Gothamist: The Hungry Cabbie Eats The Outer Boroughs: Lucali's

Garth

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:50:57 -0500

It is definitely way too hard to find *great* pizza in New York city. On the other hand, it is very easy to find pretty good pizza, which is more than I can say for most of the rest of the country. I used to feel disappointed in the overall quality of New York pizza, but after revisiting the pizza places in California that I had considered really superior when I lived there, I realized that the "pretty good" pizza I was eating here was leagues ahead of the California's best pizza offerings.

bobo

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:01:43 -0500

What - not one comment about Domino's new "Brooklyn style" pizza? :) I wouldn't feed that crap to my dog (wait - I don't have one). Also, while out in Chicago on business, I thought I'd try out their infamous pizza's. Ech! I'd rather have Dominos. Gimme a New York pie anyday! I'm spoiled.

nick

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:50:57 -0500

again i wonder.. why are we forced to see homeboy grinning food in his mouth every time he posts? do we get a picture of jen chung ignoring the little red spell check lines? no. do we get a picture of jake dobkin counting his money? no.

dhex

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:39:05 -0500

the wife and i are going to check this joint out tonight.

iauhe

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:26:22 -0500

Italian NYC neighborhoods, New Jersey, and Connecticut (yes, there are tons of Italians there) are where you have to go to get good pizza. If it's not an old school Italian, it'll probably the generic stuff or some weird ethnic fusion.

Karl

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:42:08 -0500

i can't help but soldier on at Rosario's on stanton and orchard, although he's got his crew (i.e. the spanish dudes) trained to make a pretty darn good pie. never enough sauce though, and now i usually add a generous load of garlic and oregano.

luke

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:50:31 -0500

Sal and Carmine's is great,. I go to Columbia but live farther downtown so it isn't uncommon for me to get off the 1 two stops early for Sal and Carmine's. When I want pizza for lunch I'll even lightfoot it down past Koronet. That's good mile and a half for a slice, so I guess I proved Cabbie's point even though I don't fully agree with it (ever try finding pizza in, say, Baltimore?). Also, has anyone been to the place right outside the Howard Beach A train/AirTrain to JFK station? Anyone know the name? I went once on my way out to the airport; pizza served by a paisan, actually his little 12 year old kid. Some French friends of mine were visiting nyc and wanted to get good pizza as soon as they got here. I told them to stop there on their way in. That'll warm a tourist up to new york pizza.

Samantha T

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:44:08 -0500

"any neighborhood (ie not midtown touristy rays type) pizza joint is significantly better than your average slice outside NYC" ...unless that place is New Haven, CT.

pie hole

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:39:47 -0500

I grew up on Gloria's in Flushing. Turnover is one of the main ingredients that most places lack. Its also a function of the public not demanding better. They keep buying the same slop day in and day out. The crap hole at 6th Ave and 17th St is a perfect example. Busy all day long in a perfect location, serving garbage in an ungly run down place. Yet the loyal proles continue to prop up the miserable dictator, probably some lexus driving a-hole that lives across a river.

Schnipp

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:18:26 -0500

Sal & Carmine's on upper Broadway does indeed rock in a huge way. Unfortnately, I don't get up there often enough anymore. Great pies of my youth that I recall: the joint on the northeast corner of Spring and about Thompson, and the joint on the NW corner of St. Mark's and 1st. And the place that used to be on the west side of 1st, between 9th and 10th, around the corner from the schvitz. But, I digress.

anonymass

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:52:12 -0500

I have noticed that Mexicans-making-the-pizza trend. I chalk it up to the fact that Asians seem to have the market cornered on Mexican food now. Italians need to start making Chinese food to complete the circle.

bobo

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:51:34 -0500

Take me to Two Boots anyday! Nothing like grabbing a couple slices and a beer at GCT and hopping the train for the ride home. They make a good pie, they have a good selection, and they're quick.

Velvet Sea

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:43:00 -0500

any neighborhood (ie not midtown touristy rays type) pizza joint is significantly better than your average slice outside NYC. we are just spoiled by having the world's best at our doorstep. pizza tour of brooklyn rocks! http://velvet-sea.blogspot.com/2006/12/brooklyn-pizza-tour.html

jojo

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:27:38 -0500

where can I get a good pizza slice to go for 2.00 that doesn't have a long line in manhattan? It's like all the good pizza places require you to eat a pie at a table with people and shit.

christopher

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:26:31 -0500

The greedy pizza store owners have resorted to hiring Mexicans to make the pies. That's why "NYC" pizza quality has declined. The last bastion of great NY pizza is in the outer boroughs and Long Island, where real Paisans still hone their craft.

Nick

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:24:29 -0500

One great pizza place that doesn't get the hype it probably deserves is Sal & Carmine's on Broadway between 101st and 102nd. They sure make a wonderful slice. Anyone agree? or disagree?

Domino's Immigrant Cabbie

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:13:48 -0500

Brooklyn style pizza, boss! I am folding it like a man.

nick

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:48:38 -0500

why are we forced to see homeboy eating a slice?