Discover our collection of the best pizzerias, spanning around major cities with every pizza-lover's favorite styles and slices ahead.
Pizza as we know it showed up in New York City around the early 1900s at Lombardi’s in Little Italy, though the city had precursors served in bakeries the previous century. Lombardi’s was followed by Patsy’s, Totonno’s, and John’s of Bleecker Street, all by baker disciples of Gennaro Lombardi. From …
Philadelphia, being the historically working-class East Coast city with a large Italian population that it is, undoubtedly has great pizza. Regional specialties like tomato pie and the pizzaz (American cheese, sliced tomatoes, and banana peppers) live among uber-Italian, wood-fired Neapolitan pies …
It’s incredible to see how the Los Angeles pizza scene has grown and flourished over the decades, starting in the ’80s with Wolfgang Puck’s smoked salmon creation at Spago and the birth of mega-chain California Pizza Kitchen. In more recent years, Nancy Silverton’s Pizzeria Mozza ushered in a new …
Pizza has become seriously big business in Atlanta, especially over the last decade with pizzerias cropping up all over the city and metro area. Competition is fierce, with pizza joints serving everything from Neapolitan-style and New York-style pies to thick-crust Detroit and Sicilian pizzas, and …
It’s a bold new pizza era in San Francisco, with lists of the objective best pies running amok and legendary pie throwers like Tony Gemignani of Tony’s Pizza Napoletana letting customers know where he likes to get his pies. The Tenderloin is now soundly on the pizza map with Outta Sight’s slice …
The East Bay isn’t known for a certain style of pizza, per se, but that only gives it a chance to shine at all of them. There are great pizzas of all sizes and shapes on this side of the bridge, including New York-style slices; wood-fired classics; and pan-baked grandma and Detroit-style pies. …
There’s no denying the comforting, convenient appeal of a perfect slice of cheesy pizza delivered right to the door, but the truth is — some of the best pizzas in Houston are homegrown. Instead of propping up major national chains, visiting a local neighborhood pizzeria for pick-up or dine-in can …
As divisive as it is when anyone says it, multiple national pizza aficionados have called Portland the country’s greatest pizza city. And, although many of Portland’s top pizzaiolos aren’t looking for superlatives, there’s a reason the world’s dough nerds are paying attention to Portland: This …
In the last few years, talented piemakers have blessed New Orleans with independent pizza places, ranging from casual counter-service spots to upscale Italian bistros. Spots like Pizza Delicious, Zee’s Pizzeria, Nighthawk Napoletana, and St. Pizza are being recognized for their contributions to the …
Seattle hasn’t always been a great pizza city, but in the last few years, local pizzaiolos have been baking perfectly crafted pies from diverse pizza traditions, taking the scene to the next level. Pizza pop-ups flourished during the pandemic lockdown era, and reliable (but historically …
While Austin doesn’t have its own distinctive pizza style, it still boasts great options from across the pizza multiverse. The city’s pizza scene is booming with a cornucopia of distinctive and delicious pies: This includes the longtime offerings from Home Slice Pizza, Via 313’s Detroit-style thick …
