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Best Pizza in the West Village
The West Village may be the single best pizza area in the entire world. More amazing pizzerias are packed into these few charming, crooked blocks than anywhere else on earth. This is like Disney World for pizza lovers.
You get the best of both worlds here: the institutions — John's, Lombardi's, Joe's — alongside newer spots like L'Industrie and Mama's TOO! that are causing lines around the block. Even an old-school pizza traditionalist has to admit some of these newer slices are genuinely great. If you want to do a pizza walk in New York City, this neighborhood is the answer.
Go off-hours and you can get into any place without a line. Know which spots are whole-pie-only and cash-only before you go. And don't sleep on the less famous options — with this density of quality, even the supporting cast is worth your time.
All West Village Pizzerias (9 spots)
The third stop on any honest West Village pizza walk. The Greenwich Village original, open since 1975. Fold-and-go, classic New York, and about as close to a citywide consensus pick for the NYC slice as you'll ever find. If you're explaining New York pizza to someone who's never had it, you bring them here.
Sit down at the cloth table, order a Margherita pie from the coal oven. Something every NYC pizza enthusiast needs to do at least once. Open since 1929, whole pies only, cash only, and barely changed since. One of the best pies you'll ever have.
A Village institution frequently cited alongside Joe's in debates about the best slice in the neighborhood. The Nonna Maria white slice has its own devoted following.
An institution with a cult following for its square slice — thick, airy, well-sauced — and a long list of classic NY pies that deliver without gimmick.
If your West Village pizza walk has three stops, this is your new-school slice. The burrata-topped slice from the Williamsburg original became one of the most talked-about in the city — this location brings it to Manhattan. Expect a line.
A West Village slice shop just a block from Joe's on Carmine Street — bold, well-sauced slices with a loyal neighborhood following.
A West Village Neapolitan spot on Carmine Street bringing wood-fired pies to one of Manhattan's most charming and competitive pizza blocks.
A West Village wine bar and Neapolitan pizza spot on Bedford Street, one of the neighborhood's most charming blocks. Roman-style thin-crust pies alongside a well-curated wine list — the kind of place that's equally good for a date or a casual weeknight dinner.
A Hudson Square fermentation-focused pizza spot that takes its dough seriously — long cold fermentation, carefully sourced ingredients, and a wood-fired oven. The name is the whole philosophy.