By: Greg Keraghosian Associate Travel Editor

TripAdvisor compiled the rankings by factoring the quantity and quality of pizza restaurant reviews, giving extra weight to reviews from the past year. Also, the ratio of pizza restaurant reviews to non-pizza ones was taken into account.

“Using time-tested techniques and premium ingredients, the top-10 U.S. pizzerias are successful as they always keep their eyes on the pies,” said Brooke Ferencsik, TripAdvisor’s director of communications. “These popular pizza joints toss up mouthwatering and sometimes unique takes on the American staple from apricot-sauced pies in Alaska to white clam creations in Connecticut.” (more…)

Over a century ago, when the Golden Gate Bridge was just a twinkle in an architect’s eye and the fog was constant and dense, something new, different and ever-so spicy was concocted in the back rooms of San Francisco Italian grocery stores.

Somewhere between the late 1800s and early 1900s, scores of Italian immigrants poured into the Bay Area in search of newfound success and stability and carrying with them a knack for making salami. (more…)

If you run a pizza restaurant, you make your living on well … selling delicious pizza.  It’s your main draw and what you’re most likely known for. But some of the best deli sandwiches we have ever tasted have been at our favorite pizza joints.

There is really nothing like a lush, meaty hero sandwich on fresh-baked sourdough, Dutch Crunch, or your choice of bread.  Sub sandwiches are as much an old and valued standby at pizza places as pepperoni pizza, and you should consider putting as much love and care into making your heroes as you do your signature pies. (more…)

When we drive around the country – and believe me, we get around – we see a pizza revolution. There’s a changing of the guard that has brought more pizza and pizza-like offerings to more people than ever before.

The rising dough (and we’re talking not only money, but regular and gluten-free crusts) is led by the Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) with their customizable pizza places. But new pizza spots are springing up in neighborhood strip malls, gas stations and convenience stores that populate every corner of the country. (more…)

Just when you thought there was absolutely nothing new to do with a French fry – along come Pepperoni Pizza Fries.

Behind them: The we’ll-try-just-about-anything fast-food chain Carl’s Jr., which has just begun testing them in about a dozen of its restaurants in Southern California – mostly in the Anaheim area.

“It may look like a mess — but it’s messy good,” says Brad Haley, chief marketing officer at Carl’s. Customers have compared the taste, he says, to pizza with a French fry crust. (more…)