Pizza available until 3:30 a.m. on weekends should not be this good. And yet, multiple visits to Jonny’s confirm that its bubble-blistered pies are excellent at any hour.

Many locals credit Massimo Orione for introducing Neapolitan-style pizza to Cape Town, and Massimo’s, his laid-back family-friendly pizzeria in leafy Hout Bay, remains one of the best in the city.

Spoiler alert: On average, a large slice of pepperoni pizza contains 311 calories, 13.5 grams of total fat (5.5 grams saturated), and 720 milligrams of sodium. And that's just one slice, which ...