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Featured · Jean Banchet Awards 2025

Chicago's Best Pizza.

Voted by peers in the restaurant industry. A recognition from the very community that knows the craft from the inside - the chefs, cooks, and restaurateurs of Chicago.

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Reviews & Features
Chicago Magazine
Ranked among the 50 Best Restaurants in Chicago - a peach-colored Ravenswood spot readers say tops them all.
Condé Nast Traveler
A Neapolitan-style love affair - worth the trip to Chicago's north side.
The Infatuation
Spacca deserves to be on any top pizza list - Chicago or otherwise.
Gambero Rosso
Brilliantly brought Neapolitan sunshine into one of the coldest cities in the United States.
Pizza Box AI
Legendary Pizzeria - Spacca Napoli profiled among the world's most enduring Neapolitan institutions.
Pizza City, USA · Steve Dolinsky
Featured in 101 Reasons Why Chicago Is America's Greatest Pizza Town - the definitive guide to the city's pizza scene.
50 Top Pizza · 2023
No. 14 in the United States. No. 93 in the world. The only Chicago pizzeria on the list.
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 2025
Spacca Napoli won a prize for Chicago's best pizza, as the chef faced cancer surgery - a profile of Jonathan Goldsmith.
Pizza Today · On the Road
A Q&A with Jonathan Goldsmith after ten years at Spacca Napoli - on the craft, the guild, and life as a pizzaiuolo.
Video Reviews
YouTube
Chicago's Best Neapolitan Pizza: Spacca Napoli
YouTube
Eating Chicago's Most Reviewed Pizza

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