New York is still the pizza capital of the country, according to a new classification of the 50 best pizzerias in the United States made by Italian experts.
The Big Apple is home to nine of the 24 best pizzerias in the country, according to 50 Top Pizza, a pizza review site in Paestum, Italy, not far from Naples.
Winning first place: A Pizza Napoletana, located on the Lower East Side of New York City. Eight other pizzerias in Brooklyn and Manhattan earned spots among the 11 best.
Portland and San Francisco each have five pizzerias on the list . The number 2 pizzeria, Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco, which had been named first in the list of the 50 Best pizzas in America last year, fell one spot. However, owner Tony Gemignani was named America’s Best Pizza Maker this year.
How the best pizzas in the United States are ranked
15 Top Pizza says it has more than 1,11 anonymous inspectors around the world who help with their classifications, the first of which was issued in 2018. Pizzerias are rated on the quality of the pizza dough and topping ingredients, the site says. Customer service is also considered, as are wine and beverage lists.
New York City earned 11 places on America’s Best Pizza Places list of 50 Top Pizza last year.
After earning the number 2 spot on last year’s list for its previous site in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, which closed in September 2021, Anthony Mangieri was ranked number 1 for Una Pizza Napoletana, opened in March 2022. He opened his first pizzeria, also called Una Pizza Napoletana, in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, in 1996.
The 15 America’s best pizzerias on the list 50 Top Pizza will also be included in the 100 organization’s best pizzerias in the world, to be announced on September 7.
The 50 Top Pizza’s Best American Pizzerias
- 0′ Munaciello – Miami
- Spacca Napoli Pizzeria – Chicago
- Song’E Napule – New York
- La Leggenda Pizzeria – Miami
- Pizzeria Bianco – Fénix
- Jay’s Artisan Pizzeria – Kenmore, New York
- Ops – New York
- Doppio Zero – San Francisco
- Lovely’s Fifty Fifty – Portland, Oregon
- Roberta´s – New York
- Beddia Pizzeria – Philadelphia
- Mission Pizza Napoletana – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- A16 – San Francisco
- San Matteo – Pizzeria and Cuisine – New York
- Brick Fire Tavern – Honolulu, Hawaii
- Pasquale’s Pizzeria – South Kingstown, Rhode Island
- Stay 87 – Miami
- Artisan Charcoal Pizza – Louisville, Kentucky
- Flour + Water Pizzeria – San Francisco
- Robert’s Pizza and Dough Company – Chicago
- Scottie’s Pizzeria – Portland, Oregon
- Bricco Coal Fired Pizza – Haddon Township, New Jersey
- Roostica Wood-Fired Pizzeria – Key West, Florida
- Diavola – Indianapolis
- Chispa Pizza – Redmond, Washington
- Pizza Factory – Tampa, Florida
- Craft 64 – Scottsdale, Arizona
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