ICYMI, today (Feb. 9) is National Pizza Day!
And while normally these “national” days feels pretty superfluous (who invents them anyway???), it at least gives the opportunity for bragging rights, which three states all claiming to have the best pizza had to do in a giant Twitter war today.
Of course, the only true winner is New York, but Chicago and New Jersey tried to shoot their shot!
It all started when Chicago claimed to be the the “Pizza Capital of the World” on National Pizza Day…
proud to be the pizza capital of the world. #nationalpizzaday
— Chicago (@chicago) February 9, 2021
They tagged New Jersey, seemingly as a callback to the state’s declaration last year on National Pizza Day, who had quite the comeback:
ur pizza is a casserole https://t.co/sF68Z8IuFW
— New Jersey (@NJGov) February 9, 2021
While New York came up with its own wood-fired oven BURN:
!โ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ https://t.co/2Ykeem4Aby
— State of New York ๐ท (@NYGov) February 9, 2021
Of course Governor Cuomo had to jump in:
Fact Check: TRUE https://t.co/mfS6QbZ0Q4
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) February 9, 2021
And New Jersey had to come back with a full powerpoint presentation on the subject:
PIZZA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
listen to @petegenovese:
๐oldest running pizzeria in the nation is in jersey
๐no real thin crust in nyc
๐TOMATO PIES
๐neighborhood slice joints
๐@nytimes review declared new york's best pizza is in…. JERSEY pic.twitter.com/uik5RnXfAT— New Jersey (@NJGov) February 9, 2021
Anddd the battle continues:
Like the below tweet if you prefer your pizza to congeal into an oversized hockey puck 5 mins after opening the box. https://t.co/IksjnNmptF
— State of New York ๐ท (@NYGov) February 9, 2021
New Jersey and Chicago, please just sit DOWN. We’re not only the #1 city for pizza addicts according to recent studies (which were based on metrics including the amount of pizzerias in each city per 100,000 residents, the average cost of a pizza, Instagram popularity of pizza businesses, and more!), anyone who lives here or has even visited here knows it’s the best.
There’s a reason the New York slice is sacred!
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