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The Montanara Starita comes out of the kitchen lightly fried, sauced, and finished in the wood-fired oven, which is a more interesting origin story than most Midtown pizzas can claim. This Neapolitan pizza shop off Times Square is the New York branch of a Naples institution, run by a chef who grew up in the family craft. Ranked seventh on 50 Top Pizza USA, it draws a crowd that skips the tourist traps one block over and knows exactly what they came for.
The awards strongest first
- 50 Top Pizza #29 · 50 Top Pizza World
- 50 Top Pizza #6 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The Best Restaurants Around Times Square
One number, weighted & current 86
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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La montanara
“One of the lures here is this deep-fried pizza called la montanara, with the toppings applied after frying.”
Eater, 2026 -
Montanara Starita
“This kitchen's signature is the Montanara Starita—a lightly fried pizza laced with house-made tomato sauce, smoked mozzarella, and basil, then finished in the wood-fired oven.”
Michelin Guide -
Margherita
“The classic margherita is good, as well as the sausage and broccoli rabe.”
50 Top Pizza -
Salsiccia e friarielli pizza
Michelin Guide
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