GQ's Alan Richman shouts out two Philly spots in nationwide best-of pizza list

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GQ's Alan Richman shouts out two Philly spots in nationwide best-of pizza list

POSTED: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 3:02 PM
Filed Under: In Print
Ditte Isager and Jason Varney | GQ

GQ's Alan Richman drops a list of the top 25 pizzas in the United States in the June 2009 issue of the lifestyle mag. And in a somewhat shocking move considering how national voices tend to sleep on our pizza game, Philly is extremely well-represented, with Tacconelli's (white pie) at number nine and Osteria (zucca pizza) at number 22. Head right here for a slideshow complete with Richman's writeups; for the full list in a more easy-to-nav format, head over to Slice.

Richman also crafted a separate list ranking the top 10 pizza cities in the nation. Here, we come in at number eight, ahead of Phoenix and Boston:

8. Philadelphia. Shockingly, none of the pies in the top 25 came from South Philly, the heartland of the Italian community. But if you want brawny, big-hearted pizza, that�s still the neighborhood to visit.


kitchenplay
Posted 2009-05-19 10:41:48
Oh man, I need a job that entails eating pizza across America... sigh...

Drew Lazor
Posted 2009-05-19 10:46:01
kp: Foreal though!

Foobooz » Blog Archive » Stoking The Pizza Flames
Posted 2009-05-19 12:30:25
[...] Pie [GQ/men.style.com via Meal Ticket] The Top Ten (Cities, Not Pizzas) [GQ/men.style.com] Alan Richman Names Top 25 Pizzas in the  US [...] 

AMEN
Posted 2009-05-19 15:04:48
Whoa, whoa, whoa....how come he didn't mention the Papa John's on Broad St.?

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Posted 2009-06-02 12:00:48
[...] pizza has been acclaimed by every critic local and national with a taste for pie; most recently, Osteria made number 9 on Alan Richman’s top 25 pizzas in the U.S. list for GQ. Michaud’s two-hour Foster’s ‘demo will cover the basics of dough making and [...] 
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