Restaurants & Bars
33 PA Pizzerias Make New Ranking For Best Regional-Style Pies
Take a look at the top-rated PA pizza places serving up Chicago, New York, Detroit, Neapolitan, Sicilian, and tavern-style slices.
PENNSYLVANIA — More than 30 pizzerias in Pennsylvania are among the best in the country, according to a new national directory of regional pizza styles created by The Washington Post using Yelp data.
“We set out to find the country’s best pizzas, from slice shops in New York City to fancy California-inspired pizzas, gathering favorites from experts, historians and pros around the country,” The Post reported Thursday. “For a more populist view, Washington Post data columnist Andrew Van Dam analyzed 7.5 million Yelp reviews of pizzerias to see which regional-style restaurants attract the most and highest ratings.”
The newspaper only considered pizzerias that had at least 100 Yelp reviews and where a substantial share mentioned the pizza style in question — Chicago, New York, Detroit, Neapolitan and Sicilian, as well as a few local favorites like tavern-style.
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“We ranked them with a simple formula that accounted for rating (most important), number of reviews (important) and how often reviews mentioned that particular pizza style (less important). For most types, we limited our search to the metro area of the pizza’s birth,” the newspaper said.
In Pennsylvania, here are the three top-ranked pizzerias by regional style (all have at least 3.5 star-ratings on Yelp):
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Chicago style ("Thick and tall crusts of a deep dish, often with sauce layered atop the cheese. 'Stuffed' is a subset of this type.)
3. Rock Hill Pizza, Bala Cynwd
New York style ("Thin in the center with a risen lip on the edge, dressed in sauce with cheese atop.")
1. Rockaway Pizzeria, White Oak
2. Leandro's Pizza House, Upper Darby
3. Pizza Lupo, Pittsburgh
Detroit style ("Square slices with a thick crust. Cheese often cooked underneath the sauce and used to crisp up the edges.")
1. Collegeville Italian Bakery Pizzeria Napoletana, Collegeville
2. Circles + Squares, Philadelphia
3. Federal Gallery, Pittsburgh
Neapolitan style ("While 'Neapolitan' is strictly defined, Neapolitan-ish includes puffy-crusted wood-fired pizzas with all sorts of fancy toppings.")
1. Spuntino Wood Fired Pizzeria, Doylestown
2. Proper Brick Oven & Tap Room, Pittsburgh
3. Ravanesi Pizzeria Napoletana, Glen Mills
Roman style ("Rectangular slices with a thicker airy crust.")
1. Rione, Philadelphia
2. Alice Pizza, Philadelphia
Sicilian style ("A pan pizza with a very thick, soft crust and a crunchy base.")
1. Della Sala's Pizza, Verona
2. Pizza House, Ambridge
3. Sciulli's Pizza, Pittsburgh
Tavern style "A thin crust, cut into squares. Competitor for the moniker of 'Chicago' style."
1. Hook & Master, Philadelphia
Click here to view the full nationwide list, which you can sort by state and pizza style.
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