It’s official: these are the world’s best cities for pizza

Some Italians may disagree, but these days, not all the good pizza is to be found in Italy. In fact pizzerias around the world, from Beijing to São Paulo, are showing that a delicious slice has no borders. 

Don’t believe us? Check out the latest ranking of the world’s greatest pizzerias from Italian pizza connoisseurs 50 Top Pizza. The top spot on year’s list went jointly to Una Pizza Napoletana in New York and I Masanielli in Caserta, Italy.

But the placings of the rest of the list varied enormously, with pizza makers as far-flung as Cairo, Helsinki, Auckland, and Beijing's very own Bottega which came in the 14th place, all placed in the list’s top 100. 

Which got us thinking: what’s the best city in the world for pizza? To find out, we looked at 50 Top Pizza’s list and counted up which cities around the world featured the most heavily. And the results are at least somewhat surprising. 

The best city for pizza in 2022 is… another tie! Both New York and Rome had five restaurants feature in the ranking – more than any other cities.

Next comes Naples tied with London and Tokyo, all of which had four restaurants feature in the list. However Naples – the undisputed birthplace of pizza – edges out the competition by virtue of having four restaurants in the overall top ten: the most of any city.

Check out the full top 100 pizzerias in the world for yourself here.

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