Gothamist: Pizza, Bagels Still More Expensive Despite Drop in Flour Cost

Nyctini11

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:47:03 -0500

41st & 9th, $1 slices are awesome!! The greedy will not survive right now, we need to watch each others backs a little better these days and being fair in pricing will guarantee survival in a time/market like this.

jpeditor

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:08:15 -0500

"The price will "drop" when there is no more flour coming to market because the farms were "nationalized" (after the banks and the auto industry), and everyone is getting their food from a breadline. But only after proving to Rahm they have done their "national community service", and the "misery (ooops, I meant "wealth") has been spread around." There, fixed it.

Tar_Baby

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:56:08 -0500

Isn't it a bad idea to eat raw bacon?

henricus

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:40:30 -0500

The $1 stuff on St. Marks isn't terrible. Not the best, but certainly not the worst. Again, you have to deal with the little mohawk white kids begging for a buck there though.

Toby von Meistersinger

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:14:52 -0500

It is always easier to raise prices than to lower them.

ann0yed

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:32:19 -0500

I swear I haven't lived near a pizza place that uses real flour in years. I think they are using a very low grade spackling compound that turns rock hard when cold and powderizes...

dagblad

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:20:21 -0500

fuck it. i would pay 50 bucks for a slice of new york pizza. i am stuck in germany, where their idea of pizza often includes curry sauce, pineapples, and raw bacon.

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:07:32 -0500

the only $1 pizza I go to is the one in hell's kitchen 41st and ninth. not bad for a buck, garlicky. you do get junkies asking you for a buck for pizza, but when you order one for them they refuse. then the whole line got on the junkie's case, it was a classic NYC moment. how are the one's at the delis?

Pull My Finger

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:58:15 -0500

Bread lines? Why not pizza lines?

ianmac47

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:39:05 -0500

The price will drop when there is no one left to buy pizza and everyone is getting their food from a breadline.

zodak

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:38:20 -0500

"but what about pizza bagels?" when pizza's on a bagel, you can eat pizza anytime.

Steven

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:34:04 -0500

The only time you see prices go down is with electronics otherwise everything else always goes up.

matty

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:32:38 -0500

He's not signing a new lease every year - his rent increases a certain percentage (probably 2%) to adjust for inlafation.

Tar_Baby

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:12:54 -0500

r1b2 is right price changes usually go in one direction, up. Are $1 slices any good?

r1b2

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:46:09 -0500

Once a price goes up, unless there's broader regulation, it's unlikely you'll see it roll back down. The merchant had to fight to get the elevated price and had to justify it due to economics. Even if current economics indicate a coming reduction, the vendor will be reluctant to reduce prices.

texinyc

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:44:46 -0500

Yeah, the rent going up every year thing sounds like a cop out. You don't spend the kind of money it takes to renovate a commercial space for your specific use and then sign a lease that would only guarantee your use of that space for one year.

CrazyDEX

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:44:33 -0500

To be fair, Vinny's has been raising it's prices much less often than some other pizza places in the area (stromboli, nino's). However, when prices went up the last time I figured it might be a good time to try making my own pizza at home from scratch. Inflation of food and grocery prices is going nuts in the E Village. "Best Price" Deli charged me $5.20 for 4 rolls or TP. WTF?

ugh

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:43:39 -0500

ugh I hate their pizza anyway... there are lots of other options in that neighborhood...

gumbercules

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:43:32 -0500

but what about pizza bagels?

maevemealone

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:43:18 -0500

Montague Street Bagels (aka Hot Bagels) are seriously awesome and you can almost always get a batch of something warm. Also, they are always nice people even if you aren't a regular.

schadenfreudian mensch

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:40:31 -0500

There's a pizza place on St. Marks and across the street from Old Navy on 6th and 18th St. that sell plain slices for $1.00.

zodak

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:39:35 -0500

4$ gets you two slices & a 20oz bottle of soda on 36th & 8th.

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:33:58 -0500

he signs a yearly commercial lease? is that common?

BQE

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:28:14 -0500

flower? flower??? oh man, someone needs their coffee.

triggerzer0

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:26:37 -0500

not true. all in the east village on "weekdays" not friday and saturday pizza is $2. and they advertise just that.