Best Pizza City Rankings: Buffalo #4 Cool... ROC #1 WHAT?!?!

[matter2003]

On 3/22/2025 at 11:09 PM, LGR4GM said:

Buffalo has better pizza than Rochester. Sorry Rochester 

100% and we also have cup and char pepperoni and some places have sweet sauce...they made it sound like that was the difference between us and Rochester.

[7+6=13]

IMO, whoever came up with this statement, no truer words have been spoken.  Pizza is like sex, even when it's bad, it's still pretty good.

In saying that, , Charlotte NC who's attracted most chains, has bad pizza overall.  Except of course my two Buffalo spots, Taste of Buffalo and Bisonte.  

[matter2003]

[MattPie]

On 3/23/2025 at 9:47 AM, JustOneParade said:

I can’t imagine that anyone living in Buffalo any length of time needs to do an internet search to decide where to get their pizza. The criteria is a bit weak.

You've been going to the same place your parents went to (or your family switched when Steve moved on and is working at the other pizza joint down the street). That's like 9/10 of the pizzas you buy. You know the number by heart, 655-4646 (and I haven't lived anywhere near WNY in 25+years).

[LGR4GM]

17 minutes ago, MattPie said:

You've been going to the same place your parents went to (or your family switched when Steve moved on and is working at the other pizza joint down the street). That's like 9/10 of the pizzas you buy. You know the number by heart, 655-4646 (and I haven't lived anywhere near WNY in 25+years).

Or you order online, which means you searched for the pizza joint you wanna order from. 

[LETSTUCHINGO]

Best pizza in and around Buffalo, Lock City Pizza in Lockport! Pizza in excellent regular or they have a 3 quarter baked, double dough pie for those off us who like more dough. It doesn't open until 4:30, only takes cash, and takes the phone off the hook frequently bc they are so busy on the daily!

Edited Tuesday at 04:50 PM by LETSTUCHINGO

[Mango]

I'm just north of Albany these days and it has to be one of the worst pizza regions in the country.

It's.just.not.good.

Actually it's worse than that. It's terrible. I have traveled a ton for work. Coast to coast and internationally. And the capitol region of NYS is horrendous. Them being on this list at all is crazy to me.

 

 

[JujuFish]

On 3/23/2025 at 7:37 AM, Jorcus said:

When you look at the criteria used for the rankings it rewards the cities that have the most pizza places, the cheapest prices and how many on line searches there are. So too me that indicates we are lazy and cheap. Kind of like our hockey team at the moment.

If you look at the data, you'll see that Buffalo's average large cheese or pepperoni pizza is more expensive than any other city in the top 7. That means more expensive than (in order) Rochester, Philly, Boston, Detroit, New Haven, and Pittsburgh. It's not until NYC at 8th that a more expensive pizza comes into play.

[inkman]

On 3/22/2025 at 10:59 PM, JoeSchmoe said:

Has anyone else seen this?

https://www.wgrz.com/article/life/food/best-pizza-cities-american-wny-buffalo-us/71-05139e3d-aaa1-40cc-b620-2ef18f7c53fe

The criteria has less to do with quality and more to do with Quantity.  The ROC is chock full of pizza joints.  They are everywhere. 

 

The number of pizza restaurants per capita.

The average price of large cheese and pepperoni pizzas on thousands of pizzeria menus (and how they compare to local incomes). 

Clever’s Pizza Passion Score, which reflects Google searches related to pizza in various markets. 

A city’s perceived pizza quality, as measured by a poll of 2,000 Americans.