2 North Brooklyn Pizza Joints Named Among The Best In New York

BROOKLYN, NY — New York may have slipped to the third-best state for pizza in a new ranking from Food & Wine Magazine, but two North Brooklyn joints were among the shops listed in a collection of the best pizzerias in the state.

Published Wednesday, "The Best Pizza in Every State" includes rankings of the 10 best pizza states in America. New York finished third behind New Jersey and Connecticut.

Instead of a numbered list of the best pizza places, reporter David Landsel wrote several paragraphs for each state, each containing descriptions of a handful of pizzerias he deemed the very best.

In Brooklyn, three spots made the list: Lucali's in Carroll Gardens, Roberta's in Bushwick and Paulie Gee's in Greenpoint.

Landsel gave a special shout out to the "now-legendary Hellboy slice" at Paulie Gee's, which combines sopressata and hot honey. For Roberta's, he noted how the pizza had people "trekking to Bushwick all through the recession."

Here are the other eateries Food & Wine named as the best pizza makers in New York:

• John's of Bleecker Street in the West Village
• Lucali in Carroll Gardens
• Roberta's in Bushwick
• Joe's Pizza in Greenwich Village
• Scarr's Pizza on the Lower East Side
• Mama's Too! on the Upper West Side
• Paulie Gee's Slice Shop in Greenpoint
• Philomena's in Sunnyside
• Perecca's Bakery in Schenectady
• O'Scugnizzo's in Utica
• Twin Trees in Syracuse
• Bocce Club in Buffalo

Check out Food & Wine's complete pizza rankings here.