List of The BEST Pizza In NYC 2024

what are the actual best pizza spots in all of NYC infatuation just ranked them and a lot of the NYC internet is debating it you know I'm telling you all these hipsters they go on this site called Reddit and they act like some nerds they ain't even true New Yorkers uh we got to talk about it Andrew because people are passionate about pizza whether it's eater grub Street thrillist in this case infatuation dropped his list Andrew readd it went crazy uh we're going to break down p in general today but especially in New York City make sure you like subscribe turn on your notifications but you know what goes perfect on pizza smalla sauce it is currently sold out but it will be back rein stocked so please check it out when it does it's amazing on Pizza I know people they listen guys you've seen the videos we've eaten at so many Pizza Spots I'm not going to say all 20 on infatuations list but the majority of them is it weird how passionate people are about pizza in New York City is it because everybody just grows up eating it since they're a kid whether they're a transplant they love that culture or they grew up here why are people like they treated like this sports teams I I still think New York is the epicenter of Pizza in America even though some people say oh Connecticut has some pizza spots that are better than New York Guys New Haven when it comes to Pizza though the culture is in New York City and so yes it is debated that's like that's like a list of like oh your best Nicks players uh you know everybody's going to debate agree with me that only in New York on people's like hinge profiles do people say oh let's talk about pineapple on Pizza where I just like man why would you have care about that when you're dating somebody yeah yeah definitely I mean David I think does part of the debate about this infatuation list first of all infatuation does have a lot of good lists that I sometimes do follow but is it because the authors are Brian Kim Willam Moore Kenny Yang and Carlo Manu know and like a lot of like ASI Old School pizza spot people are going to be looking at like you got you got two Asian Fellas on there like what do they really know about pizza they still want to eat the Scallan pancake or some naan some Indian naan that's what they want I don't know it's a good question guys we're going to get into the whole debate um I do think that New York interestingly enough Andrew is close enough to Europe in Italy where people tend to be hyper provincial and Hyper traditionalist you know there's this videos of this guy going to uh Italy and he folded up his pizza and everybody's like what are you doing what are you doing and they were like flipping out so I feel like New York still has some of that um Pizza fundamentally Andrew is super simple it's bread sauce cheese and toppings New York n who's a famous New York personality is famous for saying all pizza is the same I'm just going to eat whatever I'm closest to but other people on Reddit they don't feel like that which one which side are you on I mean I think convenience is part of your your your I mean to be honest I mean if you're traveling an hour or you got to get on the train and do almost like a like 40 minute trip to deep Brooklyn just to get pizza it's good if you want to try it and explore culture and understand what that pizza tastes like but there's no way it's actually worth it I think that there is a culture of people who take a cheap train ride to go get a cheap slice of pizza and that's their way of like breaking out of their shell yeah it's a way of exploring but like come on like yes whatever Pizza is within a certain proximity of you that does matter and that matters to my opinion too because even if there's really good pizza over in the Bronx it doesn't matter because I have pretty good pizza down here that's true and uh you're talking about the marginal difference it's not going to be worth the trip no I think Pizza especially slices of pizza not just like sit down Neapolitan with the Fluffy crust and you get it in in in the Italian restaurant I'm saying pizza slices you have to take into consideration convenience to you I think it's part of the BR for sure I've never seen Pizza culture like in New York City though the people take it so serious here I think people care about traditionality Nostalgia the regional style Andre Detroit style delicious gets no love toppings the cool factor and the background Heritage story scarcity availability once a spot has more than like two locations in it's not good anymore right like or it's or it's less good because it's just more common purists they tend to go off the bread the Char the oven the seeds you're you you care about this I care more about the bread I think the bread is a lot listen a lot of people can have the little pepperonis and and cheeses and stuff but it's the care about the bread and not over burn or under burn or undercook is that double O flour is that double O flour from Italy um a lot of the best spots don't even serve slices at this point right that's that's true right um what do you think about people going off Dave poroy is Dave poroy the Jim Kramer of pizza pck the way Jim Kramer makes stock picks or is his opinion valid I don't know I I mean I think it's kind of valid but he's not like a pizza expert literally yeah he just talks about the Flo I think it's just because he's a harsh critic that's all it doesn't just because he's a harsh critic it doesn't mean he's the right critic right it doesn't mean that he's studied pizza or anything like that again you know I think Dave por for his fan base is like an authority very unscientific fan but if you don't care about his taste buds then don't really listen to him um I would say that there's a battle going on right now between New School spots uh like upside you know they're doing sourdough crust and they're getting their meats differently and then the old school New York spots like a Joe's or a NY Supra where people are like either with the new wave or the old wave and they think the new wave is for the hipsters and the transplants and the old wave is for the native New Yorkers yo man I'm with the new wave and I was thinking about this the new waves Andrew they're they're actually usually started by IV League private Equity guys or chefs or ivy league guys hiring chefs right because they have a lot of disposable capital and think about it they have all the prior knowledge from all the pizza spots that existed before they have new technology and ovens they could poach the best workers who are like the most disciplined and best quality control from all the other spots so really is it fair to say cuz the 2.0 3.0 wave spots why wouldn't they be better than the spots from the '90s I don't know do you care if it's started by if it's got Venture Capital funding or not I mean right from like a food group I mean there there are some really good pizzas that I don't think had had Venture Capital funding like I don't know scar I don't know scars did I don't think Lucia's did I I think that's family-owned you know you're talking about even of the new wave yeah I mean honestly to start one pizza shop you don't need like a t ton of money right but these chained like a upside for sure is a famous Venture Capital back right right right um I would say this man it's almost like comparing like kith and a to like FUBU FUBU came from New York from the 90s now we're at kith and a is replaced FUBU but still Urban Wear right um Saturday's NYC to DKNY also there's change from Italy coming in Andrew uh Roman Milan style you know like colder slices but I don't know if do you like those the slice that's on fukasha nah not really but I do know the new wave is generally a mixture between Roman and Neapolitan style where they'll and New York St even for slice spots they want the fluffier crust at the back even for slice spots right right right which is more fasha esque right um some things that fell off Andrew everybody hates Arch choke Pizza in 2024 opinions yeah I don't like it crab slice no Prince Street obviously had a racism Scandal Prince Street's still pretty good I'd still eat there yeah it's good it's good good uh Mike's hot honey went out of style people are like yo quit putting the sweet syrup on it goes on certain slices and uh spots like Grimaldi that uh went National in America people are like yo I'm not on Grimaldi anymore sure I think Prince Street should have been on this list in my opinion right Prince Street I I'm sure they left it off because of the charges of racism from the owners right I guess n man put the races back on uh somebody said nothing is worth a line there's always an acceptable alternative for no line for that food in NYC somebody just said why would you wait in line for pizza that's unbelievable yes and no I mean yes and no but we're going to get into some comments from people who clearly would wait in line upside is the best pizza that I've had I like their sourdough crust other people saying I don't like it and other people mentioning Grand Street the reason I brought this up Andrew even though people said it's for the Tik Tock noita dirt bag transplants is that you love those spots it is good it is good but what what else is on the I mean should we go through the list right now well no no let's just go through the spots that people are talking about poly G slice shop last time I had it I like it I haven't had it in a while though I would say we know plyy we filmed a TV show at there a few years ago i' say this poly sit down spot is way better than the slice spot yeah but the slice spot got the Vibes I think this this list should have been just slice spots right because it's too weird you can't compare Slice Pizza to fresh pizza straight out like at the Neapolitan spot I to me it's different or versus like unaa Napo atana which is like a chain from Italy super expensive it's hard you got to buy a res dude New York slice spots are its own breed that's my take that's my take is that you cannot compare a slice spot where the the slice is sitting there and then gets reheated I I I go one further I think you got to compare slice spots by tier of price like two Bros got to be compared to another dollar slice spot oh yeah I know but I'm saying two Bros in my opinion is the best slice that's under $2 yes I agree yeah yeah so it has to be by price point just like cars you don't compare like a Camry to a BMW um somebody said Detroit style doesn't get enough love because people in New York are too provincial about their Styles but Detroit style how different is it from a sicilian Square slice I think the texture is different to me because they're cooking in a way smaller pan I'm telling you it's because they call it Detroit style if they just called it something else no no no if they just called something else see I'm not a I didn't Google the difference but I would say you're right though Detroit style was based off a sicilian Square sty sicil is um Aces Jets I think are really good I think you can get a lot wackier toppings on Detroit style pizzas for me I think Detroit styles are underrated uh people in New York hate Chicago deep dish John Stewart famously went on a rant about it maybe we'll just play that right here but I I don't love Chicago deep dish and I have nothing against Chicago yeah but Chicago deep dish is not good yeah it just doesn't feel like pizza it doesn't make sense uh do you like EMTs which is the New York Chicago deep dish spot no um a lot of people are saying this is the new wave the 3.0 is inventing your own brand new slice flavors such as finny's white ricotta lemon slice they where they give you a half lemon squeeze on it or their pepper shallot slice or their cheeseless tomato slice yeah how do you like these artisanal mcal flavors almost like uh lindry fig and Jam these are slices that nobody's ever seen anywhere in the world I don't know I mean you always get the Fig and jam at lustry you like that one yeah and I always get the ricot uh fny too the ricot White Slice I don't even know what type of cheese is on there um a lot of people were throwing shade at best pizza because the owner the Italian guy he had a show on Vice that was all about pizza but then they're like yo I went to best pizza in Williamsburg and it was just burnt oh I don't know I ate there once I wasn't in love with the pizza so um so much debate about scars some people saying you know it was just the perfect ratio very subtly good and other people just saying what the f I do not get the hype behind it yeah I think that's the interesting thing about pizza man everybody's got their own opinion literally it comes down to preference I think of the top 10 spots you they're all interchangeable depending on who you are if somebody can't justify why they like a spot better than somewhere else do they lose points if they're not able to point out the sauce sweetness the sauce ratios the type of cheese the quality of cheese burn also it depends on when you get in who's making the pizza cuz sometimes not every slice at every spot all day long is the same right they don't let the dough ride enough right they don't let the it's still made by human hands so sometimes the lazy worker came in on Tuesday now Tuesday's pizzas are messed up obviously if you have the owner in the house there pizza is going to be on point I think that scars it's really driven by this sort of like hype Beast like Lees local Street Wear brand it's right next to awake NYC and all this stuff anyway um Joe's and NY Pizza Supra are the old school Staples that have been considered good since the '90s but some people are saying their flavors in 2024 are out dated yeah but Joe's is going to do fine I don't really think I had Supra I don't like Supra that much Joe's is way better you know what I think it just reminds me because I started going to a lot of chicken we we we went to a lot of chicken tender spots recently because that's become a thing right chicken tenders is it's just people are elevating them I think people go get chicken tenders and people go to Pizza spots for the vibe yeah and Joe's got the Vibes because it's tourists it's locals it's kids and the pizza's good enough like I don't think it's the best pizza but it's good enough where if you want want that Vibe and everybody's down for Joe's what are you going to push and be like oh yo no let's let's all take a uber 10 minutes this way and grab this slice of pizza it's like dude just like it's in the flow these basic foods that you can find on a Middle School cafeteria menu is about the Vibes once the food hits like six out of 10 and The Vibes are 10 out of 10 people are going to weigh The Vibes people talking about how dearest fell off uh is it true that one spot's entered they have one spot now they have five the like all of them all the other four expansion spots suck it's it's possible yeah yeah cuz they're not just taking care of it a lot of debates about cuts and slices because people are like oh man you can't just took take Trinidadian food or like Caribbean food and then put it on a Costco slice but other people are like oh I support cuts and slices even though obviously they do have like some slices that are that I want to say are like $15 I support it yeah I mean it's cool I I think it deserves to be on this list that's fine yeah no I mean I support cuts of slice but it is it's different it's $18 but you're comparing neapolitan pizza restaurants to slice spots and so it's like what I mean cuts and slices is a slice spot yeah quit I'm supporting wacky ethnic ingredients on Pizza I'm supporting it I love it I wish there was more of it there needs to be more of it um people are just saying man this list comes out every three months everybody argues over it and it's the same all the time with just a few additions and then of course somebody just said it just goes by the style and then of of course people were talking about all the chains that have opened up in the past 3 years that have multiple locations changing the whole landscape Andre tradas made in New York Pizza zazz marinara pizzas Monero ultimately man what is your thought on this why do people treat Pizza like the Knicks or why everybody's got an opinion on rotations coaching changes shot usage rate distribution whether you know anything about pizza or not well isn't if you know a lot about pizza isn't that kind of some New York credibility like that's why people like it right because it shows you know something about something that everybody cares about you're saying is that like knowing your train lines like without needing to look at Google it yeah to get respect in New York as a sports fan you just need to really know about New York Sports now people are going to realize that you don't know about other teams but if you just know about New York sports teams and you're like a big New York fan that's going to be good enough you know what I mean so it's just you got to have a opinions about pizza because opinions is like it's like uh it's like having Subway stories of your own you know you got to have some Subway St that is it is New York CR have sub you got to have Subway stories right you got to have train stories you got to have MTA stories oh this one time the MTA was backed up or this one time I saw this person this I saw fight on a day yeah this this one time it was flooding blah blah blah it's like yeah so um I think that people treat Pizza like a tribal marker of who they want to be around almost like cocktail bars you know how like people are just like oh what type of cocktail bar person are you hype old school new school or what's your drink you know how people judge people on their drinks like I think that just pizza is such like this it means so much more than the bread the sauce the cheese and the top means a lot more about your identity I wish what they did on this list and maybe this is something that I would do is attach the demog the main distinct demographic of each pizza spot so not every pizza spot has a super distinct uh a clientele but I would say like lindry you know uppity white people and girl uppity white girls yes right that's the distinct that's that's a group that you see go there that you do not see at other spots the fancy French bakery crowd lindry is the only pizza slice spot they would go to yeah like the people would pay like $12 for a croissant yeah I mean there's spots like I would say elb Spumoni and like Joe's that are pretty like catch everybody like everybody's going to try it nor me but like at scars are you going to agree Andrew you're going to find the most expensive pair of sneakers is going to be I'm like everybody's there is going to have a favorite rap album everybody likes Kanye everybody likes old Kanye at least chop up the soul Kanye um I'll just say this man I'm shocked that people in New York take traditional pizza that's serious but like we said there's probably a lot more entari sort of implications and you know symbolism tied into it let us know what you think of our opinions on other people's opinions we got the uh infatuation link listed down below I think it's an interesting exploration I want to see more ethnic pizzas shout out to cuts and slices shout out to I know there's a Indian slice spot out in Queens I forgot the name crave crave yes crave where they got uh chicken Tiki Masala butter chicken pizzas I love that because on the west coast in California and in Seattle people putting alpastor Ranch all types of things on pizza but on the East Coast they take it serious until next time with the hot poop boys we out peace