Pizza Week 2026

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NYC Pizza Week debuts with slices you can only get for two weeks

Two-week celebration runs Sept. 20 – Oct. 4, 2026; every participating shop is independently owned, with a portion of every slice sold benefiting 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

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Founder bio

Andrew, founder of NYC Pizza Week

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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