Rafaellos very good, very genuine Italian pizza.
-100 on Bravo's and -1000 on Renaissance.
I think OP was discussing real pizza as opposed to American pizza in which case pizza time in Flatbush is great (is that place even open still?) and, believe it or not, Kingston pizza in CH has had great American style pizza since the owner of Dagan partnered up with them (ambiance aside)...
Yes and no,
I think there's merit to any pizza as long as it's flavorful. Even American. I think italian is more likely to taste good because they're going for a much more simplistic approach. When I was in Rome, I don't think I saw any pizzas with too many toppings. They spread them out thin and you get individual bites of flavor. In America, they try and drown your taste buds. Most of us assume that the more money they put on top of a pizza, the better it tastes.
I was just giving bravos credit for putting out good flavors. Out of the pizza in ny that I've tasted, it was the best. It's still not my favorite but was a very good slice (the specialty slice). But I still would never call it italian pizza.