
The results are in: More than 400 readers shared their thoughts on topics ranging from favorite topping to best nonpizza menu item.
Favorite “classic” pizzeria:
| Di Fara Grimaldi’s John’s of Bleecker Street L&B Spumoni Gardens Lombardi’s Patsy’s (uptown) Totonno’s (Coney Island) | 10% 20% 26% 4% 20% 11% 9% |
How many times a month do you eat pizza?
| Never Fewer than 5 times 5–9 times 10–14 times Too many to count | 0% 51% 34% 4% 11% |
Favorite slice that isn’t “regular”:
| Chicago-style pizza Pesto pizza Sicilian pizza Vegan pizza White pizza | 9% 8% 46% 5% 32% |
To blot or not to blot?
| Always Never Sometimes | 14% 35% 51% |
Favorite topping:
| Anchovies Extra cheese Garlic Green pepper Ham and pineapple (Hawaiian) Mushroom Onion | 3% 11% 9% 4% 3% 22% 7% |
How has NYC pizza changed over the past ten years?
| For the better For the worse Stayed the same | 35% 21% 44% |
The best food at pizzerias that isn’t pizza:
| Baked ziti Calzones Garlic knots Jamaican beef patties Spaghetti with clam sauce | 11% 36% 45% 5% 3% |
How do you usually order pizza?
| By the pie By the slice | 40% 60% |
The most important factor in great pizza:
| Cheese Crust/dough Sauce The person who makes it The type of oven | 9% 49% 26% 12% 4% |
Which borough has the best pizza?
| Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island | 4% 40% 50% 4% 2% |
Compiled by Kristi Brecht