I love New York style pizza. To me, the best pizza is a plain cheese slice with plenty of sauce, and dripping with grease. The perfect slice will flop over when picked up unless you fold it in half first. Yummmmm.
I wrote this post last week, but by the time you read this, I’ll be in Manhattan with my extended family. I want to make sure that we try some of the best pizza around while we’re here.
Do you have a favorite pizza place in Manhattan? Below are Yelp’s top 10 in Manhattan (at the time I wrote this), followed by the top 6 near Midtown East (where we’ll be staying).
Yelp’s Top 10 in Manhattan
The following list is sorted by highest Yelp ratings and excludes places that aren’t really pizza places.
Stanton Pizza
127 Stanton St (between Norfolk St & Essex St)
Neighborhood: Lower East SideVia Tribunali
122 Ludlow St (between Rivington St & Delancey St)
Neighborhood: Lower East SidePrince Street Pizza
27 Prince St (between Mott St & Elizabeth St)
Neighborhood: NolitaIl Fornaio Pizzeria
1505 Lexington Ave (between 98th St & 97th St)
Neighborhood: East HarlemLa Margarita
151 Ludlow St (between Stanton St & Rivington St)
Neighborhood: Lower East SideMerilu Pizza Al Metro
791 9th Ave (between 53rd St & 52nd St)
Neighborhoods: Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater DistrictPrimo Pizza 84
57 W 84th St (between W Central Park & Columbus Ave)
Neighborhood: Upper West SideLuzzo’s
211 1st Ave (between 12th St & 13th St)
Neighborhood: East VillageNumero 28
660 Amsterdam Ave (between 93rd St & 92nd St)
Neighborhood: Upper West SideSaluggi’s
325 Church St (between Canal St & Lispenard St)
Neighborhood: TriBeCa
Yelp’s top rated pizza near Midtown East
We’ll be staying in the midtown east area and we’re considering ordering several for delivery so that we can taste test them side by side. Since I’m not sure that the best places listed above will deliver to our area, I ran another search based on places near Midtown East. Below, I listed those that offer delivery (according to Yelp) and have 4 stars or more:
Merilu Pizza Al Metro
791 9th Ave (between 53rd St & 52nd St)
Neighborhoods: Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater DistrictCapizzi
547 9th Ave (at 40th St)
Neighborhoods: Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater DistrictPosto Pizza
310 2nd Ave (between 18th St & 19th St)
Neighborhood: GramercyNew York Pizza Suprema
413 8th Ave (between 30th St & 31st St)
Neighborhoods: Chelsea, Midtown WestGotham Pizza
1443 York Ave
Neighborhoods: Yorkville, Upper East SidePizza by Cer Te
132 E 56th St (between Park Ave & Lexington Ave)
Neighborhood: Midtown East
Reader recommendations
What do you think? Do the lists above really show the best pizza places? Do you have a favorite that we absolutely have to try? Comment below!