On the Richmond Pizza Trail: The Point’s Raymond's Pizzeria
Welcome to Grandview Independent’s pizza quest, Richmond Pizza Trail. The GI staff has turned our sights on pizza while the Richmond Burrito Trail observes a 40-day hiatus.
The Richmond Pizza Trail got off to a good start last week with the highly rated neighborhood favorite, Richmond Pizza House, where we dined on several excellent pizzas.
Soren Hemmila
This week, we rolled into Raymond’s Pizzeria in Point Richmond and had our socks knocked off by a pizza ai funghi.
Raymond’s, tucked in between Maya Taqueria and the Up & Under Pub, offers expertly crafted East Coast-inspired thin-crust pies. This is the black-and-white building with a replica of the Statue of Liberty on the roof and a neon sign offering free time travel consultation.
According to Eater San Francisco, Raymond’s Pizzeria opened in 2019 and is "Richmond’s most ‘ambitious pizza shop."
Luke Tsai
Inside, the restaurant is sleek and modern, with an open kitchen so you can see where the pizzas come to life.
Raymond’s offers slices, and a steady stream of people lined up for their piece of the pie when we visited. Raymond's also offers 40oz Fridays, a cheese slice, and a forty of Miller High Life or Pabst for $10.
According to their website, other offers include a "free box with the purchase of a pizza" and a "buy one pizza at full price and get a second at full price" meal deal.
The restaurant boasts seven Special Pizzas that all sound great. We narrowed our choice to a truffle-infused McMushroom pizza and a pepperoni pizza. The menu claimed McMushroom is one of Raymond’s top-selling pizzas and highly addicting.
Raymond's Pizzeria McMushroom and pepperoni pizzas
The McMushroom features a garlic olive oil base – no red sauce here – mozzarella, cremini mushrooms, ricotta, thyme, and a decadent white truffle oil drizzle. The first bite hits you with garlic; next, the amped-up mushroom flavor takes hold, providing an earthy, rich, and downright indulgent flavor experience. The ricotta, which looks like meringue cookies, is pipped on after the pie comes out of the oven. The mushroom pizza from Gioia Pizzeria in Berkeley is similar to Raymond’s but doesn’t get the post-bake ricotta.
This isn’t your average dough. The crust undergoes a multi-day fermentation process, resulting in a light bite that holds its own against premium toppings. We ripped the bubbly crust off and soaked up the creamy ricotta and pizza oil bite by bite.
Pepperoni lovers will appreciate the attention to detail — each slice is adorned with just enough fresh greenery to make it pop visually. This might be the prettiest pepperoni pizza we’ve ever seen, with the flavor to match. The pepperoni pizza had that same beautifully blistered crust as the McMushroom but slathered with just enough rich tomato sauce to balance the mozzarella and pepperoni.
We’re not always fans of New York-style pizza, but the way these slices naturally folded in our hands, making the perfect crust-cheese-sauce combo, caught us off guard.
As the Richmond Pizza Trail continues, we’re eager to discover more standout pies across the city. From the indulgent, truffle-kissed McMushroom to the beautifully blistered pepperoni, Raymond’s Pizzeria set a high bar for our next stops.
Let us know where to eat next, and check back next week for another stop on the trail as Grandview Independent attempts to find the best pizza in Richmond.
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