A Century Old Oven. Honoring the Generations Before.
Frank Pinello opened Best Pizza on Havemeyer Street in 2010 with a clear mission: bring back the great neighborhood slice joint. Nothing has changed.
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The Oven
Best Pizza started in a former Williamsburg bakery. The wood-burning oven was already there — a century old — and it still does the work.
The Pizzaman
Frank Pinello grew up in Bensonhurst, cooking in his Sicilian grandmother's basement kitchen. He trained at the CIA, worked at Roberta's, then opened his own place.
The Pizza Show
Best Pizza's distinctive Brooklyn flavor and style have made Frank in-demand across the globe. To date, he has helped bring a taste of Brooklyn to projects in Qatar, Hong Kong, Kuwait, London, Toronto, Miami, and Los Angeles. Frank is also the host of VICE's "The Pizza Show" where he travels around the world to experience the pizza culture as far away as Seoul. Most recently, he is the host of "A Frank Experience" on VICE.
How It's Made
Dough stretched by hand. Sauce applied to order. Wood-fired, every time. No shortcuts.
Beyond Havemeyer Street
Frank hosted VICE's The Pizza Show, took the brand to London, Hong Kong, Qatar, and beyond — then came home and opened two more locations in Brooklyn and New Jersey.
Still a Slice Shop
Walk in, order at the counter, eat on the sidewalk. That's always been the point.
