#1
9.2Top Tier
After a series of slices on the Vegas strip, I found myself requiring a true top tier pizza experience. So we visited Good Pie in the Arts District. Long on my “to try” list this pizzeria features a variety of…
Style guide
Best Grandma Pizza
A ranked guide to Grandma entries across The Slice Index.
Grandma pizza is a relatively thin sheet-pan pie associated with the home cooking of Italian-American families, particularly on Long Island. Compared with conventional Sicilian pizza, it receives less proofing and develops a tighter, more compact crumb. Olive oil in the pan creates a crisp, lightly fried underside, while tomato, garlic, cheese, and herbs provide a simple, direct flavor profile.
Score keyTop Tier · 9.0+Great · 8.0–8.9Worth the Calories · 6.5–7.9All Pizza’s Good, Right? · Below 6.5
#2
9.0Top Tier
This is a pizzeria I have long been looking forward to visiting. I first encountered Tony Scardino - “The Professor” - from his incredible-looking pandemic-era pizza-making. Scardanio has a formidable pizza res…
#3
8.7Great
Just a few miles from the charming summer colony of Long Beach Island, Little Egg is a different world. One step into Naples Pizza, the air thick with oven smells and South Jersey accents denouncing unseen male…
#4
8.6Great
@babylucspizza is the casual slice-shop offshoot of @lucali_bk (often called the best pizza in NYC), and while both are made with craft, the pizza here is pretty different from its famous parent. I…
#5
8.3Great
Hot Box Pizza (Somerville, MA) - Some cities greet you with pizza on every corner- the good kind, the kind that might make you briefly believe human civilization hasn’t been a complete waste. Not Boston. Boston…
#6
8.2Great
A 1980s Jersey pizzeria that recently relocated to Charlotte, @genodspizza is run by Geno DiPaolo and his daughter Gina. I have tried a lot of Jersey pizzas over the last year & it’s a style that has really gro…
#7
7.9Worth the Calories
This Evendale pizzeria has been at the top of my to-try list since before it opened, so I was glad to finally visit recently. Decored as a classic New York slice shop, @mytrophypizza serves two styles: New York…
#8
7.1Worth the Calories
This New York mini-chain is known for its eponymous “Artichoke slice”: essentially a pound of butter & heavy whipping cream on a puffy NY style crust. That slice is best left to disoriented late night revelers…
#9
6.8Worth the Calories
A few weeks ago, after some heavy elbowing through a herd of blissfully uncomplicated wanderers lulling outside Madison Square Garden, we reached NY Pizza Suprema. Suprema has traditionally been my go to for a…
#10
6.8Worth the Calories
Brazzi is conveniently located right on New Jersey State Route 72, before the bridge to Long Beach Island (that being the Dorland J. Henderson Memorial Bridge, of course). Brazzi produces a variety pizza styles…