Totonno Pizzeria Napolitano   

You know a pizza parlor is precious when the baker-owner has its name tattooed on his body and everyone working there is family. That's the story with this Coney Island relic, a near century-old throwback to when the Brooklyn Dodgers were on the radio, Coney Island was the biggest draw in town and long beach days were bookended by a mouth-watering visit to Totonno's. Inevitably, when a cozy, unpretentious pizza place has been serving impeccably coal-fired and crunchy pies for this long, one of the never-ending arguments tends to be: When was it better - then or now? Rest easy, white-pizza lovers, because even since the death of the original owner, this family-run gig still serves its signature sizzling pizzas with fresh ingredients like ripe tomatoes, hand-formed mozzarella and rising dough. There's another location in Manhattan with more menu items, but for the real original deal, mozzarella maniacs and crust connoisseurs head to Brooklyn. -- Yon Motskin