Anthony Mangeri

New York

Anthony Mangieri is a pioneer of Neapolitan-style pizza in the United States. At 22, Anthony opened a bread bakery called Sant Arsenio in Red Bank, NJ. Three years later, in 1996, he established Una Pizza Napoletana in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. Anthony relocated Una Pizza Napoletana to Manhattan’s East Village in 2004. Looking for a closer proximity to the great outdoors, Anthony relocated the pizzeria to San Francisco in 2010, where the third iteration of Una Pizza Napoletana. Anthony returned to New York’s Lower East Side in 2018 and then opened a location in New Jersey’s Atlantic Highlands in 2020. Una Pizza Napoletana reopened its now one and only location on the Lower East Side in March 2022.

Located in New York’s Lower East Side, this Una Pizza Napoletana is the sixth iteration of Anthony Mangieri’s pizzeria. Since the beginning, the focus has been on the naturally-leavened, wood-fired pizzas. Enjoy sitting in the intimate dining room surrounded by one-of-a-kind pieces of art (many of which were created by dear friends) while watching Anthony work the dough by hand and carefully bake only three pizzas at a time in the wood-fired oven. In its latest iteration, Una has been named the #1 pizzeria in the world by 50 Top Pizza for 2022 and 2024. He has also been recognized recently in US media outlets including the TODAY Show, CBS Mornings, Esquire and Michelin Guide.