3 Pennsylvania Pizza Spots Among 101 Best In America For 2020

PENNSYLVANIA — Three Pennsylvania food places landed on a well-respected list of the top 101 pizzas in America for 2020, with two among the top 40.

In Pennsylvania, it was Philadelphia's Nomad Pizza Company, Pizzeria Beddia, and Pizza Shackamaxon that were included in The Daily Meal's 2020 ranking of America's 101 Best Pizzas, which was released last week.

The Daily Meal 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 what The Daily Meal calls "internal expertise" as well as other sources who scoured Yelp and other review sites, looked at news coverage of the pizza places and gathered feedback from readers.

Here is the complete Pennsylvania list, as well as their national rankings and a blurb about them from The Daily Meal:

• #31 Nomad Pizza Company
  • "When asked which pizza is most popular at Nomad Pizza Company, co-owner Tom Grim told The Daily Meal, 'That is like asking which flavor of ice cream is most popular. Vanilla is, and always will be for ice cream. For pizza, Margherita will always be No. 1 by far.' This Philly restaurant is 'open, thriving and hasn’t stopped making great wood-fired pizza,' Grim said."
• #39 Pizzeria Beddia
  • "Pizzeria Beddia in Philly is open seven days a week. It’s best known for the No. 1 listing on the menu, a 16-inch pie with tomato sauce, fresh, whole milk mozzarella, Sicilian oregano, olive oil and Old Gold cheese, the establishment told The Daily Meal. The runner-up for most popular is a seasonal corn pizza with corn and black pepper cream, heirloom cherry tomatoes, fresh whole milk mozzarella and basil vinaigrette, which sounds like it would make for a healthy salad dressing."
• #63 Pizza Shackamaxon
  • "Pizza Shackamaxon in Philly is a 'slice first' shop prioritizing serving as many people as possible instead of a select few. If you want a whole pie, you might have to wait an hour or more, especially on weekends, but it’s worth it. With four menu options, there are no bells and whistles here, just plain, pepperoni, tomato and the weekly special. Due to COVID-19, there are only 50 pizzas sold per day though, so get one while you can."

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Connecticut was named the best pizza joint in the nation for the fourth year in a row.

Here are the top 10 overall pizzas in America:

10. Piece (Chicago, Illinois)
9. Sally's Apizza (New Haven, Connecticut)
8. Lucali (Brooklyn, New York)
7. Santarpio's (Boston, Massachusetts)
6. Buddy's Pizza (Detroit, Michigan)
5. Slim & Husky's Pizza Beeria (Nashville, Tennessee)
4. Razza Pizza Artigianale (Jersey City, New Jersey)
3. John's of Bleecker Street (New York City, New York)
2. Pequod's (Chicago, Illinois)
1. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (New Haven, Connecticut)