This Is Where You’ll Now Find The Best Slice Of Pizza In Wisconsin

Few foods bring Americans together quite like pizza. We put away roughly 3 billion pizzas a year — about a third of all the pizza eaten on the planet — which works out to some 46 slices per person and a staggering 350 slices sold every single second.

Roughly one in eight of us grabs a slice on any given day. Simply put, this country runs on pizza.

And few states love it quite like Wisconsin. The Badger State leads the entire nation in frozen pizza, buying 113% more per customer than the national average — fitting for the place that gave the world Tombstone, born in a Medford tavern back in the 1960s.

Fresh pizza is every bit as beloved here, and there's no shortage of styles to argue over, from Milwaukee-style tavern pizza — thin, cracker-crisp and cut into squares — to classic wood-fired pies. Wisconsinites, in other words, know a good slice when they taste one.

So it's worth paying attention when a national food site sets out to crown the best of the best. That's exactly what the team at LoveFood did, combing through all 50 states to name the single best place to grab a slice of pizza in each one.

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The Best Slice Of Pizza In Wisconsin

To make its picks, LoveFood's food writers weighed local reputation, standout quality and the spots fans return to again and again — the places that define pizza in their corner of the map. For Wisconsin, one Milwaukee institution rose above the rest.

San Giorgio Pizzeria Napoletana, located at 838 N Old World 3rd Street in Milwaukee

Tucked along historic Old World Third Street, San Giorgio is a certified Vera Pizza Napoletana pizzeria, meaning it meets the strict standards set in Naples itself for authentic Neapolitan pies.

The naturally fermented dough is fired for just 70 to 90 seconds at 900 degrees in a wood-burning oven, which is what gives the crust its signature chew and char.

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LoveFood praised that "perfectly chewy, charred crust," along with rotating specials like the Ilario, topped with roasted Italian sausage, mushrooms, tomato, mozzarella and basil.

Whether you're a Neapolitan purist or a tavern-cut traditionalist, it's hard to go wrong chasing a great slice in Wisconsin. Been to San Giorgio, or think another spot deserves the crown? Let us know your pick.