It’s enough to curdle your Mozzarella.
A nationwide survey of readers of Travel + Lesiure magazine ranked US cities for best pizzas — and only placed New York third, behind Chicago and even Providence, R.I.
Rhode Island pizza?
“Whoever did this survey doesn’t know anything about pizza,” said Dan Taormina, general manager of Grimaldi’s, the celebrated pizzeria near the Brooklyn Bridge.
“I went to Providence College. So I had my experience with Providence pizza,” he said. “In Providence when you order pizza they give you a side order of blue cheese.”
“Blue cheese. To cover up the taste,” he said.
Of course, New York is where restaurant pizza was born in America.
But Travel + Leisure — which cited Grimaldi’s as among the go-to places here— defended its high rankings of the top two cities by citing their uniqueness.
Providence “offers an only-in-Providence pie, grilled pizza where the dough is cooked on one side, then flipped before the toppings are added,” the magazine said.
Chicago was ranked number one because it offers such a variety of pie experiences, including its own deep-crusted version.
Taormina scoffs at the Windy City’s deep-dish pie.
“I don’t even consider that pizza,” he said. “That’s a tomato-and-cheese what? I don’t know. Cake?”
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