By Jennifer Zimmerman
The "best" pizza restaurants will depend on your preferences in crust and toppings.
Americans love pizza -- for lunch, for dinner, for snacks -- and seek out the best pizza restaurants all over the country. Naming any pizza restaurant "the best" is always going to be controversial. There's the crust debate: thin, medium or that deep dish that might as well be a casserole. Some places know how to do toppings that make their pizzas scrumptious. But there's no doubt that some restaurants have a reputation for fabulous pizza.
New York
Grimaldi's in Brooklyn has people lining up outside every day, just waiting for the chewy crust and homemade sauce.
Lombardi's opened in 1905 and has been selling pizza to New Yorkers ever since. It was the first pizza place to open in the United States.
Chicago
Lou Malnati's in Chicago has the ultimate deep-dish pizza. Opened in 1943, the restaurant is still run by the Malnati family and serves pizza with a buttery, deep-dish crust.
Another Chicago institution is Giordano's. It has double crusted deep-dish pizza and also is family run.
The Rest of the Country
Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, run by James Beard winner Chris Bianco, has amazing pizza.
Pagliai's Pizza, which has locations throughout the Midwest, has great thin-crust pizza covered with custom-made mozzarella.
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About the Author:
Jennifer Zimmerman is a former teacher who has been writing and editing for the last three years. She has written numerous articles for eHow, Travels and Prefab and edited scripts and reports for DWJ Television and Inversion Productions. She is a graduate of Boston University and Lewis and Clark College.
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