Pizza Week 2026
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NYC Pizza Week debuts with twenty-one slices you can only get for two weeks
NYC Pizza Week runs Sept. 20 – Oct. 4, 2026, across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Every shop is independently owned, and a portion of every slice sold benefits Slice Out Hunger.
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About NYC Pizza Week
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NYC Pizza Week is a citywide celebration of independent New York pizza shops, running September 20 – October 4, 2026. Participating shops across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens each craft a one-of-a-kind Signature Slice made exclusively for the event, and diners rate their favorite by text message. A portion of proceeds from every Signature Slice sold supports Slice Out Hunger, a New York-born nonprofit fighting food insecurity across the US.
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- Dates
- September 20 – October 4, 2026
- Boroughs
- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens
- Participating Shops
- 15+ Shops
- Charity Partner
- Slice Out Hunger
- Founder
- Andrew Young
- Cost to Attend
- Free — pay only for what you order
For Attribution
Founder bio
Andrew Young
Founder, NYC Pizza Week
Short bio: Andrew Young is the founder of NYC Pizza Week and NYC Pizza Crawl, and a former organizer of Techstars Startup Weekend NYC and Reddit NYC.
Long bio: Andrew brings people together — one slice, one event, one shared idea at a time. As founder of NYC Pizza Crawl, he's built a community around the city's best pizzerias, turning a love of good food into genuine connection across neighborhoods and backgrounds. That same instinct for gathering people shows up throughout his work: for years he helped organize Techstars Startup Weekend in New York, creating an accessible entry point for first-time founders to meet, team up, and build something real over a single weekend. Before that, he ran Reddit NYC, rallying a famously online community into real-world meetups spanning food, art, and music.
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