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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in San Diego Magazine. Updated August 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.