Here Are The Best Pizza Places In America

ACROSS AMERICA — 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 ships where they actually had eaten.

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

"Frank Pepe Pizzeria retains its crown as America's finest pizzeria. This is a bucket list destination, one you'll have to make a pilgrimage to if you want to discuss the topic of America's best pizza with any authority," according to the Daily Meal. "Freshly shucked, briny littleneck clams, an intense dose of garlic, olive oil, oregano and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano sit atop a charcoal-covered crust."

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 25 overall pizzas in America:

1. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (New Haven, Connecticut)
2. Lucali (Brooklyn, New York)
3. Razza Pizza Artigianale (Jersey City, New Jersey)
4. Pequoud's (Chicago, Illinois)
5. Buddy's Pizza (Detroit, Michigan)
6. Totonno's (Brooklyn, New York)
7. Sally's Apizza (New Haven, Connecticut)
8. Patsy's (New York, New York)
9. Lou Malnati's Pizzeria (Chicago, Illinois)
10. John's of Bleecker Street (New York, New York)
11. Joe's (New York, New York)
12. Santarpio's (Boston, Massachusetts)
13. Una Pizza Napoletana (New York, New York)
14. Prince St. Pizza (New York, New York)
15. Pizzeria Beddia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
16. Di Fara (Brooklyn, New York)
17. Pizzeria Bianco (Phoenix, Arizona)
18. Grimaldi's (Brooklyn, New York)
19. Lombardi's (New York, New York)
20. Modern Apizza (New Haven, Connecticut)
21. Piece (Chicago, Illinois)
22. Pizzeria Delfina (San Francisco, California)
23. Lovely's Fifty Fifty (Portland, Oregon)
24. Montorino (New York, New York)
25. Roberta's (Brooklyn, New York)