The Best Places to Eat Near Leña, by the Record

A wood-fired Neapolitan pizza spot on Cotton Row, where the oven does the heavy lifting and the pies come out soft enough to fold the way Naples intended. The chef behind it earned 50 Top Pizza's Pizza Maker of the Year, and the restaurant itself lands at number nine on their USA list. In the Mississippi Delta, that's a sentence you don't see coming. Regulars settle in like they own the place, which is more or less the point.

1. 50 Top Pizza #9 · 50 Top Pizza USA
2. 50 Top Pizza 2026 · Pizza Maker of the Year · 50 Top Pizza USA Special Awards