Mt. Lebanon native Joe Manganiello defends the honor of Pittsburgh wherever he goes and in the Season 3 premier of “Dinner Time Live with David Chang” on Netflix, he took it one step beyond.
The unabashed Pittsburgh sports fan said that the “pizza in Pittsburgh is better than New York.”
That claim was met with laughter from everyone else on the show.
“Come find me, come find me New York,” said Manganiello, adding “people don’t know, and we like it that way.”
New York has long been regarded as the pizza mecca of the country.
But Pittsburgh has a long history of quality pizza.
Places like Fiori’s, Aiello’s, Juliano’s and Mineo’s have been making great pizza for decades.
Combine those legacy shops with newer ones like Pizza Lupo, Rockaway Pizzeria, Pizzeria Davide and Iron Born and Manganiello’s “hot take” is a lot more grounded than the rest of the country thinks.
They just need to try it!