NY style Pizza

[AAbsolute]

I will be going to NYC in 2 weeks. I will probably eat pizza 5 or 6 times while I am there. My favorite pizzeria is in Brooklyn, right under the Bklyn Bridge. It is the original Patsy Grimaldi's. Mango......you should try Johnny's in Mt. Vernon, right by the Gramatan Circle. They have been in Mt. Vernon for over 70 years....same family, third generation. I 've been going there myself for over 50 years !!! My second favorite pizza joint in the whole world !!!!!

Do you mind saying what area you're planning on staying up there? I'd love to bring the kids up for the Thanksgiving parade. If I do, we'll be on C.P. South.

 

[SHELLY]

I am a pizza fanatic. I think many places get parts of good pizza. What I have learned in my pizza travels is that it is always the company which adds or takes away from good pizza. "Company" can be the people with whom you are dining, or the people who are working in the pizza joint, or the other patrons in the restaurant with you.

The way I see it is there are places to go to "eat" pizza and there are places to go "for" the pizza. Usually the places I go "for" the pizza are up in the NE Philly to NY and are usually old storefront, family-owned places with an Italian name or have "Sons" in the title.

The best pizza "eating" experience I remember was at a "pretty good" pizza place in north Oahu, Hawaii at the original "North End Boston Pizza" (I think there are 3 or 4 on the island now). The place had only opened about a couple of weeks and was run by 6 Goombahs from the streets of Boston--doing what comes naturally in the pizza joints, namely lots of loud patter, insults and laughing as they tossed the pies into the air...it was great theater just to get a couple of HUGE slices, sit back at a table on mis-matched old kitchen chairs and watch the show. One evening a "too-upscale-dressed for the area" couple wandered in. When it was their turn at the order counter they then started discussing between themselves what to order--(people from the US Northeast KNOW you must know what to order before you reach the counter!)--they held up the line a bit too long by asking the order taker about each selection. I could see the order-taker was getting a bit peeved as the seconds ticked by and the line grew long and impatient--even the guys tossing the pizza noticed the break in rhythm of the orders and gave the couple the "stink-eye."

The couple now was the center of attention of the dining area as the woman asked the order-taker questions about each selection on the menu posted on the wall (is the spinach fresh or frozen? is the garlic from a jar? is the pepperoni very fatty?). She finally got to the bottom of the menu and said, "What's on the Vegetable Pizza?" and without missing a beat the order taker said, "F**king Vegetables! What the f**k do you think is on a f**king vegetable pizza lady!!" The place exploded in laughter and needless to say, the couple left without ordering a pizza. Too bad for them, because that pizza place had the best "Northeast" style foldable pizza on the island.

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[Mango]

I will be going to NYC in 2 weeks. I will probably eat pizza 5 or 6 times while I am there. My favorite pizzeria is in Brooklyn, right under the Bklyn Bridge. It is the original Patsy Grimaldi's. Mango......you should try Johnny's in Mt. Vernon, right by the Gramatan Circle. They have been in Mt. Vernon for over 70 years....same family, third generation. I 've been going there myself for over 50 years !!! My second favorite pizza joint in the whole world !!!!!

I lived in New Rochelle for a little while, so I have been to Johnny's. Thanks for the reminder. It's been ages. I'll stop by during the Holidays. Close friends have a party on Boxing Day who live on the border of NR and MV.

Shelly, those sound like my kind of goombah pizza boys.

 

[JUL]

we usually get angelinas

 

[Matt J]

Should we start a poll?

IF you're ever in Key West make sure to hit Upper Crust Pizza. It's probably the cheapest meal you can get in Key West and the pizza is to die for.

Esit - poll here - Favorite Pizza in SoWal - SoWal Beaches Forum

 

[Allifunn]

I have been to G. Lombardy's in SOHO......excellent. Another great pizzeria that bakes their pizza in a coal fired oven is ARTURO's on 6th ave and Houston. The place is always jammed and they play jazz every nite !!

I want to go to NYC with you, goofer! You make is all sound delish!

 

[Kurt]

Vote in the pizza poll - Favorite Pizza in SoWal - SoWal Beaches Forum

 

[jack S]

I tried Pizza by the Sea last evening. I am not sure what style you would call it, but call it great tasting! Not better than Enzo's, but different. I surely will go back.

 

[billharr]

Boy, everyone is going to smoke me for this, but I have to disagree. To me the crust is everything. Yours is too crispy. New York style is not crispy. I tried to fold it and it broke in half! But remember that is just me and 99.99999% of all in SoWal will disagree with me anyway.

Not really, I agree with you. I'm from NYC (30 yrs ago), and know a New York Pizza when I taste it. (Wish I were back in Greenpoint or Mulberry Street now!) The crusts aren't so puffed up like in the south but they aren't crispy either. I haven't sampled everything in the Sowal area but so far Enzo's comes the closest to NY pizzas, if not right there. If you like a good NY pizza, try Enzo's!!

 

[rdelong43065]

I tried Pizza by the Sea last evening. I am not sure what style you would call it, but call it great tasting! Not better than Enzo's, but different. I surely will go back.

Their pizza is different. That's what so great about this area is that there are so many choices for different tastes. I stated this on the poll as well: The atmosphere is hard to beat there.