There's a lot of back and forth on message boards about how all encompassing a tour of 26 places can be (especially below this NY Daily News article). That's a main reason why I've never revealed the Pizza Club ratings that I collect after each place we visit. It's too soon. As a group, we've visited 13 places. That's a nice chunk. But I'm not going to make any blanket statements about the city's best pie (okay, we all know that's Di Fara...).
Which brings up another problem -- there are many of the city's most renowned pizza places that this club never made it to. Among them were Di Fara, Lucali, Lombardi's, Grimaldi's, and Artichoke, just to name a few of my favorites.
There are tons of places they went which are totally off my radar, as well. In fact, I've been to zero of the best pizza places which they went to in each borough.
Orlick's group of self-described pizza fanatics rated the following the best in each borough: John's Pizzeria in Elmhurst, Mario's Restaurant in Belmont, L'asso in lower Manhattan and Luigi's Pizza in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn.
What does all this mean? I have a lot more pizza places I need to add to my list of places to go!
More detailed info:
Manhattan Pizza Tour Wrap-Up
Bronx Pizza Tour Wrap-Up
Staten Island Pizza Tour Wrap-Up
Brooklyn Tour Wrap-Up
Queens Tour Wrap-Up
1 comments:
Thanks for the feedback and for actually reading the reports before commenting.
I've been to all the places you've listed and we tried to get into Di Fara's for the tour but couldnt get in at 3.30 on a Sunday. I have absolutely no qualms about leaving these off the list. is Grimaldi's really on your top list?
It really wouldn't matter though. Di Faras on any day but a Wednesday is a smoky, crowded, long experience. It's really not worth the trouble. There are a TON of great pizzerias in NYC and this Atypical list may open some minds and hearts to some uncommon slices. I think that's good.
Naming any pies as "The Best" is a joke - but I love the picks for the article and hope to bring on any debate. But if you choose a side, first order a slice.
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