I Love NYC Pizza

I am a New Yorker that LOVES to eat pizza anywhere and anytime. I believe that New York has the best pizza. My posts will consist of the pizza spots that I have eaten at with a short critique of the place.

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Justino’s hands down is one of my favorite pizza places, the pizza is a little expensive but they distribute big slices with a great thin crust. The sauce to cheese ratio is perfect and they have a wide variety of toppings. In my opinion it also beats Stroko’s pizza which is literally right across the street. I am a huge fan of their pepperoni slices, although this is nit picky and can be easily overlooked, many pizza places don’t allow for the pepperoni to crisp up to its fullest potential but Justino’s does.

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I’m very sorry for forgetting to take a picture of the pizza before eating it but you don’t really miss much. They have some quoted positive reviews on their walls but it’s not all too great, it literally feels the exact same as the Gotham pizza, clearly there will be some differences in sauce and cheese taste, but it seems as if Roman Empire pizza adopted the idea of adding some sort of bread crumb to the crust and slice. The place also offers a wider than average variety of toppings, they aren’t super unique but a majority of pizza places tend to stick to pepperoni, plain, sausage and chicken (some places even serve the chicken slice un-breaded) and this place offers barbecue and buffalo chicken, spinach, jalapeños and other toppings.I don’t find the pizza too great BUT, they have fair pricing for food and they are right across a movie theater which would make for a great spot to eat after seeing a movie.

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After eating at this place i realized that it has more than one spot in the city, but it isn't necessarily a chain because there aren't others outside the city that I know of, so technically it isn't a unique mom and pop pizza spot. But since I ate here I thought it would be cool to still give my opinion of the place and I did not enjoy the slice. Normally I would be down for having a slice with heavy cheese and sauce but the breading of the pizza was super thin and not well toasted and it felt like I was just eating melted cheese and sauce. They also put some type of bread crumbs underneath the slice to add crunch but I am not a fan of that at all, it feels out of place. But Pizza is pizza so I still enjoyed that slice, Im trying to understand how they managed to open more than one if there pizza isn't even that great and it was pretty pricey.

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As it turns out Luigi’s pizza is a chain, or it just so happens that a common pizza place name is Luigi’s. I’m not going to lie I was somewhat disappointed because they offer whole wheat pizza and I completely forgot to order that instead of a normal pepperoni slice. There was nothing special about it besides the fact that the slice was on the thin side but its pointless if it isn't toasted correctly.

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This pizza place has never really caught my attention except for the drawing or puns they would have on their dry erase board. I wasn’t too excited over the appearance of the pizza partly because I can see through the cheese and see the sauce and the herbs. Normally I like my pizza like Teenage mutant Ninja style, ooey, gooey and completely blanketed in cheese. The pizza was ok, however, they offer a nutella pie which I think is a great plus because it’s what makes them different from other mom and pop pizza places while competing against chain pizza stores that offer dessert pies.

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This pizza place has been around for as long as I can remember and it has been under different management more than once. The first time I ever went, I remember the pizza being ok but not good enough for me to make it my everyday pizza place. Fast forward 12 years, I find out it has been under new management and decide to try it out, it was pretty disgusting, the cheese was very, very salty and the sauce was very bland. I never went back until I started this blog and I figured I should go again considering that they are currently under a new management. Honestly, the pizza is a whole lot better than the previous slice I tried but it is still not even close to tasting as good as the average New York City pizza. The pizza looked and tasted like public school pizza but the pizza was thin and crunchy and so was the crust.

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I found out about this place after hearing of Colin Hangerdorf who has apparently eaten at every pizza place in NYC. He claims to have eaten great, mediocre and poor pizza places, he even claims he has thrown up once, after eating at a gross pizza place.That being said he believed that Suprema pizza makes the best pizza in the city, so I had to check it out. It is a fast paced environment that gives out high quality pizza. I believe it has been running since the 60′s and they even use an ancient looking cash register. The place is fair in the sense that if you don’t like the pizza you chose and took less then two bites, they will refund your money or you can choose a different slice of pizza. Although I wouldn’t personally rate it the best pizza in all the city, it is definitely the best around herald square and madison square garden.

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This pizza is from Triangle Pizza from east Harlem and to be complexly honest it is probably not the best pizza in all of New York City but it is my favorite. It has been the first pizza spot that I can remember going to and I have loyally eaten at there place whenever I crave pizza. To begin with the prices are cheap, a slice is 2.25 and their plain pies run for 18.50 with a 2 liter soda. Their pies tend to be abnormally big when compared to literally every other pizza place. Many times they have to bend the pie’s crust inwards to fit in the box. I know I sound very biased but I will be the first to admit that sometimes the pizza is not as crisp as it can get and the crust size can be ridiculous at times. But i personally believe that this fits stereotypical New York city Pizza; cheap, greasy, super cheesy and big.

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Patsy’s Pizzeria showed up as another must go to place for all pizza lovers. I went in for some pizza on Friday for the first time and was fairly impressed. They bake the pizza using a coal oven so the pizza is made quickly, right off the bat this place is better than Lombardi’s because they sell individual slices. Stereotypical coal cooked pizza tends to have the cheese spread unevenly and in clumps around the pizza. Patsy’s pizza evenly spreads the cheese unlike the other places. Apart from that the pizza is very thin with a thin crust and has a wide array of toppings. The only complaints I have is that their pie is fairly small and definitely not big enough to share with more than 2 people, my other complaint is that they don’t have chicken as a topping and my final and biggest complaint is that they don’t deliver the pizza.  By the way I forgot to take a picture of the pizza before I ate it but here is a picture that was uploaded by NYC official guide website here: 

http://www.nycgo.com/venues/patsys-pizzeria

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As aesthetically pleasing as this pie from Lombardi’s Pizza may look, I can only best describe it as meh. As a New Yorker and pizza lover, I had to try pizza from Lombardi’s once. To begin with brick oven pizza is supposed to be better than any other style of cooking, so I must admit that the crust has a better taste and texture. However, you can’t order just a slice (in all honesty that’s not much of a problem considering the fact that I eat a lot of pizza in one sitting) and ordering a small pie (which in my opinion is too small) is a little on the pricy side. Aside from that I order my pie with pepperoni and the pepperoni they use is smaller in size and they were somewhat skimpy. Overall, the place makes great pizza but it is only worth it if money is not a problem, in all honesty you are better of eating at your next nearest mom and pop pizza shop. 

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This pizza spot is located on 96th Street on third avenue and it used to be my favorite place to eat at. The top picture was under the older management and different workers and I believed that they were great.  Eventually they closed due to construction on their area. This really sucked because it was my go to spot since forever, but after roughly four years Zesty’s opened up at a nearby area and I could not be any more elated. To my dismay, it was not the same pizza at all (the pizza isn’t bad, it’s just not as good as it used to be). The original place had such an impact on me that I literally critiqued and compared other pizza places off of Zesty’s.

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I was once hanging out with my friends on the West Side and we planned on eating at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, but when we walked in the waiting line to get seated was ridiculous. I decided to walk around the area to find any quick food (preferably pizza because it’s my favorite) and I stumbled upon Tom’s Delicious Pizza. It’s not THE best pizza but it was alright. I’m glad I didn’t wait to be seated at the other place.