Pizzeria Mercato - Carrboro

Hands down the best pizza I've ever had. They always have the friendliest staff and the freshest ingredients and I could rave about how exceptional Mercato is for hours. ?

Excellent thin crispy pizza with top Quality ingredients! We had the octopus, meatballs and salad for starters, also very good ?

Does not look like much from the outside. But wow, best pizza I’ve found in the triangle so far!

Fabulous take out experience!Person who took my order over the phone was super nice, considerate of my garbage pronunciation of the menu (sorry! , and helpful with specifics on when to get there, where to park etc.The food was hot, correct, tasty and well packaged.What you need to know: the place is tiny! Because of this, they get very busy. I had to call 15 times in a 20min span to get through on the phone. Your patience will be rewarded! Also because they are small, you can only call to order takeout. No online and you cannot go in (to my knowledge . After you order/pay over the phone, they’ll give you a time to park in a designated take out spot. then they bring your order out! : (I called and let them know I was there and thankfully got right through, but not sure if that’s necessary the parking lot is tiny too. I had to wait for the for previous person waiting to get the “take out” spot. There are places nearby you can park until your time. Pizzas are all the same size and I would say medium sized. For average adults, I would say it serves two people, but one person could eat it if they were hungry. We (6 ordered three pizzas and a salad, most of us ate 2 3 slices and there was pizza left over.Also tried the arancini (rice balls and they were fantastic! Basic salad was good, but some may find it a little pricey for content. We weren’t huge fans of the lemon cake, but it may have been our personal preference. It was a little dry for us. (Its probably better in house with the sauce fresh on it TBF Overall excellent flavors and customer service! We’ll be back!

The food was delicious in the moment, but I’m sorry to say that I and my friends definitely got some mild food poisoning from this place — we all experienced stomach pains after having the grilled octopus and the puttanesca and funghi pizzas. Service was great, though!