Best Pizzeria in New York · New York, NY
John's of Bleecker Street has been baking coal-fired, brick-oven pizza in Greenwich Village since 1929, when Italian immigrant Giovanni "John" Sasso dismantled his original oven and rebuilt it at 278 Bleecker Street. It's one of the last of New York's original coal-oven pizzerias and helped define the city's thin-crust tomato pie.
The rules are famous and unbending: whole pies only, never by the slice, blistered in an 850° coal-fired oven, eaten in wooden booths carved with decades of initials. Nearly a century on, it's still turning out the same char-edged pies.
That old-school constancy is exactly what the 2026 Centurion Award for New York recognizes.
Each Centurion Award is a dated record tied to one year’s evaluation — earned annually, never carried over. Open a year for the full citation and verification details.
Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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This page is the standing record for John's of Bleecker Street (2026). It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. For hours, bookings, and live reviews, go straight to the business itself.
If you’ve put in the years, you may already clear the bar. Evaluation is free, private, and never for sale.