Top Pizzeria Lists ARE STUPID!

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I’m standing outside L’Industrie Pizzeria in Greenwich Village, where there's a line every single day because it’s constantly rated as the number one pizzeria in NYC. But do I personally rate it number one? No! I don’t believe in ranking pizzerias or lists in general. I find pizza lists to be fundamentally flawed for several reasons: Incomparable Styles: You cannot accurately rank one pizzeria against another if they aren't doing the same thing. A place that specializes in Sicilian pies is not the same as a Neapolitan pizzeria or a shop doing Grandma slices. Each style requires a different set of standards for evaluation. One Slice Isn't Enough: You can't fairly rate an entire pizzeria based on just one single slice. It’s very rare, if not impossible, to find a list that was created by someone who visited each place multiple times. There are just too many pizzerias in NYC to make that workable. Need for Context: A great list needs context. While I can give you a list of the "top 5 slices in Lower Manhattan" or the "best Neapolitan pizzerias in Brooklyn," lumping all those different styles together into one master list doesn't do justice to the unique qualities of each style. That’s why our pizza tours focus on context. We visit a different pizzeria of each style to teach the group exactly what defines each style. The best tours end with the group split on which was their favorite. So, please don’t ask me for my "top pizzerias"—if you do, I’m just going to start making up fake names.