The 100 Best Pizzerias in the World, According to a New Ranking

Jeremy Repanich
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Anthony Mangieri has regained his crown. His Una Pizza Napoletana on New York’s Lower East Side has been named the best pizzeria in the world by the organization 50 Top Pizza, a year after sliding from the top spot.

Mangieri, the New Jersey native, has been making pizza for more than 30 years, moving his N.Y.C. joint to San Francisco before returning to Manhattan in 2018. His pizzas a rooted in a Neapolitan style, but over the decades, his natural-leavened pies have changed as he constantly tinkers with the recipe of his poofy-crusted creations. The victory comes on the heels of Mangieri topping the same association’s ranking of the 50 best pizza joints in America earlier this year for the third time in a row. Last year, a pair of Italian restaurants—Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria in Naples and I Masanielli in Caserta—shared the top ranking, but in 2024 they slid down to share the second spot instead.

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The organization behind the annual rankings, 50 Top Pizza, began in 2014 when a trio of Italians—Barbara Guerra, Luciano Pignataro, and Albert Sapere—wanted to shine a light on exceptional pies. In 2017, they released their first guide, and now the rankings are determined by surveys and in-person visits to pizzerias. The ascent of their rankings has matched the growth of high-end pizza, where people traverse the world to find great pies in much the way a certain class of diner chases restaurants on the World’s 50 Best list. Now, the humble pie has gone haute, with pizzaiolos turning the kids party staple into the core of fine dining-esque tasting menus.

The top of this year’s 10 was rounded out by The Pizza Baron 38th in Tokyo, Confine in Milan, Napoli on the Road in London, Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco, I Tigli in San Bonifacio, Italy, Satoria Panatieri in Barcelona, 50 Kalo in Naples, and Rome’s Seu Pizza Illuminati.

In terms of patriotic bragging rights, Italy was the country with the most pizzerias in the top 100 (actually, because of ties, there are 102 restaurants listed), with the U.S.A. and its 15 ranked restaurants a distant second. The city with the most pizzerias on the list is, no surprise, Naples, with five, followed by Caserta just north of Naples having four. Last year five New York places made the list, but with Manhattan’s Song’ E Napule falling out of the rankings, that number dropped to four. But don’t worry, you don’t need a bunch of Italians to tell you there are great pizzas in N.Y.C.

100. Pizzeria Prima Strada, Victoria, Canada
99. Taglio, Mineola, N.Y.
98. Slice & Pie, Washington, D.C.
97. Zielona Górka, Pabianice, Poland
96. Pizza Culture, Calgary, Canada
95. La Piola Pizza, Brussels, Belgium
94. Stile Napoletano, Chester, England
93. Demaio, Bilbao, Spain
92. I Borboni, Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
91. San Martino—Pizza & Bolle, Rome
90. Atte Pizzeria Napoletana, Buenos Aires, Argentina
89. Ferro E Farinha, Rio de Janeiro
88. Imilla Alzada, La Paz, Bolivia
87. Unica Pizzeria, Sao Paulo
86. Da Susy, Gurugram, India
85. Saccharum, Altavilla Milicia, Italy
84. Meunier, Corciano, Italy
83. Giovanni Santarpia, Florence, Italy
82. Giangi, Arielli, Italy
81. Matto Napoletano, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
80. L’industrie Pizzeria, New York City
79. Little Pyg, Dublin
78. Franko’s Pizza & Bar, Zagreb, Croatia
77. ‘O Fiore Mio, Faenza, Italy
76. Surt, Copenhagen, Denmark
75. Pupillo Pura Pizza, Frosinone, Italy
74. Partenope Ristorante, Dallas
73. Forno d’Oro, Lisbon
72. ‘O Scugnizzo, Arezzo, Italy
71. Re | Mi, Sassari, Italy
70. A Mano, Makati, Philippines
69. La Fenice, Pistoia, Italy
68. La Pizza é Bella, Antwerp, Belgium
67. Ardente, Mexico City
66. Spacca Napoli, Seoul
65. Modus, Milan
64. 400 Gradi, Lecce, Italy
63. Le Parùle, Herculaneum, Italy
62. Carlo Sammarco Pizzeria, Aversa, Italy
61. Sbanco, Rome
60. Fratelli Figurato, Madrid
59. Pizzeria Mazzie, Bangkok
58. Allería, Providencia, Chile
57. Bottega, Beijing
56. Palazzo Petrucci Pizzeria, Naples, Italy
55. ‘O Munaciello, Miami
54. Pizzeria Braceria Cesari!!, Nagoya, Japan
53. A Pizza da Mooca, Sao Paulo
52. Denis, Milan
51. La Balmesina, Barcelona
50. Robert’s, Chicago
49. Massilia, Bangkok
48. Raf Bonetta, Pozzuoli, Italy
47. NNea, Amsterdam
46. Dante’s Pizzeria Napoletana, Auckland
45. La Leggenda, Miami
44 (Tie). Al Taglio, Sydney
44 (Tie). 48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar, Melbourne
43. IMperfetto, Puteaux, France
42. I Vesuviani, Pomigliano D’Arco, Italy
41. Apogeo, Pietrasanta, Italy
40. Ti Amo, Adrogué, Argentina
39. BOB Alchimia a Spicchi, Montepaone Lido, Italy
38. QT Pizza Bar, Sao Paulo
37. La Bolla, Caserta, Italy
36. Sestogusto, Turin, Italy
35. Clementina, Fiumicino, Italy
34. Pizza Zulu, Fürth, Germany
33. Pizzeria Sei, Los Angeles
32. La Cascina Dei Sapori, Rezzato, Italy
31. Le Grotticelle, Caggiano, Italy
30. Don Antonio, New York City
29. 180 Grammi Pizzeria Romana, Rome
28. Jay’s, Kenmore, N.Y.
27. Ken’s Artisan Pizza, Portland, Ore.
26. Baldoria, Madrid
25. Pepe in Grani, Caiazzo, Italy
24. Cambia-Menti Di Ciccio Vitiello, Caserta, Italy
23. 50 Kalò, London
22. Fiata by Salvator Fiata, Hong Kong
21. Pizzeria da Lioniello, Succivo, Italy
20. Salvo, Naples, Italy
19. Ribalta, New York City
18. La Notizia, Naples, Italy
17. Dry Milano, Milan
16. I Masanielli — Sasà Martucci, Caserta, Italy
15. RistoPizza, Tokyo
14. Via Toledo Enopizzeria, Vienna
13. Pizzeria Beddia, Philadelphia
12. Crosta Pizzeria, Makati Philippines
11. Leggera Pizza Napoletana, Sao Paulo
10. Seu Pizza Illuminati, Rome
9. 50 Kalò, Naples
8. Sartoria Panatieri, Barcelona
7. I Tigli, San Bonifacio, Italy
6. Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, San Francisco
5.Napoli on the Road, London
4. Confine, Milan
3. The Pizza Bar on 38th, Tokyo
2 (Tie). I Masanielli — Francesco Martucci, Caserta, Italy
2 (Tie). Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria, Naples, Italy
1. Una Pizza Napoletana, New York City

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