Here Are The Best Pizza Places In New York

Another year, another ranking confirming what we already know: The best pizza in the United States is served in Connecticut, New York City and Chicago, but quality slices can be found in many other cities as well.

The Daily Meal released its list of the “101 Best Pizzas in America” at the end of September, and restaurants from 30 states made the ranking. The food blog considered nearly 1,000 pizzas and looked for such qualities as a nuanced sauce, well-distributed cheese, a flavorful crust and an overall balance of ingredients.

The “101 Best Pizzas in America” list is culled from a preferred pool of perfect pies. The Daily Meal then reached out to a diverse list of pizza chefs, bloggers, critics and writers, and asked them to take a survey on the pizza shops where they actually had eaten.

At the end of the process, New York had 28 pizza joints make the rankings. The food and dining website ranked Lucali in Brooklyn as the top spot in our state and No. 2 overall in the country.

However, while no pizza places in the Hudson Valley were specifically mentioned in the list, there is a Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in Yonkers. The New Haven, Connecticut, Frank Pepe pizza place came in at No. 1 in the list for the third year in a row.

Here are the New York pizza joints that made the list, with their ranks in reverse order:

• 89, Jay’s Artisan Pizza, Buffalo
• 78, Emmy Squared, New York
• 77, King Umberto’s, Elmmont
• 76, Scarr’s, New York
• 69, L&B Spumoni Gardens, Brooklen
• 66, Umberto’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, New Hyde Park
• 65, Bocce Club Pizza, Buffalo
• 63, La Nove, Buffalo
• 45, Juliana’s Pizza, Brooklyn
• 43, Rubirosa, New York
• 41, Joe & Pat’s Pizzeria, Staten Island
• 39, Mama’s TOO!, New York
• 38, Louie and Ernie’s, Bronx
• 36, Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop, Brooklyn
• 34, Paulie Gee’s, Brooklyn
• 33, L’industrie Pizzeria, Brooklyn
• 25, Roberta’s, Brooklyn
• 24, Motorino, New York
• 19, Lombardi’s, New York
• 18, Grimaldi’s, Brooklyn
• 16, Di Fara, Brooklyn
• 14, Prince Street Pizza, New York
• 13, Una Pizza Napoletana, New York
• 11, Joe’s New York
• 10, John’s of Bleecker Street, New York
• 8, Patsy’s, New York
• 6, Totonno’s, Brooklyn
• 2, Lucali, Brooklyn

Connecticut might have had the No. 1 pizza, but New York led the way overall with 28 pizza places on the Daily Meal list. New York was followed by Illinois with nine, California with seven, and Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey all with six.

Here are the top 10 overall pizzas in America:

10. John’s of Bleecker Street (New York, New York)
9. Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria (Chicago, Illinois)
8. Patsy’s (New York, New York)
7. Sally’s Apizza (New Haven, Connecticut)
6. Totonno’s (Brooklyn, NY)
5. Buddy’s Pizza (Detroit, Michigan)
4. Pequod’s (Chicago, Illinois)
3. Razza Pizza Artigianale (Jersey City, New Jersey)
2. Lucali (Brooklyn, New York)
1. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (New Haven, Connecticut)