San Diego, CA
For Pizza in San Diego, the local food press points to Amalfi Cucina Italiana - San Marcos, Tribute Pizza, and Buona Forchetta - South Park. Picks from San Diego Magazine, updated June 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in San Diego Magazine. Updated June 2026.
Amalfi Cucina Italiana - San Marcos
San Diego Magazine's 2024 Best Pizza. Critic's Pick and Reader's Pick. Executive chef Marcello Avitabile is a five-time World Pizza Champion working a custom Stefano Ferrara oven built in Naples.
Tribute Pizza · North Park
San Diego Magazine's 2024 Best Pizza Runner-up. Neo-Neapolitan, New York, and Grandma-style pies as 'tributes' to regional pizza classics, served out of a converted North Park post office.
Buona Forchetta - South Park
San Diego Magazine's pizza feature anchor. Neapolitan pies from 'Sofia,' a crane-delivered wood-fired oven, with a world-pizza-champion trained dough program.
Blue Ribbon Artisan Pizzeria · Encinitas
San Diego Magazine's North County pick. Wolfgang Puck protégé Wade Hageman's wood-fired, California-style pies topped with seasonal market ingredients.
Lefty's Chicago Pizzeria · North Park
San Diego Magazine's Chicago deep-dish pick. Chicago-expat husband-and-wife Brendan and Lauren Hodson running the city's benchmark deep-dish, including the Meaty Pie and Monster of the Midway.
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