50 Top Pizza with preview of Top 50

Friend,

“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

Yours,
TulaneLSU

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New Orleans

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Pizza Delicious
#38 in the 50 Top USA 2024
#31 in the 50 Top USA 2025

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Friend,

As far as I know there is no link for registering. It is by invitation only. Usually it’s held in an event hall inside Chelsea Market, but I haven’t received my invitation yet this year to confirm the exact location.

We have secured reservations to Una Pizza Napoletana and Pizza Studio Tamaki for our trip. Mother wants to eat at The Polo Club, but it’s nothing but a souped up Houston’s. I have submitted a request for a table for two at 4 Charles to see how its prime rib sandwich compares to Gallaghers. We may go to Semma again, as the last time was quite satisfying. Or we may just eat more pizza. But if any are considering joining, we can take your preferences into consideration.

Yours,
TulaneLSU

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souped up

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Very interesting etymology on that one:

"Souped up" in horse racing refers to the illicit practice of injecting horses with stimulants, narcotics, or other drugs to increase their speed or alter their temperament, a practice that historically contributed to the slang term. While often used for cars, this unethical doping practice poses fatal risks to horses and endangers jockeys.

The idiom "souped-up" (referring to modified, faster engines) is believed to have originated from early 1900s horse racing, where "soup" was slang for illegal drugs (like cocaine, heroin, or caffeine) injected into horses

Friend,

There are two possibilities there: Lucky Dough Pizza and Lou’s Pizza. The favorite in my book is Lucky Dough, which is a top five Neapolitan pizzeria in America and top twenty overall. Lou’s is a solid NY pizzeria, but would not be remarkable in NY, whereas Lucky Dough would.

Pensacola has some other decent pizzerias including in order Papa’s, Sky’s, Angelena’s, and Pizzalute. None of these, however, made my top 100 pizzerias in America this year.

Pensacola has a surprisingly good pizza scene. Despite being a fraction the size of Houston or Dallas, the pizza scenes of all three cities are similar. Better than all of Mississippi and Alabama combined, the only Southern cities that have better pizza scenes are New Orleans and Miami.

Yours,
TulaneLSU

P.S. Thank you for the history lesson on soup. I did not realize the term had an illicit past and therefore will cease from using it. Thank you for sparing me from future humiliation.