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Italian · Manhattan · $$$
Textbook Neapolitan pizza — light dough, perfect char, San Marzano tomato, fresh buffalo mozzarella. Ranked in Top 50 US pizzerias.
Pasta · Staten Island · $$$
Wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza with San Marzano tomato, fresh mozzarella, and basil
Pizza · Manhattan · $$
The benchmark pie — thin crust with a clean tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, and basil that shows whether the fundamentals are in order
Pasta · Manhattan · $$$
Wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza with puffy charred crust, San Marzano tomato, and fresh mozzarella
Wood-fired margherita with San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil.
A classic margherita with good char, fresh mozzarella, and basil — the Italian fundamentals done right.
Pizza · Long Island City · $$
Classic thin-crust pizza with San Marzano tomato, mozzarella, and basil
A well-executed Margherita with quality mozzarella — one of the better versions on the Upper East Side.
Pasta · Carroll Gardens · $$$
Wood-fired Margherita elevated with premium mozzarella and fresh basil — simple perfection.
Thin-crust pizza with San Marzano tomato, mozzarella, and fresh basil
Italian · Manhattan · $$
Wood-fired Neapolitan-leaning pie with tomato, mozzarella, basil, and a properly leoparded crust
Italian · Manhattan · $$$$
Brick-oven margherita with fresh mozzarella — simple and well-executed.
Wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza with San Marzano, mozzarella, basil
Classic thin-crust pizza with San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil from the brick oven.
Pasta · Melrose · $$$
Classic pizza with fresh mozzarella, tomato, and basil
Classic Neapolitan-style pizza with San Marzano tomatoes, mozzarella, basil
Pizza · Bedford-Stuyvesant · $$
Classic Neapolitan margherita with San Marzano tomato, mozzarella, basil
Classic tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, and basil from the brick oven — well-priced at $16.
Korean Fried Chicken · Bushwick · $$
Wood-fired margherita with gochujang red sauce, mozzarella, and chili oil — Korean-Italian fusion that works.
Pizza · Manhattan · $$$
A classic combination of tomato, mozzarella, and basil, a benchmark for any Italian pizzeria.
Amalfi-style margherita with a thin, charred crust, San Marzano tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella — the best thing on the menu.
A straightforward Margherita with quality mozzarella and San Marzano-style sauce — a solid secondary option to the pastas.
Pasta · Manhattan · $$
Individual-sized thin and crunchy crust pizza with San Marzano tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.
Wood-fired pizza with San Marzano tomato and fresh mozzarella -- thin, blistered, and perfectly charred
Classic coal-fired margherita with fresh mozzarella, tomato, and basil
Pasta · West Brighton · $$
Thin-crust pizza from a proper coal-fired brick oven with San Marzano tomatoes and fresh mozzarella — great char.
Wood-fired, thin-crust pizza featuring classic tomato, mozzarella, and basil.
Bar · Manhattan · $$$
Classic margherita — a lighter option if you're not in the mood for a full pasta dish.
