Guide to the 2025 Best Pizza Lists
The hunt for the top pizzerias of 2025 is already underway. Has your pizzeria made it onto any of this year’s “Best Pizza” lists? Earning a spot on the national, state, regional, or even global best pizza rankings can be a game-changing achievement for any pizzeria. Be sure to bookmark this guide and check back frequently, as we’ll be updating it regularly with the latest pizza rankings as they are announced.
Discover which pizzerias are earning recognition across the United States in 2025. Each “Best Pizza” list uses different criteria such as expert panels, public votes, reviews, and other factors to determine the top spots. Here are the biggest pizza lists of 2025 to date:
U.S. Pizzerias Among TimeOut’s 19 Best Pizzas in the World
Pizzerias in the U.S. made a strong showing TimeOut’s list of best pizzas in the world. Scarr’s Pizza in New York ranked No. 2. Chicago-based Milly’s Pizza in a Pan grabbed the no. 11 spot and Eleventh Street Pizza in Miami ranked 14th. Check out the full list of TimeOut’s 19 Best Pizzas in the World.
Eat This, Not That! Names The Absolute Best Pizza Every State
This resource’s annual listing of best pizza in each state has several newcomers this year, including Colorado’s Rosalee’s Pizzeria, Louisiana’s St. Pizza, New York’s Andrew Bellucci’s Pizzeria and Rhode Island’s Pizza Marvin. Go to Eat This, Not That! for its list of The Absolute Best Pizza in Every State.
The New York Times highlights Where to Find Great New York Slices in 2025
Now this one is subscriber access article, but we know a few pizzerias around the country who made the list that have contributors and speakers at Pizza Today and Pizza Expo. Tony Gemignani’s Slice House, Audrey Kelly’s Audrey Jane’s Pizza Garage in Boulder, Colorado, Laura Meyer’s Pizzeria da Laura in Berkeley, California and Bill Crawford’s Righteous Slice in Rexburg, Idaho all made the list. Go to the New York Times’ Where to Find Great New York Slices in 2025.
Pizzerias and Pizzaiolos Among 2025 James Beard Awards Semifinalists
Pizza makers from Alabama to Alaska are among the semifinalists selected by the James Beard Foundation to celebrate the best chefs and restaurants in the United States. Pizzeria owners including the Stayer family (Texas) and restaurant groups MIDA (Boston), McNellie’s (Oklahoma) and Niche Food Group (Missouri) are on the short list in the Outstanding Restauranteur category.
The foundation tapped Pizza Expo speaker Sarah Minnick (Oregon) as a semifinalist for Outstanding Chef, while Dan Richer (New Jersey), Robert Andreozzi (Rhode Island), Beau Schooler (Alaska) and Michael Vakneen (Nevada) are semifinalists in the Best Chef category.
Read the complete roundup of James Beard Awards semifinalists to learn who is nominated for regional Best Chef and Outstanding Hospitality awards.
Knoxville, Tennessee’s A Dopo named to USA Today’s Restaurants of the Year for 2025
A Dopo in Knoxville, Tennessee is the sole pizzeria to be named in USA Today’s list of Restaurants of the Year for 2025. The listing touted it as a “local culinary gem that elevates the concept of sourdough pizza to a dinner-only delicacy.” The listing made special note of A Dopo’s truffle pie (a 15″ naturally leavened pizza topped with aged mozzarella, white truffle oil, speck ham, mushrooms, chives & finished with fig jam) and its small-batch gelato. Explore USA Today’s full list of Restaurants of the Year for 2025.
Pizzerias highlighted in Yelp’s Top 100 US Restaurants 2025
In Yelp’s Top 100 US Restaurants of 2025, the review site is counting down the best restaurants in the the restaurant category, including all cuisines. Here is how Yelp comes up with the list: ” To determine Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in 2025, Yelp’s data science team starts by using the data generated from our community submissions. We considered both the rating and the volume of the reviews, while accounting for the overall restaurant activity in each business’s area. From the candidate restaurants, we narrowed the list down with the expertise of our community managers and Trend Expert to curate a list as quirky, interesting, and unique as the Yelp community itself.”
Check out the three pizzerias that made the list:
40. Much Ado About Pizza, Pleasanton, California
44. R Town Pizza, Reno, Nevada
65. Penelope, Tucson, Arizona
Go to Yelp’s Top 100 US Restaurants 2025.
Pizza Today’s 2025 Pizzerias to Watch
Photo courtesy of Prime Pizza.
In our January issue of Pizza Today, we feature 10 standout pizzerias to watch in 2025. A few include:
Claudio’s Pizzeria, Winchester, Virginia Claudios-pizzeria.com
Soprana Rooftop Cucina, Asheville, North Carolina sopranarooftop.com
Blue Square Pizza, Hopkinton, Massachusetts bluesquarepizza.com
Prime Pizza, Los Angeles, California primepizza.la
See more on these pizzerias and the rest of the Pizzerias to Watch in 2025.
Stay tuned. More best pizza lists will be added as they are published.
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