Here's Where You Can Try Rhode Island's Best Pies On National Pizza Day

National Pizza Day is Monday, Feb. 9, and fortunately, Rhode Island has plenty of local pizzerias where you can grab a slice so scrumptious you may hear angels sing.

But don’t take our word for it.

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Pies from Rhode Island were counted among the nation’s best in various 2025 rankings from sites such as the Food Network, Tasting Table and others.

• Tasting Table picked Hotline Pizza in Providence as Rhode Island's tops, calling its pies "absolute works of art.
• The Food Network went with the Pizza Gourmet, also in Providence, and said "here, even the simple margherita is truly sublime."
• Eat this said to eat Pizza Marvin in Providence, calling it a "rue original ."
• Pasquale's Pizzeria Napoletana in Wakefield was the "best hole-in-the-wall pizza joint" in Rhode Island, as per Chowhound.
• Pasquale's in South Kingstown made Fine Dining Lovers list of the 50 best pizzerias in America.

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National Pizza Day, always observed on Feb. 9, isn’t an official holiday, of course. There’s no clear historical record of who established the first food holiday celebrating this quintessential comfort food, or exactly why the date was chosen. In addition to the gastronomic pleasure we get from eating a pie, National Pizza Day celebrates its global and American journey from its roots in Italy.

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The modern pizza, with tomato sauce and cheese, traces back to Naples, Italy, in the 1700s–1800s, when it was inexpensive street food for working people. Italian immigrants brought pizza to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The first licensed pizzeria in the U.S. was Lombardi’s in New York City, which began operations in the early 1900s and is still operating today. U.S. soldiers stationed in Italy during and after World War II developed a taste for pizza and helped fuel its wider acceptance back home.

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Today a staple of American dining, pizza has countless regional styles, including New York, Chicago, New Haven, Detroit, California, St. Louis, Neapolitan and Sicilian.

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