Firewood Oven Pizza

Wood-Fired Pizza in Santa Rosa — Capriciano Osteria
Real wood-fired Italian pizza, baked the way it was meant to be — in the heart of Santa Rosa’s wine country.

Our wood-fired pizza in Santa Rosa is baked in a firewood oven and served at dinner from 5 PM, six nights a week (closed Tuesdays).

At Capriciano, our pizza is a love letter to Naples and the firewood ovens of Italy. Each pie begins with a hand-stretched dough, gets dressed with San Marzano tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, and finishes in our wood-fired oven — where the high heat blisters the crust, melts the cheese, and locks in flavor in a way no other method can match. From the classic Margherita to our signature Pizza Capriciano, every pizza is built to be shared.

What Makes Our Pizza Special?

The Italian Tradition
Italians have been making pizza this way for centuries — a simple stretch of dough, a few perfect ingredients, and a wood-fired oven hot enough to cook each pie in minutes. At our Santa Rosa osteria, we keep the tradition alive: dough made fresh, sauce built from San Marzano tomatoes, mozzarella torn by hand. The wood-fired oven does what no electric oven can — it gives the crust its lift, its char, and the unmistakable flavor of real Italian pizza.
Highlights From the Pizza Menu
  • Margherita — San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil
  • Funghi & Salsicce — wild mushrooms, Italian sausage, fontina, arugula
  • Pizza Capriciano — seasonal vegetables, pesto, ricotta, pecorino, Parmigiano, shrimp, pancetta, black pepper
  • Hand-stretched dough, never machine-rolled
  • Cooked at high heat in our firewood oven
  • Custom toppings and substitutions on request — ask your server
Is Pizza Right for Your Evening?
Our pizza pairs beautifully with:
  • A casual Italian dinner with friends
  • Wine country evenings and unhurried dinners
  • Family-style sharing for the whole table
  • Group celebrations and birthdays
  • A glass of Italian red wine
  • An aperitivo to open the evening
  • Pre-theater dining before a night out
  • A relaxed evening with handmade Italian classics
Whether you are after the simplicity of a Margherita, the savor of mushroom and sausage, or the bold creativity of our Pizza Capriciano, our wood-fired pizzas meet you where you are. Every pie is rooted in Italian tradition and served in the heart of Santa Rosa’s wine country.
What to Expect at Your Table
Our pizzas arrive as you would expect from a proper Italian osteria — bubbling, lightly charred at the edges, and built to be shared. Cooked one at a time in our firewood oven, each pie reaches the table at its peak. Your server is always nearby to recommend a wine pairing from our Italian and California list, or flag the evening’s specials. No rush, no shortcuts — just the pleasure of a table done right.
Why Choose Our Pizza?
Wood-Fired the Right Way

Our pizzas are cooked in a true firewood oven at high heat — the only way to get the char, lift, and texture that define a real Italian pie. Each pizza is hand-stretched, dressed, and slid into the oven and out again in minutes, never longer than it should be.

Authentic Italian Ingredients

San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, Italian sausage, fontina, pesto, pancetta — our pizza menu is built on the ingredients Italians have always used. Every pie pairs naturally with a glass from our Italian and California wine list.

Wood-Fired Pizza in Santa Rosa, Straight from the Firewood Oven

At Capriciano, wood-fired pizza in Santa Rosa is part of a full Italian dinner rather than a pizzeria order. Our pies are listed under Pizze | Firewood Oven: the Margherita, the Funghi & Salsicce with wild mushrooms and Italian sausage, and the Pizza Capriciano with shrimp and pancetta. They share the table with antipasti, salads, handmade pasta and fresh seafood, so a pizza can be a main course for one or a shared plate for the whole group, next to a glass of Nero d’Avola or a crisp Italian pilsner.

Wood-fired pizza oven with a brick arch and a live fire, where we bake wood-fired pizza in Santa Rosa at Capriciano Osteria
Pizza on a long peel coming out of the wood-fired oven at Capriciano Osteria
Margherita pizza with tomato and basil, one slice taken, on a wood table at Capriciano Osteria
Two wood-fired pizzas from above, one white with ricotta and arugula, one with mushrooms and sausage, at Capriciano Osteria

What pizzas are on the menu?

The Margherita is San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and fresh basil, the simplest test of any oven. The Funghi & Salsicce layers cream sauce and San Marzano tomatoes with wild mushrooms, Italian sausage, fontina and arugula. The Pizza Capriciano, our namesake, brings garlic cream sauce, seasonal vegetables, pesto, ricotta, pecorino, Parmigiano, shrimp, pancetta and black pepper. Order one each and share, with Marinated Mediterranean Olives or Shishito Pepper from the Bites list on the side.

Is the pizza really wood-fired?

Yes. Every pizza on the menu is baked in our firewood oven, which is why the menu lists them under Pizze | Firewood Oven. Wood-fired pizza is one of the things our kitchen is built around, together with handmade pasta, fresh seafood and Italian-style antipasti. Pair one with a Menabrea Bionda, a floral, crisp Italian pilsner from Biella, or with a glass of Feudo Montoni Nero d’Avola from Sicily, with its dark cherry and plum.

Is Capriciano a pizzeria?

No. Capriciano is an Italian fine-dining osteria, open for dinner only. Pizza shares the menu with Antipasti Freddi and Caldi, Insalate, Pasta, Carne and Pesce e Molluschi, and with a list of Italian, Sonoma County and Napa Valley wines, Italian-style craft beer and wine-based aperitivi. Come for a pizza and a glass, or build a longer dinner around it, with a starter to begin and a Tiramisu, Panna Cotta or Affogato, plus a glass of dessert wine, to finish.

Where can I get wood-fired pizza in Santa Rosa?

At Capriciano, 505 Mendocino Ave in downtown Santa Rosa. We serve dinner Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 5 to 9:30 PM, and Friday and Saturday from 5 to 10 PM; we are closed on Tuesdays. Walk-ins are welcome when we have a table. For weekends, for parties of four or more and for special occasions, we recommend booking ahead through OpenTable or at (707) 800-7904, so there is room for the whole group.

That is wood-fired pizza in Santa Rosa, the osteria way. Bring friends and put a pizza in the middle of the table: reserve a table online or with OpenTable, and check directions to 505 Mendocino Ave before you set out.

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