LaBella's might offer some of the best pizza OTP (that’s outside the Perimeter, for folks new to the Atlanta area.) This Sandy Plains Road pizzeria sticks to the New York style and offers large slices simply perfect for folding. 

Pizza lovers in Vinings rave about this pizzeria from the owners of Baraonda Italian restaurant. Find traditional Neapolitan-style pies and wood-fired pizzas here, including the Diavolo topped with Italian salami, ham, sausage, bacon, and Calabrese peppers. Or maybe try a pizza topped with pesto, pancetta, and sun-dried tomatoes. E Ke Pizza also offers pagnottelle sandwiches at lunch, as well as creamy gelato and desserts like pistachio cannolis, carrot walnut cake, and decadent tiramisu.

Firewall Food Stop in the Westview neighborhood features wood-fired pizzas and sandwiches on its menu. Owned by Westview resident Sam Eidus, the restaurant serves mostly Neapolitan-style pizzas, including four specialty pies like the Farmer made with fennel sausage, sweet peppers, and fresh mozzarella and a vegetarian pizza aptly named the Gardener with spinach, tomato, ricotta, lemon, and garlic. As for sandwiches, there’s the braised pork shoulder and collard greens-based Southern Italian topped with provolone and hot peppers or the Fertile Crescent featuring ten-spice chicken, pickles, greens, poached raisins, walnuts, and Zhoug sauce (cilantro).

Owned by Thiago Machado and Nicollie Conovalow, Brasiliana Pizza is available for takeout and delivery from Forrest Eatery ghost kitchen in Berkeley Park. These pizzas blend Brazilian and Italian ingredients and flavors together to create a unique style that is savory, sometimes subtly sweet, and often bringing a bit of heat. For meat lovers, try the Calabresa, which comes topped with a generous layer of Brazilian sausage and sliced onions. There’s also the Frango Catupiry topped with shredded chicken, bacon bits, squeezes of creamy Catupiry cheese, and lots of oregano. Like chocolate? Order the Brigadeiros pizza, a dessert pie with a thick layer of gooey chocolate fudge and chocolate sprinkles.

Hip-hop-inspired Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria opened on Howell Mill Road near Westside Provisions District, then added a second location on Metropolitan Parkway. The popular North Nashville pizzeria, owned by college friends Clinton Gray, Derrick Moore, and Emanuel Reed, features a menu filled with pizzas named for songs by various hip-hop and R&B artists like the Rony, Roni, Rone!, named for the group Tony! Toni! Toné!. It includes three types of pepperoni. The meaty Cee No Green pays tribute to crooner CeeLo Green from Atlanta-based Goodie Mob.

Giovanni DiPalma's popular Home Park pizzeria has since expanded into a Little Italia empire off of Hemphill Avenue. For those OTPers seeking a slice of Antico, there's a location in Alpharetta’s Avalon development and at the Battery near Braves Truist Park in Cobb County. A location is also now open in Tucker.

Stone Mountain native and Howard University graduate Alyson Williams teamed up with restaurateur and chef Yusef Walker (Negril Village, Ms. Icey’s) to open pizza pop-up Dolo’s. Currently in residence at Underground Atlanta, order pizzas topped with marinara, cheese, plantains, and jalapeños to pies topped with jerk chicken, honey, and blue cheese or callaloo, roasted tomatoes, and Jamaican ackee sauce. Be sure to order one of the build-your-own dolita sandwiches, too, and the doughnut-like sweet dolitas for dessert. These treats come served with hibiscus icing for dipping. A location of Dolo’s is now open at Underground Atlanta and at State Farm Arena.

Junior’s Pizza on Georgia Avenue in Summerhill serves thin crust and Sicilian-style pizzas inspired by those found throughout New York City. This includes pies with ingredients like cup and char pepperoni, which curls and chars on the edges as it bakes. There are vegan pizzas here, too. A second location is opening in Hapeville.

Some folks call Sunnyside in Sandy Springs the best Neapolitan-style pizza found anywhere north of the Perimeter. Order everything from classics like the margherita and a cup and char pepperoni pie to Mexican pizza with chorizo, jalapenos, and cilantro-lime sauce, the Mumbai topped with a San Marzano tomato curry sauce, or even a pizza topped with white wine-poached pears.

Chef Jamie Adams and Leonardo Moura opened this small pizza joint adjacent their popular Italian restaurant Il Giallo in 2021. Choose between red and white pizzas at G’s, like the lasagna with short rib, the pepperoni piccante with Calabrian chilis, gorgonzola, and hot honey, a five-cheese extravaganza white pizza, or the chicken alfredo with bechamel sauce. Order a side of focaccia with EVOO for dipping.

This popular pizzeria in Midtown includes some seriously large New York-style pies on its menu, along with Detroit-style pizzas, too. Slices and combos can also be ordered here.

This brick-oven pizzeria, owned by chef Leslie Cohen, arrived in Grant Park in 2018, bringing the neighborhood red and white sauce pizzas topped with everything from grilled steak and portabello mushrooms to pesto and spicy capicola. Beyond its pizza, folks can order meaty grinders here as well as pork belly toast, street corn, and meatballs.

Luca Varuni has been serving Neapolitan-style pizzas in Morningside for a few years now and added a second location inside Krog Street Market. Don't miss the Chiattona Benni, made with buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes, pancetta, pepperoni, salami, hot soppressata, Pecorino Romano, and basil or the simple but delicious margherita pizza.

Grab a slice or a whole pie from this extremely popular Auburn Avenue takeout window and pizzeria in the Old Fourth Ward. Owned by Rob Birdsong, Glide Pizza serves giant slices and 20-inch Brooklyn-style pies for takeout or local delivery via electric bicycle. Friday nights and weekends are busy here, so it’s best to order ahead. A location is now open inside Inner Voice Brewing in Decatur, with another planned for the new Westside Paper complex on West Marietta.

The lone pizzeria at Ponce City Market reopened at the end of 2022 in its new location on the first floor of the central food hall. Backed in part by James Beard-nominated baker Chris Wilkins, Pizza Jeans offers giant mall slices and whole pies in classic flavors like margherita, five cheese, and pepperoni with the option to add additional toppings. The crusts on these pizzas alone are worth the trip to PCM, as are the sub rolls that hold the contents of the hearty sandwiches. Mall slices are large and in charge, coming in at $5 each. (Think two slices in one.) Expect cocktails, beer, wine, and frozen drinks from the bar. The stall also features counter seating and is open for takeout and delivery.

Plant Based Pizzeria opened in the former Rocco’s Pizza on Barnett Street just off of Ponce de Leon Avenue in 2019, and it’s been a hit ever since. The takeout pizzeria offers everything from vegan “meat” lovers to Hawaiian pizzas on its menu, and includes the option to build custom pizzas or order half-and-half flavors. All pizzas come served on a spelt flour or gluten free crust upon request.

Filling the void left behind by the closing of the beloved Everybody’s Pizza in Virginia-Highland, pizzeria and slice shop Pielands gave the neighborhood something to cheer about when it opened in 2021 in the former Goin’ Coastal space. Expect classic New York- and square-style pies and slices here, including the margherita-like Noni pizza, named for co-owner Billy Streck’s grandmother, and a white pizza topped with garlic butter sauce and mozzarella, ricotta, pecorino romano, and parmigiano cheeses. Slice offerings change daily. Pielands also serves Italian subs, salads, and wings.

With two locations, one in Avondale Estates and the other in the heart of Little Five Points, guests of Savage Pizza visit for the comic book-infused atmosphere, but stay for the from-scratch pizzas. Try the vegetable-laden Sav-Veg, topped with mozzarella and parmesan, or the Cajun with spicy red pepper sauce, chicken, shrimp, andouille, red onions, and three kinds of cheese.

After closing their beloved Mexican bakery of the same name in 2020, owners Eric Arillo and Dale Ralston reopened the Memorial Drive shop in 2021 as a takeout pizza joint. Named La Calavera Pizza, baker Arillo continues to churn out delicious sourdoughs now acting as crusts for the pies served at La Calavera. Like the former bakery, the pizzeria also offers gluten-free options on the menu, using Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust mix. Most pizzas here can come served on gluten-free crusts, except for the Homeboy, which is made with local, organic whole wheat flour.

Mo’s is truly an old-school neighborhood pizza joint, and has been since it opened in 1979. Located off of Briarcliff Road in Briarcliff Woods, the menu here sticks to classic pizza ingredients and combinations paired with pitchers of beer. Mo’s also offers wings, subs, and a solid Philly cheesesteak on its menu.

Corner Slice took over the former Avellino’s space on West College Avenue in late 2022, the same complex as Tortuga y Chango. For folks who love to thick-crust pan pizzas, Corner Slice is serving up Detroit-style pies topped with everything from Calabrian peppers and Italian sausage to bacon, red onions, and jalapenos. Look for batches of saucy wings, fried mozzarella sticks, and sandwiches like meatball parmesan and a meaty hero served on fresh sesame seed focaccia bread on the menu, too.

Atlanta and its metro area are filled with pizzerias claiming to serve “real” New York-style pies on the menu. Some joints are better at capturing the style better than others. However, Pizza Piccola might just be the genuine article. Order slices and whole pies like a classic cheese, primavera, and a meat lovers loaded with sausage, pepperoni, ham, and bacon to Hawaiian pizzas, a deep dish Sicilian, and even pizza topped with eggplant parmesan. Not into pizza? Order the meatball or chicken parmesan sandwich or the indulgent penne all vodka pasta.

Rice n Pie in Berkeley Lake combines pizza, biryani dishes, and sweet treats and milkshakes all on one menu. For pizza connoisseurs, try the 65 Pizza (a take on chicken 65 topped with chicken, paneer, or shrimp sausage,) the tikka masala pie, or the sweet and spicy Chatpata Chat pizza. Spice lovers should opt for the vegetarian masala pizza topped with onions, jalapenos, and banana peppers or the jerk chicken with chicken that’s been left to marinate overnight before baking. The pizza is given a kick of heat from Scotch bonnet peppers.

Owned by Anthony Spina, folks continue to rave about the New Jersey-style grandma pie served here made with garlic, marinara, mozzarella, extra-virgin olive oil, pecorino, and fresh basil. Pair with a pizzeria salad and garlic knots, too.