The Daily Meal, the world’s largest food and drink lifestyle site, recently unveiled its annual list of the 101 Best Pizzas in America. The top pizzas for 2015 were spread throughout the country, with this year’s list featuring 24 states.
The Daily Meal began with a list of 800 pizza places throughout the country, 100 more than last year, before narrowing down to the 101 that made the list. The pizzas were chosen by a panel of experts, including The Daily Meal’s own in-house pizza experts and city editors. The rest of the 109-member panel was comprised of a geographically diverse collection of American chefs, restaurant critics, bloggers, writers and pizza authorities. Panelists included: “The Pizza King” Dan Janssen; Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods; Los Angeles Times Restaurant and Wine Critic Irene Virbila; and even the authority on pizzaology, “Blondie’s” Dagwood Bumstead.
“Putting together this year’s list of the best pizzas in America was an arduous process,” noted Arthur Bovino, Executive Editor of The Daily Meal. “Of all the lists we put out each year, the pizza list definitely stirs up the most emotion in our readers, so we wanted to consider as many places as possible. The passionate feedback we receive shows us that there’s just something special about pizza.”
Of the 24 states that made the list, New York, the birthplace of American pizza, claimed 27 spots. Number 1???? Frank Pepe’s, New Haven, Connecticut: White Clam Pizza.
Here’s a brief rundown (in descending order) of the selections (and types of pizzas) in New Jersey and Pennsylvania…
12 Papa’s Tomato Pies, Robbinsville, NJ: Sausage
39 Delorenzo Tomato Pies, Robbinsville, NJ: Tomato Pie
63 The Original Tacconelli’s Pizzeria, Philadelphia, PA: White Pizza
66 Osteria, Philadelphia, PA: Parma
72 Brooklyn’s Pizza, Hackensack, NJ: Cheese & Tomato
82 Star Tavern Pizzeria, Orange, NJ: Thin Crust
83 Pizzeria Beddia, Philadelphia, PA: Tomato, Mozzarella, Old Gold Age Cheese, EVO
88 Pizzeria Vetri, Philadelphia, Pa: Tonno
97 Tony’s Place, Philadelphia, PA: Tomato Pie
101 Ghigiarelli’s, Old Forge, PA: Red
For a full list of the 101 best pizza places, please click here.
Bon Appétit!
TAD
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