{"id":474720,"date":"2026-09-25T00:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474720\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T00:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:12:08","slug":"bay-area-pizza-champ-tony-g-earns-another-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474720\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area pizza champ Tony G earns another honor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bay Area\u2019s 13-time World Pizza Champion, Tony Gemignani<\/a>, and his flagship San Francisco restaurant have again taken home international honors.<\/p>\n

Tony\u2019s Pizza Napoletana and another California competitor, Pizzeria Sei in Los Angeles, tied for No. 5 pizzeria at the 50 Top Pizza World 2026 Awards<\/a> in Naples this month.<\/p>\n

Besides Napoletana in North Beach, Gemignani owns the Slice House restaurant group, with franchise locations soon to open in his native Fremont, plus San Jose, Menlo Park and Brentwood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The top ranking in the world went to a London pizzeria, Napoli on the Road; New York\u2019s Una Pizza Napoletana ranked No. 2; and Confine pizzeria in Milan was No. 3. There was another tie within the top five: Two pizzerias in Italy \u2014 I Masanielli di Francesco Martucci in Caserta and Seu Pizza Illuminati in Rome \u2014 tied for No. 4.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the top 10 were Leggera Pizza Napoletana of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, at No. 6; RistoPizza in Tokyo at No. 7; Baldoria in Madrid at No. 8; The Pizza Bar on 38th in Tokyo at No. 9; and Razza in Jersey City at No. 10.<\/p>\n

Full list: www.50toppizza.it\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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