Massachusetts Favorite Pizza Topping is… WHAT?!?

Pizza toppings are serious business in my house. Perhaps that's why I'm so triggered looking at Redbook's new study proclaiming "The Most Popular Pizza Toppings In Every State." Depending on my mood and the company surrounding me I may choose plain cheese (crowd-pleaser, not going to alienate anybody, classic) or pepperoni (usually one pepperoni to every one or two plains - same reasons). If we have veg-heads over I'm always down with a veggie pie. My wife loves a good buffalo chicken pizza. Variety is the essence of life or something like that, no?

I scrolled to Massachusetts's favorite pizza topping... and... huh? It's not that I think this topping flat-out sucks or anything. And I know people enjoy this topping - I've just never been with anyone who orders it! Again - I'm not saying that people don't order it, I know they do, I just have serious reservations with calling it Massachusetts's FAVORITE pizza topping.

That topping is? Bacon. Bacon is Massachusetts's favorite pizza topping?? I won't knock it 'til I try it - then I'll knock it as being a greasy salt-lick and an overall pizza-ruiner, but I didn't say that yet.

Do you love bacon pizza?? Feel free to set me straight in the comments. Now please stay for additional pizza content that you'll love as much as bacon on pizza (gag!):

When I feel like the world has turned it's back on me, you know who's always there for me? Pizza. And almost every day there's a new survey or study or blog naming THE best pizza in Massachusetts. I guess this is another one of those... kind of. Also, the winner of this Massachusetts Pizza Off was neither A) Pizzeria Regina nor B) Santarpio's.

FamilyMinded just released it's best pizzas in every state - with a twist - they focused on "Best FAMILY Pizza Joint," that is, they're all "the best" pizzeria in the state to go out and dine-in with your family. I like that twist, good job FamilyMinded!

So I'll give you their picks for Best Family Pizza Joint in every New England state, I'll throw in a few extra states for fun, then we'll wrap it up with Massachusetts. If it's not Regina or Santarpio's, who do you think it could be? I'll also include Dave Portnoy reviews when there's one available.

ALSO - If you love BURRITOS, this one is the best in Massachusetts. Ok, on to the 'za!

I love that New Hampshire's best family pizza joint is inside.... a General Store? That is awesome and I will be bringing my family to White Buffalo to try this one out for sure! There is dine-in there BTW. I checked.

With multiple locations, locals swear by their flatbreads... err... pizza. And yes, these are the same ones you can buy in the freezer section at many grocery stores around here.

Don't turn your nose up just because it says "grocery." I've had some amaaaaazzziiinnnggg pizzas from grocery stores. Plus it's Maine. You could find good food in clothing stores there.

New Haven-style pizza that Dave Portnoy must have LOVED! Let's see:

With multiple locations, DePetrillo's is top notch bakery pizza. There are some really, really great bakery pizzas out there! Shout out Montillio's here in Mass.

With multiple locations, DePetrillo's is top notch bakery pizza. There are some really, really great bakery pizzas out there! Shout out Montillio's here in Mass.

Old school owner making New York pizza the way New York pizza is supposed to be made.

I spent my first 9 years living in New Jersey and on behalf of my family, I'm giving the runner-up trophy to People's Pizzeria in Englishtown. They're closed now so pour a little on the ground.

They made TripAdvisor's Top 10 Pizzas in America list so they're getting lots of flowers!

They import their mozzarella straight from Italy. I can get behind that passion with my mouth.

I'll call this an upset win. Even though they're always bustling and boast a long list of celebrity fans, they're usually not in the "best of Massachusetts debate," but maybe they should be. Have you tried Area Four? Was it soooooooo good? Let us know in the comments!
Check their website out right here!

Boston is very well known for its pizza. I'd put Boston up against any major city in the country in regards to pizza. When I think of pizza cities, I think of amount of pizza places, best bang for your buck, the type of pizza available and obviously the best tasting pizza.

The website www.anytimeestimate.com has put together a list of the Best Pizza Cities in America.

Now what do they base it on? According to the site, "we analyzed publicly available U.S. business data, Census data, economic and labor statistics, and Google Trends data, as well as findings from Thrillist, Pizza Today, Expensivity, and Menu With Price."

They come up with this list every year so this data is new for 2022. This is how the criteria is weighed:

You may be surprised as to where Boston falls on this list. Or then again maybe you won't. They made the top five which I believe is a great score. Although according to Anytime Estimate, they gave extra points to cities with large amounts of independent pizza places which Boston definitely has.

They also gave penalties to cities that have large amounts of pizza chains. Believe it or not, New York City did NOT make the top 15, purely because of its low share of independent pizzerias. Detroit ranks first for "pizza passion" and has the most independent pizza places per capita.

Let's take a look at the rest of the top pizza cities in America.

Minneapolis boasts 8.8 pizza places per 1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese pizza slice here is $8.61.Here's the highest ranked pizza joint in Minneapolis

https://wrecktanglepizza.com/

Tampa boasts 8.1 pizza places per $1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese pizza slice is $8.73. The highest ranked pizza joint in Tampa is

https://dueamiciybor.com/

Baltimore boasts 9.8 pizza places per $1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese pizza slice is $9.46 The highest ranked pizza joint in Baltimore is

https://www.angelispizzeria.com/

Norfolk boasts 8.2 pizza places per $1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese pizza slice is $8.02 The highest ranked pizza joint in Baltimore is:

https://www.del-vecchios.com/

Philadelphia boasts 9.7 pizza places per $1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese pizza slice is $9.71 The highest ranked pizza joint in Philly is: 

https://www.theangelopizza.com/

St. Louis boasts 10.9 pizza places per $1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese pizza slice is $6.61 The highest ranked pizza joint in St. Louis is:

https://pieguystl.com/

Providence boasts 12.5 pizza places per $1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese pizza slice is $9.00 The highest ranked pizza joint in Providence is 

https://jeffspizzari.com/

Indianapolis boasts 9.3 pizza places per $1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese pizza slice is $6.98 The highest ranked pizza joint in Indianapolis is 

https://www.ordermanhattanpizzeria.com/

Pittsburgh boasts 15.2 pizza joints per 1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese slice is $8.93. The highest ranked pizza joint in Pittsburgh is:

https://www.pizzalupopittsburgh.com/

Boston boasts 14.0 pizza joints per 1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese slice is $9.07. The highest ranked pizza joint in Boston is Santarpio's

https://www.santarpiospizza.com/

Columbus boasts 13.1 pizza joints per 1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese slice is $8.14. The highest ranked pizza joint in Columbus is

https://teritas.com/

Cleveland boasts 12.3 pizza joints per 1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese slice is $7.64. The highest ranked pizza joint in Cleveland is

https://www.ilrionepizzeria.com/

Detroit boasts 11.5 pizza joints per 1,000 residents. The average cost of a cheese slice is $8.29. The highest ranked pizza joint in Detroit is

https://www.michigantrumbullpizza.com/