The 50 Best Pizzerias in America, Ranked
Anthony Mangieri is still the king of the U.S. pizza scene.
The chef’s New York City restaurant, Una Pizza Napoletana, was named the best pizzeria in the entire country by the 50 Top Pizza organization. Mangieri’s restaurant received the same honor last year, and its Neapolitan-style pies continue to impress the judges.
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“I think [pizza is] probably universal because it’s a product that can be kind of personalized by anybody,” Mangieri said during the ceremony announcing the rankings. “I think as the world is getting more open and connected, I think people from around the world have been to Naples, experienced the beauty there, then they take it back to where they’re from and they kind of add their own love to it.”
The top five overall saw some minor shakeups: Jersey City’s Razza Pizza Artigianale came in second, while Portland’s Ken’s Artisan Pizza ranked third (moving up from No. 11 last year). In fourth was San Francisco’s Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, which was last year’s No. 2, and fifth was Phoenix’s Pizzeria Bianco, which jumped from No. 12 last year. In total, New York topped the list with 10 pizzerias making the cut, while Portland, Miami, and San Francisco all followed with three.
“New York has been deemed one of the greatest cities in the world for pizza,” the project’s curators, Barbara Guerra, Luciano Pignataro, and Albert Sapere, said in a statement. “The American pizza movement is very active right now, with a new generation of artisans who are ever more careful with the quality of their product and their ingredients. It is a trend that has been particularly noticeable over the last year.”
Notably, almost half of the list is made up of new spots or those that didn’t rank at all last year, with the highest being New York’s Pizza Secret at No. 17. And some of last year’s winners experienced massive forward swings, with Pasquale’s Pizzeria Napoletana in South Kingstown moving up to No. 12 from No. 33 and Fabrica Pizza in Tampa hopping up to No. 15 from No. 49. Unfortunately, some spots fared worse, with last year’s No. 9, Pizzana, falling off the list completely, along with 16 other spots.
The ranking was announced on Tuesday night at West Edge in New York’s Chelsea Market. The top 15 spots will automatically be added to 50 Top Pizza’s ranking of the 100 best pizzerias in the world, which will be revealed at a ceremony in Naples on September 13. That gives pizza fanatics a little less than three months to try the best of the U.S., before needing to move on to the world’s greatest slices.
Check out the full list of the top 50 pizzerias in the United States below.
Una Pizza Napoletana – New York
Razza Pizza Artigianale – Jersey City
Ken’s Artisan Pizza – Portland
Tony’s Pizza Napoletana – San Francisco
Pizzeria Bianco – Phoenix
Ribalta – New York
0′ Munaciello – Miami
Jay’s Artisan Pizzeria – Kenmore
Song’ E Napule – New York
Kesté – New York
La Leggenda Pizzeria – Miami
Pasquale’s Pizzeria Napoletana – South Kingstown
Ops – Brooklyn
Spacca Napoli Pizzeria – Chicago
Fabrica Pizza – Tampa
Partenope Ristorante – Dallas
Pizza Secret – New York
Pizza Rock – Las Vegas
Pizzeria Sei – Los Angeles
Apizza Scholls – Portland
Flour House – San Luis Obispo
Mission Pizza Napoletana – Winston – Salem
Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana – Darnestown
Il Forno – San Antonio
Coals Artisan Pizza – Louisville
Nardò Italian Restaurant – Huntington Beach
Robert’s Pizza and Dough Company – Chicago
Bricco Coal Fired Pizza – Haddon Township
Nostrana – Portland
Craft 64 – Scottsdale
Spark Pizza – Redmond
San Matteo – Pizzeria e Cucina – New York
A 16 – San Francisco
Salsa – New York
Antico Pizza Napoletana – Atlanta
Tribute Pizza – San Diego
Don Antonio – New York
Zeneli – New Haven
Pizza Delicious – New Orleans
PizzElla – Miami Beach
Slice & Pie – Washington
Pasquale Jones – New York
Basil & Barley Pizzeria Napoletana – Colorado Springs
Pomo – Scottsdale
Oven & Tap – Bentonville
Angelina’s Pizzeria Napoletana – Irvine
Posto – Somerville
A Modo Mio – Arlington
Yellow Moto Pizzeria – San Francisco
786 Degrees – Los Angeles
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