Where's the world's best pizza?
Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008, 4:55 PM by Lonely Planet
I have never been more in love with food than the night I tasted my first slice of pizza from Ray's in Prince St, New York City. It was 3am and the simple, greasy creation - folded in half in true New York style - was poetry. The crust was thin, crunchy and charred to perfection; the mounds of cheese oozed oil. It didn't take long for my passion to become an obsession and soon I was eating it cold for breakfast.
Since pizza is so personal, there will always be debate around which cities or countries produce the best. The battle continues to rage between Chicago and New York, while LA and Berlin are also staking their claim. But for many the home of pizza cannot be beat. So what makes great pizza great?
- Gab Nancarrow
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I have to admit that growing up in Chicago I am horribly biased and don't actually consider that thin stuff from New York the same food. However the best pizza is actually a Chicago-style place in Oakland/Berkeley, California called Zachary's. It combines the idea and form of Chicago with the most amazingly fresh produce from California.
I think the secret for the best pizza is mozzarella of good quality (mozzarella. Not other cheese called mozzarella. You cannot fool people on that :-). Then use olive oil, and bake the pizza in a wood stove.
On yes, an no pineapples on pizza. Someone should ban this ingredient! :-).
I'm italian and i'm living in berlin. So i can say that pizza in this city is AWFUL!
man, have a trip to campania to taste a really good pizza
There's only one place where you can find the best pizza in the globe. It is Italy. In each restaurant, pizzeria and pub you can eat pizza that is better than New York, Chicago and the each place in USA.
Pizza USA? How you can use this two word in the same phrase???
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You can eat the best pizza in the world only in Italy, especially in Rome or in Naples. Come to Italy to enjoy it! :-) Giampiero from Rome (Italy)
If this pizza in New York is so good as you described, I hope the pizza maker is from Naples and he use quality flour from a little moulin near Gragnano and he use only mozzarella di bufala D.O.P. from Mondragone, and he use just San Marzano tomatoes from Sarno, and exrtavirgin olive oil fron National Park of Cilento and premium biological basil grown under italy's shining sun, all of these obviously baked in a wood stove?
Or the pizzaiolo is from China trained from Pizza-hut using sliced cheddar and tomato from Cile, baking in electric oven?
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Come to Italy to taste the best Pizzas! The ingredients are uniques and Pizzerie make Pizza with tomato just taken from the ground, with mozzarella made the same days and with a tradition of many many years!
I would like to remerber you where pizza's born....before post that the best pizza can be eat in new york, try to travel a little bit, maybe also in italy. after that you can maybe say where the best pizza is.
IMHO, even if it's just a matter of taste, you can't tell which is the world's best pizza before trying the original one in Naples. It's not simply a recipe you can re-create anywhere (like a Big Mac), it's not just a matter of the mozzarella you put or the stove you are using. There's dozens of unpredictable variables, unknown to most of the self-appointed pizzaioli all around the world.
Gab....
i suggest to travel to Naples and try any of the milion pizzas you can find there, it will be the best pizza ever and you know why? because they only can do it great, only there you can find that tipical water and the perfect clime.
Sorry but matters as always.
Try it and then post again, you'll change your mind.
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The best pizza is located in a small street close to the Main Pier in Naples, Italy. Can't say much, should try it!
I cannot tell you where the best pizza is, but I can tell you where the worst is: Cuba. On finding myself in Cuba in 2005 with next to no money, I ate street pizza for ten days straight. It has a thick dough base, a smudge of tomato paste, a sprinkling of cheese and some onion if you are lucky.
Having said this, I survived and it was the only thing I could afford, so I am grateful for it.
all time best Pizza is in Italy in a chain of restaurants called Rossopomodoro.
Hey, Worchester st.new haven CT. is missing from this list. Sorry,havn't been to Chicago. But the pizza from pepe's or Sally's is as good as the real thing from Italy.
Bo C.
I am fortunate to have a local pizzeria called Punch that serves Neopolitan pizza with exactly the ingrediants - San Marzano tomatoes, bufala mozzerella and good olive oil and baked in a wood fired oven.
The best way to order is "wet" with extra olive oil and tomatoes. This version is uncut and eaten with a knife and fork just like in Naples.
This pizzeria is an official member is the Associazone Vera Pizza Neopoletana who regulate official Neopolitan Pizza.
YUM. I may have to go there right now!
The best pizza can be found in your home town. That's what makes it special.
Hi!For me the best pizza ever was the one that I had in Rapa Nui-Easter island followed by the one in Uyuni,Bolivia...believe it or not.
The best pizza is in Cambodia where they use the happy weed as a ingredient.
When I saw the title of this post I instantly thought of Famous Ray's pepperoni pizza I had back in '91. I've been ordering pepperoni ever since and find it difficult to order anything different...just in case...I miss out on something as good.
I have yet to visit Naples but I suspect that they probably know what they are doing to say the least. In the UK we are stuck with the usual chains.
17 years and still nothing quite like Ray's pepperoni.
Bella Pizza located in the southern suburb town of Lakeside in Cape Town make a good pizza, its nothing to special really - but it always goes down well!
I have not yet been to NYC (will be there Oct this year) but have just had italian pizza for about 2 weeks straight, and it ROCKS...will take a lot to top that. I even had one that had french fries on top...strange but very cool!
I just tried Ray's in New York (St. Marks and 3rd) last weekend and have to say that I was very impressed. However the best pizza I found in New York was in Angelo's on Broadway just north of the Ed Sullivan Theatre (Letterman studio). There are great pizza places almost everywhere if you try something besides the big chains. Pizza of Waterton is in Alberta, just over the border from Montana, and awesome. Lots of good pizza can be found in Banff and Canmore, Alberta, too. My favourite pizza of all time was a place called Alfredo's in St. John's Newfoundland, but it burnt down.
Just have to mention that I've been to Italy and tried the pizza there. Didn't like it. Arca in Venice wasn't too bad, though.
I love pizzas weather its home made or home brought
I have eaten pizza of New York and Chicago. They are both good. But the latest pizza, I have was in a German restaurant in Gasan, Marinduque, Philippines. It was their seafood pizza filled with shrimps, clams, fish and native crabs..My mouth is still watering when I remember it. It will be the first thing I will order when I return to Marinduque this coming November
The best pizza is made in France.
In Italy, they have a very plain pizza, a thin crust soaking in olive oil, tomato paste, cheese and spices.
In the USA, a pizza is more a "clean-the-kitchen" dish where you can find anything from pinepple to bacon or salami slices, topped with a low-quality mozarella cheese.
The best of all isthe one I prepare for myself : secret recipe !
When I saw the title of this post and living in New York. I had to comment and I couldn't agree more ... Rays Pizza is amazing. Although I am sure Italy's got their own slice of heaven.
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This pizzeria is an official member is the Associazone Vera Pizza Neopoletana who regulate official Neopolitan Pizza.
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The Arsenal Kebab in Finsbury Park, London. Great Hawaiian with anchovy!
World Class.
Athens, Greece has the best pizza I've ever tasted. The variety of cheeses helps, but also the topping, including seafood, are the difference. Generally, I recall thin, but chewey crusts.
Undoubtedly here, Pizzeria Trianon in Napoli. Dating back to 1923, Pizzeria Trianon Trianon is a favorite among the locals and tourists alike....and does 60CM pizza for the hungry...
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one of the best pizzas in the world can be found in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Fabio.
Interesting comments, I have been to Italy a few times and agree that the pizza there is quite spectacular. However Ive gotta say the best pizza I have had is at Il Casale, Balmain, Syd Australia, Thin, base lightly covered with a homemade tomato sauce, topped with fresh mozarella and fresh basil....to die for!
I want some NOW!!!
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Just have to mention that I've been to Italy and tried the pizza there. Didn't like it
the reason is simple: only in italy you can eat pizza. in the rest of the world you can eat something else that people inappropriately call pizza.
you are just used to something that IS NOT pizza
Personally i think you's are all a bunch of loners who have no lifes by writing blogs at 2 in the morning. We discussed this shit in english today and analysed them. It was bad! GET A LIFE YOU NO MARKS WHO WEAR DONNAY MAXAS
Although there's a little italy in sydney, nothing beats the pizza from the mother land. I had the best pizza in sicily and naples. There must be something in the water that can't be replicated anywhere else in the world.
The Mediterraneans do it best. I've had fantastic pizza in Monaco, Croatia (Zagreb) and Rome.
Then again, I've had great pizza at home in Brisbane, Australia.
As Pariscrawler said, it's where it is that makes it special - or company, or occasion.
I haven't been to naples where many claim the best pizza in the world lies. I did experience my best pizza ever in Rome though at Dar Poeta, in the Trasteverre area. They make an UNBELIEVABLE pizza (they're all great) and for dessert, the nutella and ricotta cheese calzone- I would walk back to Rome (from Dubai) just to have that again.
The best pizza places in the world are Zachary's Chicago Style Pizza in Berkeley California and Pizza Orgasmica in San Francisco.
There are many interesting places across italy and new york, but nothing quite compares to those two. I haven't been to chicago.
The Sicilian pizza at L&B Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn, NY is no doubt the BEST!!
The best pizza is very subjective. I have eaten pizza in NY, Italy (Rome and Venice), Athens, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, New Jersey, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mexico and many other less known places. The pizza is by no means the same style at any of these places and therefore you cannot compare. I would have to say the Pizza I am most addicted to is at "The Pizza Club" in La Habra (Los Angeles). It is a great family joint with amazing recipes. Copenhagen is a close second with a very Berlin style to their Pizza. I think I will have to go eat Pizza now that I thought so much about it.
I have to judge it on why, and when, I'm eating it. I love Chicago style-heavy on the sauce and loads of toppings, but would never pass up a New York style piece after a long night of bar hopping. The ultimate, however, is a homemade pizza made from all of the right amount of fresh ingredients and baked exactly just the way I like it.
very best pizza at ray's
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if you are ever in Point pleasant Beach NJ you should try GABBY AND VINNY'S BRICK OVEN. They have old world new york style pizza as well as traditional neopolitan pizza. THey cook in a real wood-fired oven, smells so good when you walk by. You can tell the food is made with love.
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