Bucks Co. Pizzeria Among Best In Country, Popular Website Says

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — You can get some of the nation's best pizza right here in Bucks County. That's according to popular food website The Daily Meal. The website recently released its list of the “101 Best Pizzas in America" and one joint with a location in Bucks County is on the list.

DeLorenzo's, which has restaurants in Yardley and in Robbinsville, N.J., made the list, coming in 37th out of 101 pizzas.

DeLorenzo's, located on Yardley Langhorne Road, opened in 2018. DeLorenzo's Tomato Pies are celebrated throughout the region. The chain opened its first location in Trenton in 1947. The Robbinsville restaurant opened in 2007.

If you haven't been and want to try it out, make sure you leave yourself plenty of time. Lines form early in the evening. The restaurant is open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m Tuesday through Friday, and for dinner from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. It is closed on Monday.

It was no small feat for DeLorenzo's to make the cut.

The Daily Meal said it considered nearly 1,000 pizzas and looked for such qualities as a nuanced sauce, well-distributed cheese, a flavorful crust, and an overall balance of ingredients.

The “101 Best Pizzas in America” list is culled from a preferred pool of perfect pies. The Daily Meal then reached out to a diverse list of pizza chefs, bloggers, critics and writers, and asked them to take a survey on the pizza shops where they actually had eaten.

Here's what The Daily Meal editors had to say about DeLorenzo's

DeLorenzo’s serves 70 years’ worth of tradition with its pizza. It was launched in Trenton in 1947 by southern Italian immigrant Alexander "Chick" De Lorenzo; today, Delorenzo’s tradition is upheld by his grandson Sam Amico at the new location in Robbinsville, opened in 2007. DeLorenzo’s makes a clam pie, albeit with tomato sauce (New Haven pizza purists, beware!).

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Connecticut was named the best pizza joint in the nation for the third year in a row.

Connecticut might have had the No. 1 pizza, but New York led the way overall with 28 pizza places on the Daily Meal list. New York was followed by Illinois with nine, California with seven, and Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey all with six.

Here are the top 10 overall pizzas in America:

10. John’s of Bleecker Street (New York, New York)
9. Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria (Chicago, Illinois)
8. Patsy’s (New York, New York)
7. Sally’s Apizza (New Haven, Connecticut)
6. Totonno’s (Brooklyn, NY)
5. Buddy’s Pizza (Detroit, Michigan)
4. Pequod’s (Chicago, Illinois)
3. Razza Pizza Artigianale (Jersey City, New Jersey)
2. Lucali (Brooklyn, New York)
1. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (New Haven, Connecticut)