Food & Drink What region makes the best pizza ? (United States) Edition

I am bias, but out of all the styles ive tried/made, Northeast is what i always crave. I will take a legit NY plain slice over any other style with toppings even.
 
When husband puts the pizza oven together I'm hoping SoCal's going to have the best pizza but it came in 200 piences and looks like it's going to take a day to assemble it. But we're both pretty nifty making pizza so I'm looking forward to it.
 
It's NYC--Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens. You can get good pizza in Westchester, and Long Island as well. Next would be CT---New Haven has great pizza. Frank Pepe's is always on top 10 lists. NJ is next. So overall the tri state area.

Best I have ever had:
Regular slice--
Di Fara, Brooklyn, Anthnony Bordain said it was the best he ever had, Dave Portnoy gave it one of his highest ratings. Best sauce, cheese, crust.
New Park Pizza, Howard Beach Queens. Just a regular slice, amazing.
John's of Bleeker ST, Manhattan. Classic.
Umberto's, New Hyde Park. Also good for specialty slices.
Square Slice-L&B Spumoni, Brooklyn. Famous.
Montes, Lynn Mass. Best thin crust, pepperoni. I hate Massachusetts pizza. This place blew my mind.

Coal Oven/Brick Oven:
Frank Pepe's, New Haven CT
Sallys Apizza, New Hven CT
 
I Am Legion said:
It's NYC--Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens. You can get good pizza in Westchester, and Long Island as well. Next would be CT---New Haven has great pizza. Frank Pepe's is always on top 10 lists. NJ is next. So overall the tri state area.

Best I have ever had:
Regular slice--
Di Fara, Brooklyn, Anthnony Bordain said it was the best he ever had, Dave Portnoy gave it one of his highest ratings. Best sauce, cheese, crust.
New Park Pizza, Howard Beach Queens. Just a regular slice, amazing.
John's of Bleeker ST, Manhattan. Classic.
Umberto's, New Hyde Park. Also good for specialty slices.
Square Slice-L&B Spumoni, Brooklyn. Famous.
Montes, Lynn Mass. Best thin crust, pepperoni. I hate Massachusetts pizza. This place blew my mind.

Coal Oven/Brick Oven:
Frank Pepe's, New Haven CT
Sallys Apizza, New Hven CT
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I used to swing by a place on 48th and 7th avenue walking back up to the West side called "Little Italy Pizza" and it was very good by the slice. It's a chain and there are a bunch of them.
 
nonoob said:
"Chain" pizza places aren't up to the "food love" of most Mom N Pop places.

Little Caesers and dominoes are not great, but the cost savings are real.

Try BOTH of their pizzas with NO Tomato Sauce, replace with their Garlic Parmesan Cheese Sauce! It's amazing, you'll be hooked at the improvement.


Seaside Heights 2001 on the Boardwalk at the Jersey "shore" (beach) , getting a NY Style "pepperoni slice" of pizza is a similar Culinary Memory - scrumptious and unforgettable. :)
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Those boardwalk pizzas are fuckin crazy in some spots . This one place had a pizza so big you could probably fold it in half and use it as a sleeping bag.
 
I Am Legion said:
It's NYC--Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens. You can get good pizza in Westchester, and Long Island as well. Next would be CT---New Haven has great pizza. Frank Pepe's is always on top 10 lists. NJ is next. So overall the tri state area.

Best I have ever had:
Regular slice--
Di Fara, Brooklyn, Anthnony Bordain said it was the best he ever had, Dave Portnoy gave it one of his highest ratings. Best sauce, cheese, crust.
New Park Pizza, Howard Beach Queens. Just a regular slice, amazing.
John's of Bleeker ST, Manhattan. Classic.
Umberto's, New Hyde Park. Also good for specialty slices.
Square Slice-L&B Spumoni, Brooklyn. Famous.
Montes, Lynn Mass. Best thin crust, pepperoni. I hate Massachusetts pizza. This place blew my mind.

Coal Oven/Brick Oven:
Frank Pepe's, New Haven CT
Sallys Apizza, New Hven CT
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I had Frank pepes from the chain location in Washington DC and it was just okay. Haven't tried the original location but I imagine it's two points better

Dave gave Lou Malnatis in Chicago a significantly higher score then Pizza Uno which I disagree with. He also came to my state and gave a local pizza joint a way too generous score. The dude is a Detroit style pizza hater also
 
Pinks and Stars is good in Houston. Pinks I believe is good because they use good cheese.

I think you can find good pizza almost anyplace but the best pizza will be something gourmet. It is uneconomical for a restaurant to make very high end pizza because there aren't that many people willing to pay a lot for a pizza and the margins start getting thinner. Show me a restaurant that puts $10-20 of good cheese on a pizza and I'll show you a restaurant that is going out of business. I used to make my own fresh mozzerella for pizza and it tasted great but you can't get the numbers to work to account for time and cost.
 
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