{"id":192265,"date":"2026-04-10T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192265\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:56:15","slug":"the-best-hole-in-the-wall-joint-for-pizza-is-this-hidden-nyc-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192265\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Hole-In-The-Wall Joint For Pizza Is This Hidden NYC Gem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, NY\u2014 Looking for the best hole-in-the-wall pizza spot in New York City? A popular food site says it\u2019s worth skipping chain restaurants and seeking out this under-the-radar favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Food and culture website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/2141061\/best-hole-in-wall-pizza-every-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Takeout<\/a> recently rounded up the top no-frills pizza joints in every state, the kind of places \u201cwhere the ovens have history, the dough gets the time and care it deserves, and the staff often know regulars by name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In New York, the honor goes to Lucky Charlie in Brooklyn\u2014 a beloved local spot known for its coal-burning oven. <\/p>\n<p>The selections were based on a mix of local recommendations, customer reviews, critics\u2019 opinions and existing \u201cbest of\u201d lists, along with the writers\u2019 own experiences. The picks reflect the kind of neighborhood pizza spots people discover through word of mouth rather than a formal ranking system.<\/p>\n<p>The 50-state list includes everything from \u201cblink and you&#8217;ll miss them pizza places tucked into nondescript strip malls to corner markets also housing culinary pizza wonder kings,\u201d The Takeout said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK, NY\u2014 Looking for the best hole-in-the-wall pizza spot in New York City? A popular food site&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-192265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}