By Nicole Williams — My Dream Travel Advisor | @boloforfood
The pepperoni pizza — the crust, the cheese, the balance. Keep reading, I'll explain how I judge a pizza.
First off, I have to tell you: I'm a snob. A food snob. That's right — and especially with Italian food.
I have some Italian friends who taught me well: quality ingredients, and simplicity, are sometimes the best recipe. You don't need twenty ingredients. You need the right ones, treated right. Once somebody teaches you that, you can never un-taste the difference — and I carry that with me into every Italian restaurant I try.
So when I came across this little pizzeria — Little Sicily in Fort Myers — I ran my usual tests.
The Two Questions I Always Ask
Like almost every Italian restaurant I visit, I asked them: do you use fresh mushrooms? That's my sign. Fresh mushrooms tell me a kitchen uses fresh ingredients and doesn't cut corners.
And then, just for the heck of it, I turned to my waitress and asked the question that really matters to me: "What kind of cheese do you use?"
She replied, "Grande cheese."
I was surprised — in the best way. Grande is one of the best high-quality cheeses on the market. Right then, I knew this was going to be a great experience.
A Little About Me
I love cooking. I love eating. I love travel, I love inventing recipes, and I love adventure — finding new things, seeing new things, tasting new things.
So a little thing like what cheese a pizzeria uses might sound simple. Honestly, though? A good-quality ingredient makes a huge difference. Most people don't really notice it.
I do.
Test #1: The Meatball
One meatball. That’s my test — and it tells me almost everything.
I started off simple: one meatball. A meatball is a good test of an Italian kitchen.
It was very moist — and the sauce on top of it tasted like the one I make from scratch. Scratch. The best tomatoes, just the right amount of seasoning, and a real balance of flavors. Nothing too salty, nothing too sweet, nothing covering anything else up. Just… right.
See that inside? Moist all the way through. That’s how you know.
Test #2: The Pizza
Then I kept it simple — a pepperoni pizza.
I usually order a plain cheese pizza when I'm testing a new place, because cheese pizza shows you the quality with nowhere to hide. But this time, knowing they use Grande, I went with pepperoni. Pepperoni tells you a lot, too: cheap pepperoni is over-salted, and you can taste a huge difference. (That's a story for another time.)
It came out looking delicious. I lifted up a slice and I could not wait to try it.
The crust was nice and firm — and I say that as someone who is not a big crust person. I don't like a lot of dough with my pizza. This was perfectly balanced: enough crust to hold everything, not so much that it takes over.
And that cheese pull? That’s what Grande cheese does. You can’t fake that.
And Then… the Garlic Knots
Garlic knots, a bowl of that marinara for dipping, and a glass of red. This is my kind of table.
Then I tried the garlic knots. Fresh garlic. Olive oil — the high-quality kind. The freshness was incredible.
Fresh garlic, good olive oil, warm knots. Simple things, done right.
My Verdict
Little Sicily passed every one of my food-snob tests: fresh ingredients, Grande cheese, a meatball I'd put up against my own scratch sauce, balanced pizza, and garlic knots I'll be thinking about until I go back.
This is a hidden gem in Fort Myers — a little one, and a real one.
I can't wait to go back, and I can't wait to find my next adventure and my next hidden gem.
Now I want to hear from you. Stay in touch with me — tell me where I should try next. A little place you love, the one nobody talks about? Send it to me. Those are my favorite assignments.
And if you're planning a trip to Florida — or anywhere — and you want the food to be as good as the destination, that's literally my job.
Plan Your Visit — Little Sicily Pizzeria & Kitchen
📍 Where: 5611 Six Mile Commercial Court, Suite 3, Fort Myers, FL 33912 — in south Fort Myers, near PopStroke and Lakes Regional Park
🕚 Hours: Monday–Friday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM · Saturday–Sunday 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM (online ordering wraps up around 8:45 PM, so don't cut a late order too close)
📞 Call: (239) 362-0115
🌐 Online: littlesicilyfm.com — and find them on Facebook (they're not on Instagram — I checked, because I wanted to tag them!)
💲 What it costs (from their printed menu — I photographed it myself): Garlic knots $3.50 (3) or $5.95 (6) · Meatball $7.95–$8.95 · Cheese pizza $11.95 (small) / $16.95 (large), with toppings from $2.00 — so my pepperoni pie, knots, and meatball kept the whole meal easy on the wallet. (Menu prices from my October 2026 visit, subject to change — delivery apps charge more than eating in, so go in person like I did.)
Tell them the food snob sent you. (They'll know by the cheese question.)
Plan a Trip (or a Meal) With Me
I'm Nicole Williams, a Dream Vacations travel advisor right here in Fort Myers. Cruises, Disney, and dream vacations — planned for you, with the good food built in.
📸 Instagram — travel: @mydreamtraveladvisor — DM me "TRIP" for a free quote
🍝 Instagram — food: @boloforfood — where the hidden gems live
🌐 My website: newilliams.dreamvacations.com
Follow along, say hello, and tell me where I should eat next. I actually answer.
All photos in this post are my own, taken on my visit.
