8 Classic NYC Pizzerias

Photos by David La Spina, text by Gillian Osswald 11/2/2018Updated 10/15/2020

New York wouldn’t be New York without pizza. The sheer volume of pizza options and styles here is staggering, but it’s the number of places that have been tossing dough for the better half of the past century that is truly next level. These mom-and-pop joints and longstanding parlors are part of NYC’s pizza legacy, and they’ve got the quality pies and old-school atmosphere to prove it. See—and taste—for yourself at one of these pizza institutions.

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