Ribalta

"If you’re looking for pizza near Irving Plaza and want to actually sit down, try Ribalta. This place is pretty big, sometimes puts french fries on pizzas, and usually has a soccer game projected onto the wall. Also - they can do all of their pies with homemade gluten-free crust, if that’s important to you or whoever you’re eating with." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, matt tervooren

"Ribalta is offering all of its Neapolitan-style pizzas—from the marinara that’s like a bread-bowl of tomato soup to one with speck, burrata, and zucchini puree—for takeout or delivery daily from 12pm-10pm" - team infatuation

"Little known fact is that the pizzas coming from master pizzaiolo Pasquale Cozzolino at Ribalta are VPN-certified, meaning that the Verace Pizza Napoletana Association — an Italian organization that certifies restaurants — has signed off on Ribalta’s employment of wood-fired ovens and its use of standardized ingredients of Neapolitan origin like 00 flour, San Marzano tomatoes, and buffalo mozzarella. All that said, Ribalta is a given when searching for that iconic, chewy Neapolitan pizza crust around New York." - Patty Diez

"Ribalta’s Neapolitan pizzas are available for pick-up and delivery between Washington Square Park and 17th Street, and 2nd and 7th Avenues. Call 212-777-781 to get your pies." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, bryan kim, arden shore, matt tervooren

"Ribalta is usually a Neapolitan restaurant where you’ll find pizza, paccheri with veal ragu, and plenty of Italian wine. But when there’s soccer to be watched, especially if an Italian club is involved, its outdoor patio on 12th Street feels like a cafe near the Stadio San Paolo, or at least a sports bar in NYC." - matt tervooren