Pizza is the best, and there are so many good places to eat pizza in America right now that it’s getting a little ridiculous. While ranking the best pizza is something that everyone with a brain and a stomach has tried to do, the people from The Daily Meal took things further, making a list of the best pizza places in the entirety of the US, covering around 900 restaurants.
To complete this truly heroic endeavor, the staff ate in as many different pizza places they could and they also gathered large amounts of intel from all kinds of people. Chefs, restaurant critics, bloggers, writers, and all sort of pizza fans.
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Before we get into the top 20, we’ll mention the best states when it comes to their pizza magic. New York was the first, obviously, followed by Illinois, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Massachusetts.
Here are the top 20 pizza places in the US:
1. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven, Conn.
2. John’s of Bleecker Street, New York, N.Y.
3. Modern Apizza, New Haven, Conn.
4. Kesté, New York, N.Y.
5. Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix, AZ
6. Di Fara, Brooklyn, N.Y.
7. Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria Chicago, Ill.
8. Sally’s Apizza, New Haven, Conn.
9. Joe & Pat’s Pizzeria, Staten Island, N.Y.
10. Lucali, Brooklyn, N.Y.
11. Motorino, New York, N.Y.
12. Patsy’s, New York, N.Y.
13. Totonno’s, Brooklyn, N.Y.
14. Gino’s East, Chicago, Ill.
15. Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, San Francisco, Calif.
16. Pequod’s, Chicago, Ill.
17. Roberta’s, Brooklyn, N.Y.
18. Apizza Scholls, Portland, Ore.
19. Joe’s, New York, N.Y.
20. Prince St. Pizza, New York, N.Y.
