Michael Lazzara (left) of Norridge, owner of Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge, opened the restaurant with chef Peppino Sgangarella of Elmwood Park which features a wood-burning oven behind them. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Waitress Nicole Basinski of Elmwood Park brings an arugula and prosciutto pizza with shaved parmesan to Angelo Savaiano of Norridge at Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Peppino Sgangarella of Elmwood Park pulls out pizza from the wood burning oven at Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Peppino Sgangarella of Elmwood Park puts mozzarella on a pizza before putting it in a wood-burning oven at Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Michael Lazzara (right) of Norridge, owner of Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge, brings l'affogato (baby octupus in marinara) to Frank Lopez (right) of Norridge and Giacomo Giovannialli of Harwood Heights. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

L'affogato is made with baby octopus in marinara and is baked in a clay pot in the wood burning stove at Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge. It's one of the Italian-style tapas the restaurant offers. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Michael Lazzara of Norridge, owner of Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge, puts nutella gelato in a cup, one of about 16 homemade gelato and sorbet flavors at the restaurant. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A cup of nutella gelato, one of about 16 homemade gelato and sorbet flavors at the restaurant. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Three panzerotti bake in the wood burning oven at the new Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Michael Lazzara of Norridge, owner of Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge, stands outside the restaurant's patio which overlooks Norridge Park. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Michael Lazzara (left) of Norridge, owner of Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge, and chef Peppino Sgangarella of Elmwood Park hold up a pizza cooked in the wood-burning oven behind them. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Michael Lazzara of Norridge, owner of Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge, holds up a pizza and gelato inside his restaurant which opened May 21. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Peppino Sgangarella of Elmwood Park places a margherita pizza with basil on the counter which was cooked in the wood-burning oven at Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Mike Fanelli (left) of Norridge, Frank Lopez of Norridge and Giacomo Giovannialli of Harwood Heights have panzerotti at the new Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Peppino Sgangarella of Elmwood Park adds olive oil after baking a capricciosa pizza made with artichokes, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms and olives at Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Michael Lazzara (left) of Norridge, owner of Lazza Pizza & Gelato in Norridge, watches as chef Peppino Sgangarella of Elmwood Park flattens out pizza dough before baking it in the wood-burning oven behind them. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media