Top 10 Best Pizza Cities in America

The birthplace of American pizza where a dollar slice culture coexists with artisan Neapolitan joints, and the water supposedly makes the dough better.

Buddy's-style rectangular pan pizza with crispy cheese edges and sauce on top has evolved from regional curiosity to national obsession.

Deep dish from Lou Malnati's and Giordano's is polarizing, but Chicago's lesser-known tavern-style thin crust is an underrated masterpiece.

A quietly excellent pizza city where tomato pie traditions merge with modern wood-fired spots and old-school Italian-American neighborhood parlors.

Apizza Scholls, Ken's Artisan, and Lovely's Fifty Fifty have made Portland a West Coast pizza destination rivaling any East Coast city.

Tony's Pizza Napoletana and a thriving sourdough-crust scene prove that California can compete with the traditional pizza powerhouses.

Tomato pie from DeLorenzo's and Papa's represents a distinct New Jersey style with sauce on top of the cheese that purists swear by.

Provel cheese and cracker-thin crust on Imo's-style pizza is either a beloved regional treasure or a crime against pizza, with no middle ground.

An emerging pizza scene with spots like Folk and Two Boots bringing creative pies that prove great pizza is no longer just a coastal phenomenon.

The birthplace of American pizza where a dollar slice culture coexists with artisan Neapolitan joints, and the water supposedly makes the dough better.

Buddy's-style rectangular pan pizza with crispy cheese edges and sauce on top has evolved from regional curiosity to national obsession.

Deep dish from Lou Malnati's and Giordano's is polarizing, but Chicago's lesser-known tavern-style thin crust is an underrated masterpiece.

A quietly excellent pizza city where tomato pie traditions merge with modern wood-fired spots and old-school Italian-American neighborhood parlors.

Apizza Scholls, Ken's Artisan, and Lovely's Fifty Fifty have made Portland a West Coast pizza destination rivaling any East Coast city.

Tony's Pizza Napoletana and a thriving sourdough-crust scene prove that California can compete with the traditional pizza powerhouses.

Tomato pie from DeLorenzo's and Papa's represents a distinct New Jersey style with sauce on top of the cheese that purists swear by.

Provel cheese and cracker-thin crust on Imo's-style pizza is either a beloved regional treasure or a crime against pizza, with no middle ground.

An emerging pizza scene with spots like Folk and Two Boots bringing creative pies that prove great pizza is no longer just a coastal phenomenon.