NYC again beats Italy for world’s best pizza at this location
NYC pizza still reigns supreme — no matter how you slice it.
A Manhattan culinary staple has reclaimed the title of having the best pies in the world, usurping two southern Italian icons.
Una Pizza Napoletana, at 175 Orchard St. — which tied for the title in 2022 and was declared to have the best pizza in the US last June for a third year running — has again been ranked No. 1 globally by 50 Top Pizza this week.
Last year, Naples’ Diego Vitagliano and Caserta’s I Masanielli tied for first, with Una Pizza Napoletana in second place. This year, the two Italian establishments tied again, this time in second place, behind the Lower East Side champ.
“In a country always accustomed to putting everything on pizza, Anthony proposes only the purest tradition in toppings, with extraordinary quality ingredients,” the award site reads, noting owner Anthony Mangieri is known for marinara, Margherita and Cosacca styles, plus a rotating pie.
“It’s inspiring to be recognized for this, 30 years into my career, especially in Naples where pizza originated,” the Jersey Shore native and Yankee fan — who moved his eatery from New Jersey to San Francisco to, in 2022, the LES — told CNN Travel.
He maintains that the start of a good pizza originates from the dough. At Una Pizza Napoletana, there is a stressed effort to keep the core ingredient hydrated — and only in good hands.
“No one makes the dough in the restaurant, 25 years later, except for me,” Mangieri previously said.
“Every single pizza that people eat, I still make the dough in the morning myself.”
And, while Mangieri is grateful for the accolades, he’s still got a higher purpose behind the kitchen counter.
“The recognition is appreciated, but in the end, it’s not why I started and not why I continue to make every ball of dough we serve at Una after all these years,” he said.
“It fuels us to go into the restaurant every day and give more love and focus, and not to take anything for granted.”
Other parlors in the Top 10 include Tokyo’s Pizza Bar on 38th in third place; Confine in Milan in fourth; and London’s Napoli on the Road ranked fifth.
Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco got sixth place, and I Tigli in San Bonifacio, Italy, came in seventh. Rounding out the Top 10 were Sartoria Panatieri in Barcelona, Spain; 50 Kalò in Naples; and Seu Pizza Illuminati in Rome.
Locally, Ribalta near Union Square was No. 19, Don Antonio in Hell’s Kitchen was ranked 30th and L’Industrie of Brooklyn — awarded as the best slice in the US last June by the organization — took the 80th slot.
