What Delaware pizza deserves a place on the map?

Patricia Talorico, Delaware News Journal
Updated ·2 min read

The Washington Post recently put out a map to look up the best pizza in all 50 states and broke down the styles as determined by 7.5 million Yelp reviews.

Delaware is included and you can see the results for three different pizza styles including Detroit, Neapolitan-ish, and New York.

The top results all go to places in Sussex County, which although worthy, kind of surprised me. Hmm.

What about La Pizzeria Metro off Miller Road in Wilmington? Dom's New York-style Pizza in Newport? And Nick's Pizza, which has been operating out of Kozy Korner Diner and is planning a brick-and-mortar spot soon in Prices Corner?

The top Detroit style, according to the article, is Ava's Pizzeria and Wine Bar, a newish restaurant at 29 Baltimore Ave. in Rehoboth Beach (that had once been the home of Jake's Seafood).

The top Neapolitan-ish is Crust & Craft, a wood-fired pizzeria now operated by SoDel Concepts at 18701 Coastal Highway (Route 1) also in Rehoboth.

And, according to the article, Pomodoro Pizzeria at 101 Garfield Parkway in Bethany Beach, has the best New York-style pizza.

What do you think about the results?

From left, finalists, Cafe Napoli's cheese and mushroom and pepperoni pies; and Margarita's mushroom and pepperoni and cheese pies are featured during the Delaware's Favorite Pizza Challenge bracket finals held in the News Journal's newsroom in New Castle, Monday, March 27, 2023.
From left, finalists, Cafe Napoli's cheese and mushroom and pepperoni pies; and Margarita's mushroom and pepperoni and cheese pies are featured during the Delaware's Favorite Pizza Challenge bracket finals held in the News Journal's newsroom in New Castle, Monday, March 27, 2023.

Cafe Napoli, 4391 Kirkwood Highway, is the reigning champion of our 2023 Delaware's Favorite Pizza Contest from March when we asked readers to share their favorite place for pizza in Delaware.

After receiving more than 900 nominations, we listed the restaurants and pizzerias in a March Madness-type bracket. Readers voted in Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four elimination rounds.

Cafe Napoli also won a blind tasting we did in the Delaware Online/The News Journal newsroom.

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This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Washington Post pizza map leaves us feeling a bit lost in Delaware