Amazing Places to Get a Slice of Pizza

Did you know according to Technomics 2018 Pizza Consumer Trend Report, 43% of Americans eat pizza at least once a week and 83% enjoy pizza at least once per month? In the United States this calculates to 350 slices being eaten every second. Pizza is a loved American food staple.

When you’re hungry for pizza you may have a favorite style:

• New York-style: Characterized by large and wide slices with a thin crust that is foldable yet crispy. It is traditionally topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, with any extra toppings placed on top of the cheese.
• California-style: With a crust that is similar to New York-style pizza, but instead ingredients that are synonymous with California cuisine and the sauce is used sparingly. Toppings that are typical to California-style pizza are unique and rarely found on pizza in other regions of the country.
• St. Louis style: This style has a cracker-thin crust, edge-to-edge toppings, homemade sauce, and Provel cheese. Also, slices are typically cut into squares or rectangles instead of the recognizable triangle shape.
• Chicago-style: The dough in a Chicago deep-dish pizza is pushed and pressed to the sides of the pan, creating a crispy crust afterward.

When you’re choosing a pizza place, you’re probably thinking about which pizza parlor has authentic pizza offerings, fresh toppings, and the best crust to appeal to your personal tastes.  

Top Picks for Amazing Pizza

Papa Murphy’s, 8770 Highway 6, Missouri City

Offering fresh, made-from-scratch pizza that you can take and bake at your home is what Papa Murphy’s does like no other pizzeria. All dough and freshly sliced vegetables are prepared daily. You choose how you want to customize your pizza from the dough to the sauce to the toppings. It’s perfection.

Brooklyn Pizzeria, 9303 Highway 6, Missouri City

Brooklyn Pizzeria has been serving New York-style pizza to Houston’s region since 2006. The quality toppings and traditional slices and pies will have you thinking you’ve stepped foot inside a shop in the center of New York City without having to travel thousands of miles to get there. Their secret is using ovens brought to Houston from Brooklyn, New York—ensuring the same quality taste.  

Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, 16535 Southwest Freeway Ste. 2500, Sugar Land

This casual Brooklyn-based pizzeria chain serves brick-oven pies and calzones. Grimaldi’s is known for fresh ingredients, handmade mozzarella, and their pizza sauce. Their secret recipe dough is hand-tossed and made in house daily, while their open-kitchen layout provides an entertaining experience with each visit. The restaurant includes an outdoor covered patio and a private party room with seating for up to 30.

Pizaro’s Pizza Napoletana, 1000 W. Gray St., Houston

Featuring Houstons original Napoletana pizzeria plus serving Detroit (thick crust that is chewy and rectangular-shaped) and New York style pizzas. The Napoletana style use the same time-honored traditions and techniques that have been used in Naples, Italy for over 300 years. These lightly topped pizzas cook in 90 seconds at 900 degrees in a custom-made Italian brick oven. All dough, tomato sauce, mozzarella, and mozzarella-blend are made fresh in-house daily.

Luigis Pizzeria, 3700 Almeda Rd., Houston

Serving a New York-style thin crust pizza plus their ever-popular keto and gluten-free pizzas. The freshest ingredients top each pizza and each pie is baked in a real pizza oven.

Frank’s Pizza, 417 Travis St., Houston

When you’re craving giant, foldable slices of New York-style thin crust pizza, this is the place for you. Their hand-tossed pizzas are made with the freshest ingredients including daily made-from-scratch dough and sauce.

Star Pizza, 2111 Norfolk St., Houston

Star Pizza has been serving Chicago-style pizza and New York-style pizza since 1976. They have also been voted multiple years as Best of the Best Winner by the Houston Chronicle. Choose from white or whole wheat crust.  

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