{"id":240247,"date":"2021-04-30T22:40:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-jersey-beats-out-new-york-for-best-pizza-title\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T22:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:40:48","slug":"new-jersey-beats-out-new-york-for-best-pizza-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-jersey-beats-out-new-york-for-best-pizza-title\/","title":{"rendered":"#New Jersey beats out New York for ‘Best Pizza’ title"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New Jersey beats out New York for ‘Best Pizza’ title<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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You want a pizza me?<\/p>\n

This week, New Yorkers \u2014 who pride themselves on slinging the finest slices \u2014 found themselves dethroned and defeated in a shocking new ranking that gave its pizza a mere bronze medal.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to Food & Wine Magazine<\/a>\u2018s latest pizza report, which included a top 10 list of states where the pies reign supreme. Not only did New York place third, but its bitter rival, New Jersey, came in first. Adding insult to injury, Connecticut elbowed its way past the Empire State to claim second place.<\/p>\n

The Garden State\u2019s official Twitter<\/a> account trumpeted the news<\/a> by sharing a Food & Wine screenshot<\/a> with the caption, \u201cfact check: TRUE.\u201d<\/p>\n

The claim made New Yorkers\u2019 sauce boil \u2014 especially being left to chew on NJ\u2019s leftover crust.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you give another New Yorker a call and ask them what\u2019s a good pizzeria in New Jersey, chances are they\u2019re not going to be able to name one,\u201d said Ahmed Elsayed, 28, a manager at L&B Spumoni Gardens<\/a> \u2014 a popular pizzeria in Brooklyn\u2019s Gravesend neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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La Rossa pie at Razza in Jersey City, NJ, where Food & Wine says pizza makers have paid homage to traditions while honing techniques with fresh ingredients.<\/figcaption>
David Landsel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Food & Wine ranking tossed accolades at Jersey City pizzerias Razza<\/a> and Bread and Salt<\/a>, both relative newcomers, as well as classic joints serving \u201ctomato pies\u201d in Trenton, including Papa\u2019s<\/a> and De Lorenzo\u2019s Tomato Pies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Jersey seems to excel at every kind of pizza \u2014 that\u2019s just the way New Jersey is,\u201d Food & Wine senior editor David Landsel, who penned the saucy standings, told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to think of New Jersey as what New York would look like, if we slowed down to app<\/a>reciate our heritage a little more, if the pizza makers were under less pressure and had the time and money to take more pride in their work, and if our surviving classic pizzerias hadn\u2019t leaned so heavily into tourism as a way of making a living.\u201d <\/p>\n

Second-ranked Connecticut was called out for New Haven stalwarts Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana<\/a> and Sally\u2019s Apizza<\/a>, as well as Zuppardi\u2019s Apizza<\/a> in West Haven. Third-placed New York was given shoutouts for Manhattan\u2019s John\u2019s of Bleecker<\/a> and Joe\u2019s Pizza<\/a>; Brooklyn\u2019s Lucali<\/a> and Roberta\u2019s<\/a>; and slice joints Scarr\u2019s Pizza<\/a> on the Lower East Side and Paulie Gee\u2019s Slice Shop<\/a> in Greenpoint.<\/p>\n

According to Landsel, New York City pizza has two strikes against it. High rents, he said, have made pizzerias prioritize earning money over honing traditional craft. Plus, the city\u2019s high-charged atmosphere has left people in a rush on both sides of the counter \u2014 and customers satisfied with mediocre pizza.<\/p>\n

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The Hellboy at Paulie Gee\u2019s Slice Shop in Greenpoint \u2014 one of the exceptional New York City pizzerias that Landsel recommends.<\/figcaption>
David Landsel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI know we\u2019re all paying a heavy price to live and do business here, but there must be a happy medium in there somewhere,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd stop it with this reflexive self-belief in our pizza being the best \u2014 we got way too sloppy over the years to be saying that with a straight face.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Jersey pizzaiolos celebrated the news. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are different varieties of pizza in the state of New Jersey, and I think there are a lot more than ever,\u201d said 48-year-old Peter Grippo, who owns the Barstool-approved<\/a> Brooklyn Square Pizza \u2014 with locations<\/a> in Jackson, Manalapan and Toms River, NJ. <\/p>\n

In Toms River, 40-year-old Carlo Boemio \u2014 who owns Attilio\u2019s Pizza<\/a> \u2014 attributed the state\u2019s many options to competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to stand out,\u201d said Boemio, who specializes in a thin-crust grandma pie, but is also working on perfecting a Detroit-style pie. <\/p>\n

Still, New Yorkers remain unconvinced of their neighbor\u2019s supposed slice supremacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cJersey mimics New York no matter what they do,\u201d said Elsayed. \u201cThey always follow.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n