Your Pizza Passport to the Best Slices in New York City
If you’ve been here awhile then you know New York City is my hometown and one of our favorite cities. It has incredible nightlife, iconic landmarks, and delicious food. But no other food takes the spotlight like the New York Style Pizza. As a professional pizza expert (self-proclaimed) we decided to dedicate all future NYC trips to crossing off a least a few new spots from our Pizza Passport. Here’s some of the best pizza You need to try while visiting New York City!
Ultimate Eclectic NYC Pizza List:
- Una Pizza Napoletana
- Tottono’s
- Lombardi’s
- Scarr’s Pizza
- Grimaldi’s
- Juliana’s
- Joe & Pat’s
- Di Fara Pizza
- John’s of Bleecker Street
- Joe’s Pizza
- Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop
- Prince Street Pizza
- Roberta’s
- Upside Pizza
- Artichoke Basille’s Pizza
- L’Industrie Pizzeria
Other Top Pizza’s in the USA
We may be a purist when it comes to New York’s flavorful collections of pizza, but that doesn’t mean we can’t acknowledge some other various styles we’ve tasted across the country (Obviously we are purposefully leaving out Italy since it’s on a whole other level). Here more amazing pies to try while traveling across the country!
- Giordano’s – Deep Dish Style (Chicago)
- Lou Malnati’s – Deep Dish Style (Chicago)
- Pequod’s – Deep Dish Style (Chicago)
- Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana – New Haven Style (Connecticut)
- Buddy’s Pizza – Detroit Style (Michigan)
- Imo’s Pizza – St. Louis Style (St. Louis Missouri)
- Pizzeria Bianco – Artisanal Wood-fired style (Phoenix Arizona)
Other than NYC Pizza:
It’s almost impossible to survive on a diet of only pizza, especially when there are so many other fantastic foods to try in New York City! Just incase you need to mix things up, we’ve included a variety of authentic top tier cuisine to try while visiting the city.
- Soup Dumplings – Joe’s Shanghai
- Bagels – Ess-a-Bagel
- Rainbow Bagels – Liberty Bagels Midtown
- Gyros – The Halal Guys
- Chopped Cheese or bacon egg and cheese from a bodega
- Dim Sum in China Town
- Pastrami on Rye – Katz delicatessen
- Banana pudding – Magnolia Bakery’s
- Tacos – Los Tacos No. 1
- NY Style Hot Dog at Gray’s Papaya or Nathan’s
- Cookies – Levain Bakery
- Oysters – Grand Central Oyster Bar
- Ramen – Momofuku’s Noddle Bar
- Cannoli – Ferrara
More Non-Pizza Things to do in NYC
Between chowing down on that delicious NYC pizza, walking it off at New York’s famous landmarks is a must. Of course there is an endless amount of experiences to enjoy in the city, as is evident in our Top 100 best things to do in New York City Travel blog suggests. But there’s always new and exciting events popping up in the city! Here’s a few newer activities on our bucket list:
- The MET Cloisters
- Catacombs in Basillica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral
- Coney Island
- Brooklyn Flea Sat 10am – 5pm
- Smorgasburg Sat 11am – 6pm
- Dekalb Market
- Mercer Labs Museum of Art and Technology
- Tenement Museum 10am – 6pm
- Prospect Park
- American Museum of Natural History
- Times Square Auditory Art – Broadway Pedestrian Plaza between 45th and 46th Streets (between Broadway and Seventh Avenue)
- The Bean Sculpture in Tribecca
- Games at Cellar Dog (Fat Cat)
- The Polonksky exhibition of NY public library’s treasure
- Bath house Flatiron
- Squid Game experience
New York is an ever-evolving landscape for travelers, but these are a few new experiences to add to the continuously growing NYC Bucket List. The NYC Pizza game is top tier, and we’ll do our best to try them all so we can guide you to pizza perfection. Stay tuned as we’ll be periodically updating the list! Thanks for reading and keep leveling up!
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