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Located just steps from Santi, Diavola (which means devilish in Italian) serves a selection of antipasti (a seafood plate with squid, shrimp, mussels and clams; house made burrata; local tomatoes with gorgonzola and a vegetable plate) along with nine wood-fired pizzas that range from a simple zucchini flower and buffalo mozzarella 'Margherita' to a Ligurian clam and herb pizza or caper, anchovy and hot pepper pizza. The aptly-named Diavola pizza is topped with N'duja (a spicy Calabrian salami), arugula an Stracchino cheese.