Did Your Shop Make This List of the Nation's Best Pizzerias?

Reader’s Digest, one of the country’s oldest and most respected publications, says it’s found the best pizzerias in every U.S. state, from Florida to Washington and Maine to New Mexico. Did your pizza shop make the list? If so, don’t be modest—spread the news far and wide. If not, don’t despair: there will be other lists.

Ranking the best pizzerias in the U.S. and the world has become a minor obsession for the national media. PMQ takes these highly subjective lists with the proverbial grain of salt—or perhaps a pinch of Parmesan—but, for our readers, they wield some power, potentially driving new traffic. If nothing else, landing on a best-pizza list gives you a new bragging point for your website, social media and loyalty program.

Writing for Reader’s Digest, Amanda Tarlton says the list, titled “The Most Delicious Pizza in the United States,” was compiled by “using a combination of local knowledge, sales figures, rave reviews and simply following our noses.” If you’re on the list, share the news with the world via your web presence, including social media accounts, Yelp and Google, as well as interior signage in your restaurant and a press release for local newspapers, TV stations and other area media outlets. Invite reporters and news producers to visit your pizzeria or offer to make a couple of pizzas live on the air for the hosts of your hometown morning TV shows. This kind of stuff is catnip for the local press!

Here’s a closer look at the Reader’s Digest list: