In 2023, New York Times food critic Pete Wells ranked the 100 best restaurants in New York, and named Una Pizza Napoletana number 15 alongside Michelin-starred restaurants like Le Bernardin, recent openings like Semma, and New York institutions like Via Carota.
Did the first baker in Naples to smear tomato pulp on a patch of dough realize he was starting a cult? He was, and its house of worship in New York is Una Pizza Napoletana. True believers can recite the standing menu of six pies…Above all, the faithful come for the soft, tender, char-freckled crust. It has more integrity and character than some of the people you talk to every day.