Best pizza Bayside: Pizza Me, Black Rock takes title again in community vote

This pizza joint owner has been in the dough flipping game for more than 30 years. And his experience is just one reason customers keep returning.

Pizza Me owner Tarek Dimachki. Picture Norm Oorloff

Tarek Dimachki takes pride in everything he does.

The pizzas at his Black Rock business are made from scratch with extra care taken to create the perfect dough.

The results have seen Pizza Me named Bayside’s best pizza shop for the second consecutive year.

The grateful staff at the Beach Road business thanked their loyal customers for their ongoing support.

“We are so excited to be nominated a second year in a row and this wouldn’t have been possible without you,” the team posted on social media.

Mr Dimachki learned the art of dough flipping from his father William, a Lebanese pizza perfectionist.

“My father taught me the science behind pastry itself … it’s like a living organism which goes through certain stages of development,” Mr Dimachki said.

“We’ve got a proofing room for the pastry where it can develop properly.

“Everything in our shop is made from scratch … my father taught me to take pride in absolutely everything we do.”

A constant search for improvement led Mr Dimachki away from his first pizza shop in Black Rock – Half Moon Pizza about six years ago,

After spending time in other businesses he found a way back to his original business which was renamed Pizza Me.

“Now I’m serving recipes passed down from generation to generation” he said.

“We have a family run and orientated shop.”

Pizza Me is at 2/300 Beach Rd.