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










Oh man, I need a job that entails eating pizza across America… sigh…
kp: Foreal though!
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