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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