It’s no secret that New York has some of the best pizza in the United States — and that’s not just residential bragging.
50 Top Pizza, an Italian guide dedicated to finding the best slices and pies of heaven around the world, just released its top 50 pizza places in the United States. Guess which state claimed a fifth of the rankings?
That’s right: New York.
New York has two pizzerias seated at the table in just the top five alone, including first and fourth place.
Another location named is Razza Pizza Artigianale, which is located in Jersey City, N.J., not far from the Bayonne Bridge and a short PATH ride from Manhattan.
Una Pizza Napoletana asserted its dominance for the third year in a row, taking the American pizza crown. According to their website, they “carefully bake only three pizzas at a time.” Just a couple of blocks away from Union Square is the fourth placer, Ribalta. Their ingredients are wholly Neapolitan, including their “Buffalo-milk mozzarella from Campania,” their website details.
The curators of 50 Top Pizza — Barbara Guerra, Luciano Pignataro and Albert Sapere — released a joint statement on their website in the wake of the ranking’s release.
“The American pizza movement is in great ferment, with a new generation of artisans increasingly focused on product quality and ingredients, which has gained strong momentum in the past year, including the introduction of tasting menus by many pizzerias,” they said.
The top 12 pizzerias in the states were submitted “into the 100 Best Pizzerias in the World, which will be held at Teatro Mercadante in Naples on September 10th for 50 Top Pizza World 2024,” meaning that three New York-based pizzerias will have a chance at the world title.
Check out the complete list of America’s Top 50 Pizzas here, as seen on the guide’s website:
- Una Pizza Napoletana– New York, USA
- Tony’s Pizza Napoletana– San Francisco, USA
- Pizzeria Beddia– Philadelphia, USA
- Ribalta– New York, USA
- Ken’s Artisan Pizza– Portland, USA
- Jay’s– Kenmore, USA
- Don Antonio– New York, USA
- Pizzeria Sei– Los Angeles, USA
- La Leggenda– Miami, USA
- Robert’s– Chicago, USA
- ‘O Munaciello– Miami, USA
- Partenope Ristorante– Dallas, USA
- Razza Pizza Artigianale– Jersey City, USA
- Pasquale’s– South Kingstown, USA
- Song’ E Napule– New York, USA
- Kesté– New York, USA
- Ops– New York, USA
- Fabrica Pizza– Tampa, USA
- Pizza Secret– New York, USA
- Flour House– San Luis Obispo, USA
- Mission Pizza Napoletana– Winston-Salem, USA
- Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana– Darnestown, USA
- Spacca Napoli Pizzeria– Chicago, USA
- Il Forno– San Antonio, USA
- Coals Artisan Pizza– Louisville, USA
- Nardò– Huntington Beach, USA
- GRANA– Portland, USA
- Pizza Rock– Las Vegas, USA
- Bricco Coal Fired Pizza– Haddon Township, USA
- Nostrana– Portland, USA
- Valentina’s– Madison, USA
- Craft 64– Scottsdale, USA
- Spark Pizza– Redmond, USA
- Salsa– New York, USA
- Antico Pizza Napoletana– Atlanta, USA
- Tribute Pizza– San Diego, USA
- Zeneli– New Haven, USA
- Pizza Delicious– New Orleans, USA
- Pasquale Jones– New York, USA
- Pomo– Scottsdale, USA
- Posto– Somerville, USA
- Truly Pizza– Dana Point, USA
- Pizza Baby– Charlotte, USA
- Pizzeria Florian– East Aurora, USA
- DØUBLE ZERØ PIE & PUB– Las Vegas, USA
- Penelope Pizza– Tucson, USA
- Coda di Volpe– Chicago, USA
- Si Cara– Cambridge, USA
- Marco’s Coal Fired– Denver, USA
- San Matteo– New York, USA and
Angeli’s Pizzeria– Baltimore, USA