The Food Network is out with its top pizza choices nationwide, and a pie maker with two Twin Cities locales ranks among the best.

Black Sheep Pizza, with outlets in the Minneapolis Warehouse District and downtown St. Paul, comes in at No. 7. The network chose one restaurant for each state and then ranked them.

"Chef-owner Jordan Smith takes advantage of his setup to create super-crisp crusts that stay crunchy no matter what he puts on them," the network notes.

Smith's tastiest pie, the critique continues, is a sauce-free pizza with oyster mushrooms, smoked mozzarella, ricotta, rosemary and shaved garlic.

PAUL WALSH