From corner slice shops to sit-down red-sauce joints, New York City is a never-ending competition of bubbling cheese and blistered crusts. Many New York pizza places deserve accolades, but Food Network has spoken, and the crown for best slice in all of New York State goes to none other than L&B Spumoni Gardens in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

This neighborhood legend has been around since 1939, starting as a humble pushcart before evolving into a three-in-one institution: ice cream parlor, restaurant and, of course, pizzeria. The star of the show? The world-famous Sicilian slice — an upside-down masterpiece where cheese goes down first, sweet tomato sauce lands on top, and everything gets finished with a hefty snowing of Parmesan — seals the deal. The result is a thick, springy square

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