Food Tour

Mario Batali Judges New York’s New Pizza Joints

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Mario Batali was last seen gallivanting around Spain, but with a new wave of pizza arriving in New York — and eating cheap more desirable than ever — this seemed a fine time to bring him back to his Italian roots. We took Batali on a tour of four of the city’s new pizzerias including Co., Spunto, Motorino, and San Marzano. Since he prefers to roll with a celeb-studded entourage in any country, Del Posto and Otto chef-partner Mark Ladner and Late Night funnyman Jimmy Fallon came along for the ride, too. They rated the pies on a ten-point system for taste, five for presentation, and five awarded at their discretion, for a maximum possible score of twenty — with Batali issuing the final calls, of course. Click through the slideshow to see which pizzeria he names “one of the top five in New York.”

Mario Batali Judges New York’s New Pizza Joints