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"Burnt Mouth Pizza: the highlight of my year thus far"
Critic Amy Drew Thompson spent two Fridays and a Sunday chasing Julian De Garden's tent around Orlando — and came away calling the crust the most exciting thing to happen to the city's pizza scene in years.
Photo: Lisa Wilk / TasteCookSip.com, courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel
Written By
Amy Drew Thompson
Published
August 6, 2026
Section
Restaurants, Food & Drink
Read It At
orlandosentinel.com
Thompson eats with her eyes first here — drawn in by the color on the pineapple pie before a single bite, then closing them entirely once her teeth hit the crust. Most of the review lingers on that crust: the structure, the blister, the aged gouda Julian grates over everything, a technique borrowed from watching Philadelphia's Joe Beddia work. Julian sums up his approach in one word — artisan.
Photo: Amy Drew Thompson, courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel
"Charred and absolutely cherry."
— on the classic pepperoni
The piece also traces the road here — Prato, The Ravenous Pig, the Culinary Institute of America, stages at Eleven Madison Park and Roberta's, The Smiling Bison, and the Michelin-recognized Coro — and touches on why Burnt Mouth exists at all: a leap Julian took this year, on his own terms, after losing his mother the year before.
Photo: Amy Drew Thompson, courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel