The 101 best pizza places in USA List

Papa Johns didn’t make the list? Didn’t the voters see him open mouth kiss Peyton Manning? Fools!!

My current fave, Lou Malnati's is #7 on your list, but I have such fond memories of Bilbos Pizza in Kalamazoo, but that was back in the late 70's. I don't know what they're like now.

Is the Deep Dish style like Malnati's really pizza or a just an Italian-American casserole?

Giordano's at 54 is a crime. That stuff is like cake

This list is WAY too skewed toward NYC and Chicago. It's a joke.

BTW best pizza I ever had was at a pub near West Chester, PA, and I've been to plenty of supposedly top joints in NY , Chicago, and other big cities.

Pepe's (#1) is one of the best things I've ever eaten. Go there if you are anywhere near New Haven.

-the one that satisfies your palate?

THE PIZZA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, OLD FORGE, DIDNT GET MENTIONED?!?

This list is pretty bizarre. Must not have been judging things other than the pizza.

I go to Johns of Bleeker St #2 quite often only because it's local. If that is USAs best pizza, then that is pretty damn sad!

Good god wrote:

This list is WAY too skewed toward NYC and Chicago. It's a joke.

BTW best pizza I ever had was at a pub near West Chester, PA, and I've been to plenty of supposedly top joints in NY , Chicago, and other big cities.

There are probably thousands of better pizzas throughout small town USA than the ones on this list. What a waist of thyme.

Nepa wrote:

THE PIZZA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, OLD FORGE, DIDNT GET MENTIONED?!?

Not a fan of the pizza in Old Forge. Di Farra on the other hand is damn good.

Peter Reinhart wrote:

This list is pretty bizarre. Must not have been judging things other than the pizza.

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The Daily Meal

They created a listing of the 101 Best Pizzas in America 2017.

The call went out to 58 pizza experts, including Chefs, bloggers writers and pizza influencers.

101 Best Pizzas in America

So what did you expect the pizza raters to consider when rating pizza, the wine list or the lighting and mood music?

another list of 101 pizzas found in the link

Barb and Eric’s Pizza Adventure

These two pizza fanatics not only create their own list of 101 best pizzas but they take road trips to try each of the pizzas on the list.

I have to raise a slice to them and wish them the best in all of their pizza adventures!

Their goal is to eat pizza each of the 101 Best Pizzas in America list which they did in 2015. And now they are working on the 2017 list as we speak. Onward, upward, Barb and Eric!

Here is the list:

#101 Inferno, Darnestown, MD

#100 Il Forno, San Antonio, TX

#99 Crust, Cleveland, OH

#98 Proof, Miami, FL

#97 O4W Pizza, Duluth, GA

#96 Metro Pizza, Las Vegas,

#95 The Cheeseboard, Berkeley, CA

#94 Moose’s Tooth Pub and Pizzeria, Anchorage, AL

#93 Burt’s Place, Chicago

#92 Reservoir Tavern, Boonton, NJ

#91 Micucci Grocery, Portland, ME

#90 La Nova, Buffalo, NY

#89 Deniro’s, Depew, NY

#88 Sofia Pizza Shoppe, NYC

#87 Pizza Gruppo, NYC

#86 Papa’s Tomato Pies, Robbinsville, NJ

#85 Colony Grill, Stamford

#84 Pizzeria Beddia, Philadelphia, PA

#83 Pizzeria Locale, Boulder, CO

#82 Serious Pie, Seattle, WA

#81 Del Popolo, San Francisco

#80 Sotto, Los Angeles

#79 Gjelina, Los Angeles

#78 800 Degrees, Los Angeles

#77 Pizzeria Lola, Minneapolis, MN

#76 Vito & Nicks, Chicago

#75 Nellcote, Chicago

#74 Bocce Club Pizza, Buffalo, NY

#73 Providence Coal Fired Pizza, Providence, RI

#72 Pizza Brain, Philadelphia, PA

#71 Lorenzo and Sons, Philadelphia, PA

#70 Amore Pizza, Queens, NY

#69 Little Vincent’s, Huntington, NY

#68 King Umberto’s, Elmont, NY

#67 Williamsburg Pizza, NYC

#66 L&B Spumoni Gardens, NYC

#65 Emily, NYC

#64 Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza, Elizabeth, NJ

#63 Mike’s Apizza & Restaurant, West Haven, CT

#62 Galleria Umberto, Boston, MA

#61 Area Four, Cambridge, MA

#60 Pizzeria Delfina, San Francisco

#59 Pizzeria Mozza, Los Angeles

#58 Ken’s Artisan Pizza, Portland, OR

#57 The Backspace, Austin, TX

#56 Pizzeria Uno, Chicago

#55 Pizano’s Chicago

#54 Giordano’s Pizza, Chicago

#53 Pizzeria Vetri, Philadelphia, PA

#52 Lee’s Tavern, Staten Island

#51 Louie and Ernie’s, NYC

#50 Paulie Gee’s, NYC

#49 J&V Pizzeria, NYC

#48 Juliana’s Pizza, NYC

#47 Emmy Squared, NYC

#46 Razza, Jersey City, NJ

#45 Delorenzo Tomato Pies, Robbinsville, NJ

#44 Bru Room at BAR, New Haven, CT

#43 Una Pizza Napoletana, San Francisco

#42 Pizza Rock, Las Vegas

#41 Cane Rosso, Dallas, TX

#40 Home Slice Pizza, Austin, TX

#39 Pizza Domenica, New Orleans, LA

#38 Denino’s, Staten Island

#37 Al Forno, Providence, RI

#36 New Park Pizza, Queens, NY

#35 Co., NYC

#34 Star Tavern Pizza, West Orange, NJ

#33 Zuppardi, West Haven, CT

#32 Ernie’s Pizza, New Haven, CT

#31 Santarpio, Boston, MA

#30 Flour + Water, San Fransisco

#29 Varasano’s, Atlanta, GA

#28 Umberto’s Pizzeria, New Hyde Park, NY

#27 Coalfire Pizza, Chicago

#26 Spacca Napoli, Chicago

#25 Grimaldi’s, NYC

#24 Piece, Chicago

#23 Lombardi’s NYC

#22 Rubirosa, NYC

#21 Buddy’s Pizza, Detroit, MI

#20 Prince Street Pizza, NYC

#19 Joe’s, NYC

#18 Apizza Scholl’s, Portland, OR

#17 Roberta’s NYC

#16 Pequod’s, Chicago

#15 Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, San Francisco

#14 Gino’s East, Chicago

#13 Totonno’s NYC

#12 Patsy’s, NYC

#11 Motorino, NYC

#10 Lucali, NYC

#9 Joe & Pat’s, Staten Island

#8 Sally’s Apizza, New Haven, CT

#7 Lou Malnati’s, Chicago

#6 Di Fara, NYC

#5 Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix, AZ

#4 Keste, NYC

#3 Modern Apizza, New Haven, CT

#2 John’s of Bleecker, NYC

#1 Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven, CT

tipo"00" BluebagPizzeria flour wrote:

Is the Deep Dish style like Malnati's really pizza or a just an Italian-American casserole?

You do know that Malnatis makes thin crust as well? My favorite pizza places are more on the neopolitian style, but as far as Chicago style goes, Lou Malnatis is the best in my book.

How come Imos didn't make the list?

How come Zero Otto Nove did not make the cut?

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1. LaHacienda in Niagara Falls, NY

Now i want pizza

These lists are subjective in terms of place and style. But I like that they did this because it gives me a list of places to try. Pizza is my favorite food. I've only been to two places on the list, Gino's East in Chicago and Lorenzo and Sons in Philadelphia. Gino's East is one of my all-time favorites. I thought Lorenzo and Sons was good but not on my list of top places. I enjoy Chicago style and thinner pizzas. Along with Gino's East my other favorites that stand out to me are:

Romeo y Julieta- East Hanover, NJ

Villagio's- Newberry, FL

HomeSlyce- Baltimore, MD

Barfly's- Baltimore, MD

New Jersey Pizza Co.- Flagstaff, AZ

I can't guarantee all of those places are still open but the Baltimore places were open as of March. I would love to hear other people's favorite places. I'm always on the lookout for good pizza.

I just checked. Every pizza place I listed is still open. The place in New Jersey is actually called Giulietta & Romeo though. it was 2009 when I had it so it's been a while.