What Is the Best Pizza in Nashville?
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It depends on the style, because Nashville has no pizza style of its own. The Infatuation’s pizza guide, updated October 5, 2026, puts it this way: “Unlike our chicken, Nashville doesn’t have its own style of pizza” (The Infatuation). The guide lists 20 places and opens with St. Vito Focacceria in The Gulch, where sfincione, a thick and spongy Sicilian dough, “is king”. For a New York slice, it points to Five Points Pizza at 1012 Woodland St, which has served large New York-style triangles in East Nashville for more than 14 years, and NY Pie in West Nashville. For Neapolitan pizza, Desano Pizzeria Napoletana downtown follows the rules of an Italian pizza nonprofit. Sho Pizza Bar on McGavock Pike makes a Japanese and Neapolitan hybrid crust with a “mochi-like chew.” City House in Germantown is the guide’s pick for its belly ham pie.
Nashville Pizza by Style
| Style | Place | Address | The guide's order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian sfincione | St. Vito Focacceria | 605 Mansion St, The Gulch | focaccia squares, pepperoni or burrata |
| New York slice | Five Points Pizza | 1012 Woodland St, East Nashville | slice of the day |
| New York slice | NY Pie | 6800 Charlotte Pike, West Nashville | spicy sriracha chicken or grandma slice |
| New York slice | Two Boots Nashville | 1925 Broadway, Midtown | the Kitty, a white pie |
| New York and Sicilian | The Pizzeria at Frankies | 925 Cherokee Ave | supreme with cacio e pepe sausage |
| Neapolitan | Desano Pizzeria Napoletana | 1012 Fourth Ave N, Downtown | charred, chewy crust |
| Japanese-Neapolitan hybrid | Sho Pizza Bar | 1309 McGavock Pike | margarita |
| creative wood-fired | Folk | 823 Meridian St, East Nashville | littleneck clam pizza |
| designer pie | City House | 1222 4th Ave N, Germantown | belly ham pie |
| large slices | Pinky Ring | 414 Gallatin Pike S, Madison | the Madtown |
| Chicago tavern-style | Dicey's Pizza & Tavern | 425 Chestnut St, Wedgewood-Houston | the Hippy Flip |
| Detroit-style | Doughbird | 4031 Hillsboro Pike, Green Hills | Detroit-style pie |
| coal-fired | Nicky's Coal Fired | 5026 Centennial Blvd, The Nations | the Aces High |
Source: The Infatuation, October 5, 2026. The guide’s other seven entries are Pizza Lolo, Smith & Lentz Brewing, FAB Pizza, Midnight Oil, V Modern Italian, Tennfold, and Roberta’s at Urban Cowboy Public House.
Picking a Pizza
- For a slice on the go: Five Points or NY Pie; NY Pie’s lunch special is in the best cheap eat in Nashville.
- For a dinner out: Folk, City House, or Sho Pizza Bar.
- For families: the guide calls Nicky’s Coal Fired a place “your kids and your playgroup’s kids will love”.
- For late night: Two Boots stays open until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, per the best late-night food in Nashville.
Hours and menus change; check before you go.