NYC pizza still reigns supreme — no matter how you slice it.
A Manhattan kitchen has reclaimed the title of world’s best pie, usurping two southern Italian icons.
175 Orchard Street’s Una Pizza Napoletana — which took the title in 2022 and was named the best pizza pie in the U.S. last June for the third year in a row — completed the trifecta by being ranked No. 1 globally out of 50 Best pizza this week.
Last year, 10 Diego Vitagliano of Naples and Francesco Martucci of Caserta tied for first place with Una Pizza Napoletana in second place. This year, the two venues tied again, this time for second behind the Lower East Side champion.
“In a place always accustomed to putting everything on pizza, Anthony proposes only the purest tradition in toppings, with ingredients of exceptional quality,” reads the award page, noting owner Anthony Mangieri is known for Marinara styles , Margherita, Cosacca plus a rotating pie like. good.
“It’s inspiring to be recognized for these 30 years in my career, especially in Naples where pizza originated,” said the Jersey native and Yankees fan — who has moved his storefront locations from New Jersey to San Francisco and beyond. late on the Lower East Side. 2022 – told CNN Travel.
He claims that the beginning of a good pizza comes from the dough. At Una Pizza Napoletana, there is a marked effort to keep the main ingredient hydrated – and only in good hands.
“No one makes the dough in the restaurant, 25 years later, except me,” Mangieri previously said.
“Every pizza that people eat, I still make the dough myself in the morning.”
And while Mangieri is grateful for the accolade, he still has a higher purpose behind the kitchen counter.
“The recognition is appreciated, but in the end, it’s not why I started it, and it’s not why I continue to make every dough ball we serve at Una after all these years,” he said.
“It encourages us to go to the restaurant every day and give more love and focus, and not take anything for granted.”
Other honorable mentions in the top ten include Tokyo’s The Pizza Bar at #38 at #3; It is limited to Milan, Italy in fourth place; and Naples on the Road in London, England ranked fifth.
Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco took sixth place and I Tigli in San Bonifacio came in seventh. Rounding out the top 10 were Sartoria Panatieri in Barcelona, Spain, 50 Kalo in Naples and Seu Pizza Illuminati in Rome, respectively.
Domestically, Ribalta near Union Square was 19th, Midtown’s Don Antonio ranked 30th and Brooklyn’s L’Industrie — rated the best part in the U.S. last June by the organization — came in 80th. to.
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