Eat Pizza in Manhattan Like You Never Left Naples

The undisputed heavyweight — Anthony Mangieri's Lower East Side obsession has been ranked the #1 pizzeria in the world by 50 Top Pizza in 2022, 2024, and 2025, and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand; open only Thursday–Saturday, one pie per person, all naturally leavened dough made by Mangieri's own hands every night until sold out.

Founded in 2009 by Roberto Caporuscio — president of the U.S. chapter of the Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani — Kesté ('this is it' in Neapolitan dialect) is the gold standard for credential-backed Neapolitan craft in the city, with 40+ pies built on housemade mozzarella, long-fermented dough, and imported D.O.P. ingredients, rated the #1 pizza in New York by New York Magazine and Food Network Magazine.

Run by award-winning pizzaiola Giorgia Caporuscio (daughter of Kesté's Roberto and 'Youngest Woman Pizza Maker World Champion' 2013), Don Antonio brings traditional wood-fired Neapolitan pies and the legendary Montanara — a flash-fried then baked pizza unique to Naples — to Midtown's Hell's Kitchen, making it the ideal pre-theater or pre-show stop you won't regret.

A beloved Houston Street fixture consistently ranked on the 50 Top Pizza USA list — run by Neapolitan expats who brought their family recipes, their wood-fired oven, and an extensive menu of classic and creative pies to SoHo, transporting regulars straight back to Italy with every slice of truffle, burrata, or pistachio pizza.

A repeat entry on the 50 Top Pizza USA list, Ribalta uses 72-hour fermented dough and Campanian buffalo mozzarella in a lively East 12th Street dining room where you can watch the wood-fired oven in action — the DOC and Nerano pies are house standouts, and the Italian football matches playing on the screens seal the full Napoli experience.

An East Village institution baking Neapolitan pies in a 950°F wood-fired oven using double-zero Italian flour and hand-stretched dough that cooks in under two minutes — the kind of place a true Neapolitan pizza connoisseur appreciates for its unimpeachable technique and ingredients, open daily for lunch and dinner.

Harlem's most beloved Neapolitan spot — a cozy brick-walled wood-fired pizzeria on Malcolm X Blvd with a 4.7 Google rating where the Margherita's thin, gently blackened crust and sweet tomato sauce come out fast, the Negroni sbagliatos and Italian wines are reasonably priced, and kid drawings on the walls make the whole room feel like a Naples Sunday.