CONNECTICUT — In the Daily Meal's 101 Best Pizzas in America list, New York claims 28 of the top pizzerias in the country, but Connecticut can once again boast for the third straight year that New Haven's Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana is the No. 1 pizza in America. All hail the King.

Connecticut pizzerias that did make the Daily Meal's 2019 list are: #51 Roseland Apizza (Derby, Connecticut), #46 Zuppardi's Apizza (West Haven, Connecticut), #44 Colony Grill (Stamford, Connecticut), #20 Modern Apizza (New Haven, Connecticut), #7 Sally's Apizza (New Haven, Connecticut), and #1 Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (New Haven, Connecticut). Besides New York having 28 entrants, Illinois (9), California (7), Connecticut (6) Pennsylvania (6) and New Jersey (6), but Texas, Michigan and Massachusetts all had good showings as well.

Once again, the Daily Meal's favorite pie is at Pepe's with the authors saying, "This is a bucket list destination, one you'll have to make a pilgrimage to if you want to discuss the topic of America's best pizza with any authority." "The pizzas here are quintessential New Haven: oblong, just a little charred, thin-crusted, chewy, coal-fired and irresistibly delicious. ... If you visit, make sure you try the clam pie. This is a Northeastern pizza genre unto its own, and Pepe's is the best of all. Freshly shucked, briny littleneck clams, an intense dose of garlic, olive oil, oregano and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano sit atop a charcoal-colored crust," the Daily Meal states.

Since 2012, The Daily Meal has ranked America's best pizzas and we take our cause very seriously, the authors say.

If you're wondering how the Daily Meal compiles its list, here is what they are looking for in that perfect pie.