By: Brian Cicioni | From: National Geographic
New York City has more pizzerias with more variety than any other city in America. Meanwhile, Chicago has its own deep-dish style that no New York pizza spot has been able to successfully replicate. Chicagoans can be as proud of their deep-dish favorites like Lou Malnati's and Gino's East as New Yorkers are of their favorite neighborhood joints, from New Park Pizza in Queens to L & B Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn.
However, great pizza made with high-quality ingredients is no longer exclusively found in the large U.S. cities where Southern Italians migrated starting in the late 1800s. Here are seven pizza spots not in New York or Chicago that are worth the drive.
Dough Pizzeria Napoletana (San Antonio, Texas)
San Antonio may be most famous for Tex-Mex, but the Alamo City can also lay claim to having some of the best pizza in the Lone Star State. Founded in 2007, Dough now has two locations: one near the airport and another downtown. 12-inch pies come out in 90 seconds, and the pizza menu is split between Neapolitan and American, with the latter outnumbering the former by 7 to 3.
As this is Texas, expect a lot of meat on the American pies (pork in particular). On the Neapolitan menu, the regular Margherita is a stand out. The fior di latte is made daily and also serves as the outer layer for the equally popular signature burrata, which comes with a side of the same dough as the pizza.