FNYC Standards17 places
Pizza Pilgrimages in NYC
Hand-picked by Gothamly and checked against each place’s own site. Nobody paid to be here.
- Since 1924
Totonno's — Coney Island
Coal-oven pies from the same family for a century — whole pies only, go early
- Since 1937
Denino's Pizzeria & Tavern — Port Richmond
Staten Island's thin-crust benchmark — the garbage pie, then Ralph's ices across the street
- Since 1939
L&B Spumoni Gardens — Bensonhurst
The upside-down Sicilian square, then a cup of spumoni at the picnic tables
- Since 1947
Louie & Ernie's Pizza — Schuylerville
A Bronx house-turned-pizzeria — the fennel sausage slice is the order
- Since 1965
Di Fara Pizza — Midwood
The DeMarco family's shrine — fresh-cut basil over every pie, worth every minute of the wait
- Since 1905
Lombardi’s — Nolita
America’s first licensed pizzeria — coal oven on Spring St since the beginning
- Since 1929
John’s of Bleecker Street
Coal-fired institution, booths carved by generations — no slices, no reservations
- Since 1933
Patsy’s — East Harlem
The original uptown coal oven — a thin-crust slice at the counter is the move
- Since 1957
Arturo’s — Greenwich Village
106 W Houston St · coal-oven pies with live jazz every night — the Village as it was
- Since 1975
Joe’s Pizza — Carmine St
The definitive New York slice — folded, on the sidewalk, no improvements needed
- Since 2006
Lucali — Carroll Gardens
Candle-lit thin crust worth the wait-list ritual — BYO wine, cash only
- Since 2012
Prince Street Pizza — Nolita
The pepperoni square that launched a thousand lines — worth one, once
- Since 2016
Scarr’s Pizza — Lower East Side
House-milled flour, retro room — the new-school slice done old-school
- Since 2018
Una Pizza Napoletana — Orchard St
Anthony Mangieri’s purist Neapolitan — naturally leavened, nightly till the dough runs out
- Since 2004
Adrienne’s Pizzabar — Stone St
Grandma-style squares on the cobblestones of Stone Street — FiDi’s best outdoor table
- Since 2010
Rubirosa — Nolita
The tie-dye vodka pie of legend — a Staten Island family recipe holding court on Mulberry
- Since 2025
Ceres Pizza — Mott St
Eleven Madison Park alums doing razor-thin sourdough — put your name in early, stroll while it proofs
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