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Best Pizza in Times Square and Hell’s Kitchen
Times Square has the worst pizza reputation in New York and the numbers do not support it. Eight of the twelve spots below are $, and the two most interesting rooms in the whole area are a few minutes off Broadway. The tourist tax is real here, but it is avoidable, and mostly by walking one block west.
Two are worth going out of your way for. John's Pizzeria of Times Square is a coal oven inside a converted church on 44th Street — vaulted ceilings, stained glass, whole pies only, no slices. It is not connected to the Bleecker Street John's. A few blocks north, Don Antonio does the montanara: the dough is fried first, then finished in the oven.
For a slice on the way to a curtain, the run is Joe's on Broadway — an outpost of the Carmine Street original — then Pop's on 42nd, Ace's inside Rockefeller Center, and See No Evil below street level on 50th. Head west toward 9th Avenue and it gets quieter and cheaper: Capizzi is wood-fired without the Midtown markup.
The squares are the underrated part. Lazzara's has been serving thick focaccia-style squares up a narrow staircase in the Garment District since 1978, Square Pizza NYC does the Sicilian, and Emmy Squared brings the Detroit pan a block off the theater blocks.
Every Pizzeria in Times Square and Hell’s Kitchen (12 spots)
A Rockefeller Center slice spot right in the heart of Midtown — classic NY-style pies in one of the city's most iconic addresses. Convenient, reliable, classic New York.
A Hell's Kitchen wood-fired spot that flies under the radar, turning out solid Neapolitan pies in a low-key setting without the usual Midtown tourist markup.
Roberto Caporuscio's Midtown Neapolitan. The montanara (fried then baked) is the signature, but the classic wood-fired pies hold their own.
The Hell's Kitchen Emmy Squared bringing Detroit-style square pies to the Theater District corridor. Thick, crispy, well-topped — a solid pre-show option.
The Times Square-area Joe's Pizza location on Broadway, serving the same classic thin NY slice to the theater district and Garment District crowds.
Not the original Bleecker Street John's, but a separate Times Square institution in a converted church — the vaulted ceilings and stained glass make it one of the most dramatic dining rooms in the city. Coal-fired pies, whole pies only.
A Garment District lunchtime institution since 1978, up a narrow staircase to a second-floor dining room. Thick, focaccia-style squares that have fueled the neighborhood for decades.
A Garment District pizzeria with a loyal lunch crowd — classic New York slices at a fair price in one of Midtown's busiest corridors.
A Hell's Kitchen pizzeria that does classic New York pies at the right price for the neighborhood. A reliable go-to in an area where good, affordable slices can be hard to find.
The Times Square Pop's — classic NY slices in the middle of the tourist corridor, at a price that respects both the pizza and your wallet.
A Hell's Kitchen basement-level pizzeria near Rockefeller Center, serving classic NY-style pies to the theater district crowd.
A Times Square-adjacent Sicilian square specialist — thick, cheesy, crispy-bottomed squares in an area otherwise dominated by tourist traps.