Best pizza in San Francisco · Neapolitan guide
Best Neapolitan Pizza in San Francisco
The 7 best Neapolitan pizzerias in San Francisco, California, ranked by editorial score. The original: a soft, blistered crust from a blazing-hot wood oven, San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and a center that demands a fork or a fold. Neo-Neapolitan pies keep the spirit with a slightly sturdier, more structured crust.
Una Pizza Napoletana
Anthony Mangieri's solo, no-substitutions Neapolitan temple in SoMa, baking a tiny nightly run of pies that routinely top national best-of lists.
Del Popolo
Jon Darsky's steel-and-glass converted shipping container grew into a Nob Hill brick-and-mortar serving some of the most balanced Neapolitan pies on the West Coast.
Tommaso's
Opened in 1935 with the first wood-fired pizza oven on the West Coast, Tommaso's remains a working-class North Beach landmark.
Pizzeria Delfina
Craig and Anne Stoll's pizza spinoff from Delfina, where the salsiccia pie helped define California neo-Neapolitan.
Flour + Water Pizzeria
The casual pizza-focused offshoot of Mission heavyweight Flour + Water, with seasonal pies built around farmers-market produce.
PizzaHacker
Jeff Krupman's converted backyard wood oven turned into a Bernal Heights neighborhood favorite for hybrid Neapolitan-NY pies.
A16
A long-running Marina trattoria named for the highway that runs through Campania, with VPN-style Neapolitan pies and a deep Southern Italian wine list.