If you've been subjected to a lifetime of pizza any where else (like California, I found out) there is no "best place" to get pizza in NYC. It's all Great! It's hot! I'd never realized how cold the food in California is until we went to NY.

My favorite place for pizza was a little place around the corner from the Cooper Hewitt. I didn't have a bad piece of pizza in NYC. When it was time to eat, I looked for a line of people, if a couple of uniformed cops were in it, even better. I was never disappointed.

<i>My favorite place for pizza was a little place around the corner from the Cooper Hewitt. I didn't have a bad piece of pizza in NYC. When it was time to eat, I looked for a line of people, if a couple of uniformed cops were in it, even better. I was never disappointed.</i>

I used to think that, but no more. There's plenty of bad pizza in New York, even at places with plenty of customers.

There is a lot of bad pizza in New York. Some of them are forced to use certain ingredients by some "colorful" characters, especially the rubbery cheese and the watery sauce.

Oh yes, there is certainly bad pizza in New York!

I want to try Spumoni Gardens after reading many laudatory reports:

http://www.spumonigardens.com/photos.asp

And why have we forgotten to mention the great Artichoke Basile Pizza on East 14th Street? (for the square, not the artichoke pizza)

http://www.artichokepizza.com/node

And why have we forgotten to mention the great Artichoke Basile Pizza on East 14th Street? (for the square, not the artichoke pizza)

Escrunchy

The place is maddening. There is alwasy a line even after midnight. It is partly because the pizza is good, and partly becuase they do not know how to run a retail business.
But it is one of the better slice places. Every other pizza parlor mentioned is a whole pie establishment.

One great pizza place which has not been mentioned is Naples 45 at 200 Park -- the north end of Grand Central. While I've enjoyed many of the joints mentioned above, I think Naples 45 is the closest to the actual Neapolitan product -- if that's important to you.

And while it is certainly possible to have a bad pizza in New York, it is also possible to have a great "slice" at any number of near anonymous pizza parlors (what we used to call them before pizza earned its proper respect) that line the streets and where most New Yorkers get their ration.

A: Yes, I agree about Artichoke. They are very nice guys but that line is just ridiculous. Last time I was there, about 2 weeks ago, I decided that the only way to deal with it is to call ahead and pick up for eating at home. I will do this one day soon--I am on a current quest for great pizza.

I have recently tried, and liked Lucali in Carroll Gardens and would highly recommend a visit to anyone--NY'er or tourist. Mark, the owner is the sweetest guy and very serious about his pies. Also an interesting area to explore:



575 Henry St., Brooklyn, NY 11231
nr. First Pl.
718-858-4086


Nearby Subway Stops

F, G at Carroll St.


Cash Only


* BYOB
* Reservations Not Required

Accidental pizzaiolo Mark Iacono opened Lucali as a labor of love, to save the local candy store of his Carroll Gardens youth from an uncertain, generic fate (i.e., becoming a Subway or Dunkin’ Donuts, no doubt). After devoting himself to the monklike regimen of making old-fashioned thin-crust, brick-oven pizzas, Iacono has created a business that has instantly become woven into the neighborhood fabric, a cozy, softly lit, and effortlessly soulful spot where families commune over the simple pleasures of Iacono’s rough-hewn, satisfying pies, all of them made front and center at a workstation that looks like a stage. Vestiges from the candy store hang on the brick walls, along with a chalkboard menu restricted to pies and calzones. It’s cash-only, BYO.

* Best Neighborhood Pizzeria (2007)

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Neo and Adu: OK - enough already with the deli posting war. This is a classic example of miscommunication with each side reading it wrong. I know Adu - a guy with a great sense of humor and sometimes a touch of sarcasm and/or satire. And Neo - yes - you know a lot about this town - keep it rolling.