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The dust has settled and the sauce has thickened: Sixteen Seattle pizzerias remain after the first round of our user-voted Seattle Times Pizza Smackdown! Indie heavyweights like Stevie’s Famous and Delancey advanced alongside local chains like Pagliacci and Tutta Bella — which will square off in Round 2 — while one of our food writers decried The Independent Pizzeria’s early exit as a travesty. More If you’re just joining us, here’s the deal: We used reader nominations to determine seeding for a 32-pizzeria tournament and let the voters do the rest — now, we’re on to our bracket’s second round of head-to-head matchups. And Round 2 should be a doozy: Critical darling Stevie’s faces restaurant titan Tom Douglas’ Serious Pie .

Beloved Ballard pizza joint Delancey will have its hands full with Big Mario’s , Seattle’s king of the late-night slice. And Windy City Pie versus Post Alley Pizza might be the hottest contest of the whole second round. Editor’s note: The bracket above will be updated after each round of voting.



Vote in the interactive poll below. Who do you have reaching the quarterfinals? Which pizzeria do you think should go all the way? Let us know in the comments — and vote below to support your neighborhood pizza shop! Voting closes July 15 at noon..

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