I'm not sure you can classify pizza as a comfort food. If you can't, well why ever not is lost on me. I think pizza is one of the best comfort foods out there. Don't feel like cooking dinner? Pizza. Need something to warm you up from the cold? Sure, soup's great, but pizza can do the same thing. Just make sure it's hot. Want something to fill your tummy after a long day swimming in the ocean? Pizza.

Pizza is one of my absolute most favorite foods. Isn't it everybody's though? I'm so lucky because here in South Jersey, we have some of the best pizza places in the entire country. You can go to every single county in South Jersey and find an awesome pizza shop.

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Do you think it's because this are has such a high concentration of Italian influence? That's what I'm banking on. Whatever the reason, I'm happy a little slice of heaven is never too far away.

Now, as for which places have the best pizza around... that's all depending on who you ask. Everybody's got their own personal favorite pizza joint here in South Jersey. The people of Atlantic County are no exception.

Someone asked the people in the Atlantic County Eats Facebook group which pizza places are their favorites. Of course everyone had a different answer. I was able to look over all of them and pick out the ones people said were the best. After narrowing it down, it looks like there are 5 of them.

Atlantic County's Best 5 Pizza Places

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5.) Black Cat Bar and Grill - Absecon

Locals say it's not just the pizza that hits the spot. All the food is good at the Black Cat.

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4.) Maurizio's Pizzeria - Mays Landing

People claim Maurizio's is the best pizza in all of Mays Landing. Do you agree?

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3.) Calabria Pizza and Italian Grill - Absecon

SO many people raved about Calabria's pizza in the comment section.

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2.) Tony's Baltimore Grill - Atlantic City

Obviously, you knew this one was going to rank high on the list. Tourists and locals alike love them some Tony's.

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1.) Carluccio's Coal Fire Pizza - Northfield

Everybody from Guy Fieri to Dave Portnoy has tried Carluccio's Grandma Pizza. That's the one you have to order when you go there. You should probably know, though, you pay more for Carluccio's than other pizza spots in the area.

Do you have any places you'd add to the list? Let us know on the app!

Here are all the places people love for a slice in Atlantic City....

12 Great Pizza Places in Atlantic City

Gallery Credit: Eddie Davis

Top 5 Worst Pizza Places

24/7 Wall St. referred to pizza reviews from five distinct food blogs and websites. Given the subjective nature of pizza preferences, their selection criteria focused on pizza chains consistently ranked at the lower end on multiple platforms.

Reviewers exhibited diverse opinions in discussions about pizza.
Agreement on the best pizza chains was scarce, with only a handful receiving high praise from individual reviewers, such as Mellow Mushroom, Jet’s, California Pizza Kitchen, and MOD.

Chains with mixed reviews included Pizza Hut, Papa John’s, Donato’s, and Marco’s. While individual reviewers held differing perspectives on these chains, the overall evaluation resulted in fairly average scores.

In contrast, there was notable alignment in identifying the worst pizza chains. These five establishments garnered attention in 24/7 Wall St. survey for consistently low rankings across the board.

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