Best slice of Pizza

i really like joe's of bleecker on seventh ave. in the slope. its total street pizza, the kind that (if fresh from the oven) feels like napalm in your mouth... the kind you can't resist biting into before its cooled off to a safe enough temperature. good sauce to cheese ratio, thin crispy crust.

alafairnadia wrote: antonio's pizza on flatbush and park is pretty decent. not the greatest, but better than average, especially if you just want a ray's-esque slice. they also deliver at lightning speed -- 718.398.2300

Antonio's, joe's and fifth ave pizza are all ok. There's no great pizza that I know of in easy walking distance/delivery distance.

I still have to try that tomato & basil place. Andy, do you know if they deliver to our area?

alafairnadia wrote: [quote=jml]Franny's on Flatbush is about the best I've ever had in NYC. New York Mag has a review here:

http://nymetro.com/nymetro/food/reviews/underground/n_10321/

Better than Grimaldi's by the waterfront and Patsy's in the Village, in my opinion.

It's not the cheapest, though. Lentos on Union used to have a pretty good pie, but they are no more. Roma on 7th has a decent traditional pie, and they deliver at least as far as Underhill with a little coaxing.

honestly, franny's is crap. it's really expensive without a lot of topping. and it's not a great crust. it's more hype than quality. I've eaten there twice on first dates (i.e I'm not paying - what do I care? situations) but I would NEVER pay for frannys. I've also seen moms, and family folk come in there trying to get enough food for mom, dad and 2 kids, plus a sleepover kid. the peeps have totally been like wait, what -- $50?? and they get a cheese pizza, $15, and go to antonios for the rest. franny's is not worth it.

I don't go for Franny's much either. I think it's pretty overrated and any place that chooses exposed brick at the expense of deafening chatter loses points with me. I'd like them a lot more if they'd invest in some sound baffling, like maybe a painting here and there so I can at least carry on a conversation without having to shout.

In my short time in PH, I've learned that if you want good pie you aren't SOL, but you do have to play the field a bit to find what you like.

Antonio's: Their pie is OK. They don't 'cracker' their crust, which IMHO means it isn't true NY pizza. Their ingredients are middle of the road so don't expect anything special. Because their crust is a little softer, it is inferior street pizza. Still the softer crust makes it hold up to the rigors of delivery for some reason. Their delivery is the best -- like lightning. So Antonio's seems to be good for delivery when watching a game or if a little 420, beer or fat ass lazy is involved.

Joe's of Bleecker: I don't know if Joe's of Bleecker is associated with John's of Bleecker, but it is damn good ... if you eat it there or take it away as a slice. The crust is crisp and the pie is always cooked consistent from edge to center. That's an art form. The sauce is great too and they will make an all mozzarella pie that is to die for. Their delivery is reliable, but they are farther away from PH than Antonio's and will deliver only as far as Underhill from what I understand. So the pie suffers a bit on the trip. I also think the crispness of the crust lends itself to pooling sauce in spots so you can get a soggy spot now and again on delivery.

Franny's: Their pizza is great. Their attitudes suck donkey schlong. It is fucking a 'gourmet' pizza place on Flatbush, stop acting like you are running Le Cirque. We went there and were very happy with the pizza. Nice crust, excellent toppings. The wine list was decent, but we didn't feel like plowing through it that night so we asked the person who I think was attempting to be a low-bucks sommelier what they had in a nice, drinkable white. Now in my world that means: a white wine that doesn't cost $45 a bottle. She immediately suggests, of course, the $45 example. My wife explained the code to her. It's not that we are cheap. It's that you are a pizza place. So we were offered a tasting of the $45 white and it was wretched. We opted for the $22 bottle and it was exactly what we are looking for: cheap, very good and fun. Grow up, Franny's. The pizza was brought to us unsliced like you would get in Southern Europe. I studied in Rome in undergraduate and did my graduate field research in Slovenia. Neither place slices their pie, but that is a function more of the fact that they eat sit-down pizza with a fork and knife, not some grand stylistic pretension. I rolled my eyes and played along. Unsliced does keep the pie hotter, longer, but please. Give Franny's a chance on a date, but not if you are looking for a pitcher and a few slices.

alan wrote: I like Gino's (between Sterling & St. Johns on Wash. Ave). Their plain slices are good and cheap. There is some place on Flatbush between Sterling and Park that is truly awful. Their slices are cardboard soaked in grease with a ketchup and cheese coating.

That place on Flatbush (also called Gino's, I think), is truly horrid. It's worse than Sbarro's. Worse than frozen.
I mean, it's REALLY bad. The crust is anemic and tasteless. The sauce is insipid.
I think the "wheatza" on the hot lunch trays that I remember from P.S. 251 in the early 1980s was way better.

Don't ever go to Gino's (on Flatbush).

gotta second amorina, but also gotta say avoid ginos on washington... its only worthwhile for a snack or after a night of drinking or something...

Surprised no one's mentioned Michael's on Bergen and 6th. It's not the greatest pizza in the world, but they've really improved it over the last year and a half. Particulary the sauce, which I would rate as very good. The crust can be too soggy at times, but like all 'street' pizza places, the quality improves exponentially when you order a whole pie versus a few reheated slices.

Many's the night dinner has been three takeaway slices washed down with a few yachtsmen at Freddys.

daveb wrote: [quote=Carnivore][quote=alan]I like Gino's (between Sterling & St. Johns on Wash. Ave). Their plain slices are good and cheap. There is some place on Flatbush between Sterling and Park that is truly awful. Their slices are cardboard soaked in grease with a ketchup and cheese coating.

That place on Flatbush (also called Gino's, I think), is truly horrid. It's worse than Sbarro's. Worse than frozen.
I mean, it's REALLY bad. The crust is anemic and tasteless. The sauce is insipid.
I think the "wheatza" on the hot lunch trays that I remember from P.S. 251 in the early 1980s was way better.

Don't ever go to Gino's (on Flatbush).

What's worse is the place on Washington. For some inexplicable reason I ate a slice from there once and the rubber cheese actually tasted like it had cleaning fluid on it, which I'm pretty sure it did because once when walking by, I looked in and noticed one of the guys cleaning the inside of the plexiglass displays where they put the pizzas, spraying Windex or some other blue fluid against the surface without bothering to move the pizzas. Really nasty.

Wow. Some things are best unknown...

Maybe it's the Windex that adds to the pizza's savory flavor?

rhodamine wrote: that pizza is ok. the place is just... well, weird. at least whenever ive been in there, its always been completely empty, and the counter person has seemed almost too preoccupied with whatever's going on in the back to give me my slice, usually leaving it in the oven til its molten hot.

it is tasty though. seems like the place could have some ambiance, as opposed to most local pizza places. wonder why its always empty?

Maybe it's because of the location. There's not much foot traffic over there.

We usually go to Oscar's on 7th. It's usually good.