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Time Out
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The best pizza in the U.S. is made in New York, obviously—here's what spots took Top Pizza 2025 honors
Cue the parmesan confetti. Una Pizza Napoletana has once again been crowned the best pizzeria in the United States by the prestigious 50 Top Pizza guide. At a buzzy ceremony held yesterday at West Edge in Chelsea Market —and hosted by none other than pizza evangelist Scott Wiener—Anthony Mangieri's downtown shrine to Neapolitan perfection clinched the No. 1 spot for the third time. Known for its obsessive attention to dough (Mangieri won't even open shop unless he's present to prep it himself), Una Pizza Napoletana has become a global benchmark thanks to its wood-fired pies, made three at a time with naturally leavened dough and not a speck of overtopping in sight. Coming in hot at No. 2 is Pizzeria Sei in Los Angeles, where William Joo took home the Pizza Maker of the Year award. San Francisco legend Tony's Pizza Napoletana, from 13-time world champion Tony Gemignani, landed in third. Other chart-toppers include Jay's in Kenmore (No. 4), Ribalta in NYC (No. 5) and Robert's in Chicago (No. 6). Miami had a double showing at No. 10 with La Leggenda and 'O Munaciello, the latter also winning Best Fried Food honors. But New York didn't just dominate the whole-pie category. In the highly competitive Best Pizza Slice rankings, Williamsburg staple L'Industrie Pizzeria snagged first place, thanks to its masterfully minimalist slices, including the much-Instagrammed burrata-topped square. Co-founders Massimo Laveglia and Nick Baglivo also took home Pizza of the Year for their New Yorker Pie. Other notable accolades: Ken's Artisan Pizza in Portland earned Best Dessert List, Ribalta took Best Wine List and Zeneli in New Haven claimed Best Pasta Proposal. A special lifetime Icon Award went to John Arena of Truly Pizza in Dana Point. In total, New York racked up 20 spots on the list of 99 U.S. pizzerias—a reminder that while America may be full of pizza innovation, the Big Apple still runs the dough game. The top 12 U.S. pizzerias now advance to the 50 Top Pizza World showdown in Naples this September. Until then, consider this your green light to line up on Orchard Street—and maybe order two pies. Mangieri wouldn't mind.
New York Post
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
World's ‘best' pizza isn't in NYC, new list claims — but one Big Apple parlor beat out a slew of Italy spots
They're pan-tastic. A new list naming the 100 best pizza spots in 2025 has been released, and sorry, New Yorkers — your favorite local parlor didn't make it anywhere near number one. Instead, the top five slots in the saucy new ranking were snatched up by spots in Italy — with the Big Apple edged all the way down to 17. 5 Anthony Mangieri showing off his award-winning dough. Helayne Seidman Gotham's biggest cheese, according to The Best Pizza Awards, is the critically-acclaimed Una Pizza Napoletana. Anthony Mangieri's popular restaurant as been a regular presence on the generally well-regarded list, but this year, it moved up 11 places, beating out other sacred New York spots and claiming the real victory — best pizza in the U.S. (Take that, New Jersey and New Haven.) 5 Una Pizza's classic Margherita pizza is among the most popular pies the restaurant offers. Helayne Seidman Mangieri brought his first pie to the city in 2004, and has spent the past twenty-odd years perfecting his recipes in various locations both in and out of the city. This award-winning spot keeps it simple with classic flavor combinations like Margherita, Bianca and Marinara pies — no hot honey slices or ranch-related offerings, as Mangieri joked in an April Fool's Instagram post earlier this year. When it opened, Una Pizza Napoletana was a staple spot in the East Village. After a pandemic-era detour to New Jersey, the restaurant continues to draw lengthy lines and rave reviews in its current home on the Lower East Side. 5 Mangieri's family originates from Salerno, south of Naples. Helayne Seidman Despite the restaurant's success, the Garden State native refuses to franchise, sell or even delegate dough-making responsibilities. 'No one makes the dough in the restaurant, 25 years later, except for me,' Mangieri previously told The Post.'Every single pizza that people eat, I still make the dough in the morning myself.' Other New York addresses making the cut included Lucali, Stretch Pizza, Don Antonio and Mama's Too. Another trendy local fave, L'industrie, was handed a special 2025 Street Pizza Award — in addition to its number 34 ranking on the main list. One hot spot, Ceres, a new favorite of Barstool's Dave Portnoy, didn't make the grade this year. In order to keep the competition fair, The Best Pizza, an offshoot of gastronomic organization The Best Chef, reportedly employs a strict voting and judging process. The body of voters, selected by the organization, is made up of 150 industry professionals, including food critics and journalists, and 362 pizza chefs — who are strictly forbidden from voting for colleagues or themselves — from 60 different countries. 5 I Masanielli, the list's number one ranking, is another familiar featured spot. Instagram/@imasanielli In addition, each vote is verified by the organization and held confidential by the voter themselves as well as the board. While voters of The Best Pizza's 2025 ranking clearly had love for Una Pizza, it's far from the first time the pizzeria has reigned supreme. In 2024, a competing list with its own supposedly strenuous nomination guidelines, 50 Top Pizza, ranked NYC institution Una Pizza Napoletana number one in the world. The 10 best pizzerias in the world, according to The Best Pizza Awards 5 The inventive Pepe in Grani near Caserta, Italy, took the number two spot on the list. LightRocket via Getty Images I Masanielli, Caserta, Italy Pepe in Grani, Calazzo, Italy Pizzarium, Rome, Italy Bob Alchimia a Spicchi, Montepaone, Italy I Tigli, San Bonifacio, Italy The Pizza Bar on 38th, Tokyo, Japan 180 grammi, Rome, Italy Sartoria Panatieri, Barcelona, Spain Mater, Fiano Romano, Italy Pizza Studio Tamaki, Tokyo, Japan
