Pizza, when you think about it, is quite a contentious subject: deep dish or thin and crispy, pineapple or no pineapple, shedloads of toppings or pure margherita supremacy, everyone’s got an opinion. But the kind of pizza we all go for isn’t the only thing up for debate – so is the best place to source it.
To shed some light on the discussion, 50 Top Pizza just unveiled a brand-new list of the world’s 50 best artisan pizza chains at the European Pizza Show. Read on to see if your local outpost or favourite chain has made the ranks.
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Claiming first place was Da Michele, an institution founded 150 years ago in Naples, which now has locations in 70 different spots all over the planet. It’s famed for its loyalty to the ‘cartwheel-style’ pizza (where the crusts stretch over the edge of the plate). Its most famous location, Via Cesare Sersale in Naples – also known by its lofty title the ‘temple of pizza’ – is where Julia Roberts tucks into a pie in Eat Pray Love.
Big Mamma Group, the French chain with lots of restaurants all over Europe, claimed second place, and Grosso Napoletano, which serves up (you guessed it) Neapolitan-style pizzas all over Spain, claimed third. Oher big-name chains like Pizza Pilgrims, Rudy’s, Peppina, Berberè and Eataly all claimed a slice of the action, too.
These are the world’s 50 best artisan pizza chains, according to 50 Top Pizza
Da Michele
Big Mamma Group
Grosso Napoletano
Bráz
Luigia
Pizza Pilgrims
Berberè
400 Gradi
Errico Porzio
Gruppo Peppe
Eataly
Sorbillo
Vincenzo Capuano
1900 Pizzeria
Can Pizza
Paulie Gee’s
Pizzana
Peppina
La Braciera
Doppio Zero
FRESCO
Fradiavolo
Rudy’s
Stellina Pizzeria
Garden Pizza
Capuano’s
Alice Pizza
L’Elementare
Riva
Zia Lucia
CIBO
Menchetti
Via Tribunali
Pizzium
Rossopomodoro
Fratelli La Bufala
Napulé
OLIO welovepizzanapoletana
Da Zero
Vasinikò
Villa Paradiso
No. 900
Pummarola
Mammamia!
Da Nanni
Domani
60 seconds to napoli
Madison
Carpe Diem
Basta
Room for some more?
If you fancy another slice of pizza content, check out Time Out’s roundup of the planet’s very best pizzas, or have a browse of our list of the best cities in the world for food.
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