The best pizza served on the table with wine and other accessories. Yes, you might have to wait more than an hour to try this Midwood institution, but a visit to the original, standard-setting store founded by the late Domenico DeMarco in 1965 is a must for pizza lovers and pizza lovers around the world. Whole slices and pies are available. Another pizza place so good it's worth making a reservation.
It's a little easier to get into Ops and it has a wonderful and comprehensive wine list. You can also have a marinara, a margarita or a juno (broccoli rabe, potatoes, provola, ricotta salata) to go and buy a bottle in the store owned by the same owner, Forêt Wines, to pair it at home. Owner Chris Iacono worked at his brother Mark's pizza place, Lucali, before opening this place in Park Slope. First-rate ingredients, such as hand-cut pepperoni, fresh mushrooms and a mix of low-moisture mozzarella cheeses, fresh homemade mozzarella and imported parmigiano-reggiano, demonstrate a commitment to quality.
Grandma Giuseppina's secret sauce recipe stands between those and the thin dough. This newcomer to Park Slope began as a pre-pandemic vaccine project before opening its doors on Fifth Avenue this summer. The attention paid to sourcing, ingredients and the magic and science of pizza pay off with excellent Margherita, Sicilian and Grandma varieties. There's also wine, beer, and seating inside and out.
El Fornino de Ayoub has been known for its pizza riffs over the centuries, so try a traditional cake or try something new for yourself. Lee's Tavern seems to be frozen in a time before the invention of mobile phone reception or the invention of equipment known as the New York Metropolitans. A discreet Tuesday meal a little more elegant than Sweats and Seamless, a birthday dinner with friends, a date at the beginning of the game, five years later, whenever, are perfect occasions to go to a pizza restaurant with seats. Prioritize the New York-style serving topped with sage sausage and whole wheat butter, a pizza remix of a popular pasta dish at Frankies 457 Spuntino that proves that everything is better in pizza form.
Home to several classic pizzerias, including the best pizza place in town, Carroll Gardens is New York's unofficial breeding ground for pizza talent. Head to this cozy Carroll Gardens restaurant for generously stuffed pizza and calzone, which are well worth the wait, often extended. We could tell you that this restaurant that only sells cash is BYOB and that the small room seems like a spiritual place of pizza worship. Founded in 1933, Patsy's is one of the oldest pizzerias in the city and is still one of the best, offering excellent East Harlem pizzas.
There's another place ideal for groups in the East Village, and Violet, Matt Hyland's Alphabet City grill pizza place, is a stellar date destination. But even if Razza wasn't in the New York metropolitan area (it is), and even if it wasn't closer to downtown Manhattan than most of the places on this list (it is), blistered, wood-fired pizza is still among the best in New York, New Jersey and Mars. We've invested a lot of energy in understanding what makes a particular pizza so delicious, and few places have perplexed us like Bread And Salt in Jersey City. Rubirosa has been one of the best Italian restaurants in Manhattan for some time, and while the waits here are still long, the pizza is worth it.
If you grew up watching Dom DeMarco prepare your pies at Di Fara, in Midwood, you might never want to travel to New Jersey for pizza. In recent years, New York City has become a mecca for pizza, as it is home to excellent examples not only of New York-style slices, but also of thick, Neapolitan and charcoal-fired dough, among many others. .
