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2024 Best Friday Night Pizza Splurge

Maria’s Bread Sandwiches

The key to a great sandwich is the bread, and while on a quest to achieve the perfect bake chef Scott Schroeder has been experimenting with housemade sourdough, focaccia, bagels and, yes, pizza. It takes 48 hours for the pizza dough to ferment, which means you have to place your order by Wednesday. But the wait — and the cost, around $30 — is worth it for the chewy, tangy pies. Look for specials like the Angry Meatball or asparagus alfredo pies. Read More »

685 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ Website

2023 Best New Pizza

Bar 1010

Mike Fitzick tinkered with his pizza techniques and dough particularities for years at Bakeria 1010 in Linwood, New Jersey. Then he moved along to this Northern Liberties spot with a wood-fired oven and an arsenal of thin, bubbly-crusted pies that show restraint and know-how. The margherita — sweet from San Marzano tomatoes; structured and sturdy enough that your slice sticks out straight when you pick it up — can hold its own against the city’s best versions. Read More »

701 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA Website

2021 Best Square Pizza

Down North

Out with minimalist pizza; in with maximalist. Here, the What We Do is topped with beef pepperoni, beef sausage, kale, banana peppers and honey chipotle; the Flip Side is like a next-level Hawaiian pie, with BBQ beef bacon, pineapple and jalapeños. And if the pizza’s having fun, imagine how much fun we’re having here. Read More »

2804 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Website

2021 Best Round Pizza

Pizzata

It almost doesn’t matter what’s on this pizza. The naturally leavened crust takes up to five (five!) days to make and tastes like you’re biting into a baguette. In Paris. It’s just a bonus that toppings — sauce made with tomatoes grown in volcanic soil near Mount Vesuvius, soppressata with hot honey — are also a slice of heaven. Read More »

240 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA Website

2020 Best Takeout Pizza