Tony’s Pizza Napoletana

Name: Tony's Pizza Napoletana
Address: 1570 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA 94133, San Francisco, CA, US
Telephone: (415) 835-9888
Price range: $$$

📍 North Beach 💰 $$$ 🍽️ Pizza

The Verdict

"From a 13-time World Pizza Champion. The wood-fired Margherita that won Naples is capped at 73 a day, so order it early."

What you need to know

Tony’s Pizza Napoletana is the North Beach flagship of Tony Gemignani, a 13-time World Pizza Champion. It sits on the corner of Stockton and Union Streets at Washington Square. In 2007 Gemignani became the first American to win the Pizza Napoletana category at the World Pizza Cup in Naples, and that winning Margherita is on the menu.

The Food

Seven ovens run at different temperatures so the kitchen can cook about a dozen regional styles. The one to know is the wood-fired Margherita: made by the traditional Neapolitan (STG) method, baked in a roughly 900-degree oven, and capped at 73 per day. They sell out, often early. The rest of the menu runs from New York and Detroit to Roman, New Haven, and Sicilian, plus pastas and a full bar.