Kesté

Restaurant in Manhattan, United States

Kesté Pizza & Vino

The exterior of Kesté Pizza & Vino

Restaurant information
Established	2009^[1]
Owner(s)	Roberto Caporuscio
Food type	Italian pizzeria
Street address	271 Bleecker St
City	New York City
County	Manhattan
Postal/ZIP Code	10014
Country	United States
Website	www.kestepizzeria.com

Kesté Pizza & Vino, also known as Kesté Pizzeria or simply Keste's, is a pizzeria, located in Manhattan, that serves Neapolitan-style wood-fired brick oven pizza. As of 2015, it is the fourth-highest rated pizzeria in the United States on TripAdvisor.^[2]^[3] The Bleecker Street restaurant had permanently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic by October 2021, although there remained a secondary location open in FiDi. The magazine Time Out wrote, "it ushered in a wave of thin pies with puffy pockets of air and tiny black blisters across the city."^[4]

History

Kesté's was founded in 2009 by Roberto Caporuscio, who works alongside his daughter, Giorgia.^[5] Keste's is located on Bleecker Street next to John's. The restaurant was rated as the fourth best pizza in the United States and second best in New York City.^[6]

New York Magazine and Food Network Magazine named Kesté's the best pizza in New York.^{[citation needed]} The Bleecker Street restaurant had permanently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic by October 2021, although there remained a secondary location open in FiDi. Wrote TimeOut about the Bleecker Street location, "it ushered in a wave of thin pies with puffy pockets of air and tiny black blisters across the city."^[4]

References

^ Bruni, Frank (7 July 2009). "The Cult of the Artisanal Pizza". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
^ Hunter, Marnie (29 July 2015). "TripAdvisor picks America's best pizza". CNN. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
^ Conley, Trevor (30 July 2015). "New York City has 3 of top 10 pizza joints in the U.S." NYC Sun Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
^ ^a ^b Izzo, Christina; Ong, Bao; Sutherland-Namako, Amber (October 29, 2021), "75 notable NYC restaurants and bars that permanently closed since 2020", TimeOut
^ Gold, Rozanne (12 October 2012). "Pizza With a Twist". WSJ. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
^ "TripAdvisor: Best Pizza In America Is In Brooklyn, But Chicago's The Top Pizza Town". CBS New York. 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2015-09-17.

External links

Official website

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Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village Church of St. Luke in the Fields First Presbyterian Church Judson Memorial Church Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard Church Our Lady of Pompeii Church St. Veronica Church Trinity Chapel Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church

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Subway stations	14th Street/Sixth Avenue 14th Street/Eighth Avenue Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street Christopher Street–Sheridan Square Eighth Street–New York University Houston Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square
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Other sites
Fort Gansevoort Hess triangle Lenox Health Greenwich Village Minetta Creek

Related topics
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Little Spain

See also: Manhattan Community Board 2

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