One of our passions is pizza, and we’re very lucky to live in an area that has such a wealth of good options.  We subscribe to the Pizza Belt theory, which states any given pizzeria within New York City and its surrounding areas is more likely than not to produce a decent pizza.  But we’re not just looking for good – we want to know what’s best in our home city.  And so, to that end, we recently spent a Sunday afternoon going all around Queens scouting out the best pizzas in the borough.  Our quest took us to quite a variety of different places, with each stop easily accessible from the subway, and we thoroughly enjoyed all our slices and pies.  Best of all, we were able to eat entirely vegetarian as we made our way around Queens.  So here our are picks!

Our first stop was in Forest Hills, just a few blocks from the E and F trains.  Nick’s is a small storefront with table service or takeout that’s been cooking up pizzas for 30 years.  We decided there we would try this large pie with basil and hot cherry peppers.

From there we headed over to Jamaica, to a very unassuming spot a few blocks from the end of the E, J and Z trains.  Margherita Pizza is a tiny, cash only space that serves up mostly slices – and it’s wildly popular among both pizza connoisseurs and neighborhood locals.  They have only a few toppings available, so we decided to keep it simple and get cheese slices, which were absolutely delicious.

We next ventured to north, to an area on the border between Flushing and College Point.  Amore Pizzeria is about a half-mile walk from the last stop on the 7 train, through an area filled with warehouses.  We were pretty unsure if we were going in the right direction until we hit a strip mall and Amore was occupying one of the storefronts.  It was pretty surprising to come upon an old school slice joint in that area, but there were a ton of people coming in and out and the place looked legit.  We got cheese slices there as well, and we really enjoyed them too.

And for our final destination, we headed to Milkflower in Astoria, not far from the N and W trains.  This spot is a restaurant with a full menu, offering pastas and entrees and such, but in keeping with our day’s theme we stuck with just pizza.  We decided to keep on with simplicity in our pizza tastes for the day and got the Queen, made with fresh mozzarella, parmesan, and basil on tomato sauce.

It was a day well spent, in our opinion:  we got to travel all around Queens to go to quite a wide array of pizza places.  We visited two humble places serving up delicious slices, plus one family-owned place for pies, plus a new and creative spot – and we got to make our way through four different neighborhoods.  Cyril’s favorite pizza was Nick’s, while Miriam favored Margherita Pizza.  We also both agreed that Amore Pizza was the most unexpected, because we didn’t quite expect to find pizza in a strip mall, and in an area that’s much more well known for Asian food.  We’re glad we got to explore and highlight some great places, and we’ve got one more adventure up our sleeves to share soon.