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Did anyone do the One Bite Pizza Fest yesterday?
Posted on 9/24/23 at 8:20 am
Posted on 9/24/23 at 8:20 am
Friends,
This morning I realized while reading some pizza news stories that we missed the One Bite Pizza Fest held yesterday in Brooklyn. It looked like a really great festival, even if not as great as Scott Weiner’s Slice Out Hunger pizza parties, which have many more and better pizzerias. Were any of you able to go? I have tried most of the pizzerias present, eating in the pizzerias. How close do you think the festival pizza would be to the pizza served in an actual pizzeria. It is hard to imagine that Lucali or John’s of Bleecker St would taste the same, as much of what makes their pizzas is their ovens.
Of the 34 pizzerias present, there were 13 that I have yet to try, reminding me that no matter how hard I try to keep pace with the NY pizza scene, it is nearly an impossible task. Those that I have not tried include: Ace’s, Angeloni’s (Caldwell, NJ), Borrelli’s (Long Island), Brook Tap House (West Caldwell, NJ), Brooklyn Square, Calabria (Livingston, NJ), Colony Grill (Stamford, CT), DeFazio’s (Troy, NY), Federici’s (Freehold, NJ), King Umberto (Elmont, NY), Monte’s (Lynn MA), Little Rendezvous (Meriden, CT), and Made In New York. Have any of you tried these pizzerias, and if so, how were they?
Here are the pizzerias I know intimately with my scoring next to them. For reference, there are only two New Orleans pizzerias that score above 7.0 for me: Tower (7.4) and Zee’s (7.2).
21. Artichoke 5.1
20. Baby Luc’s 6.5
19. Coniglio’s Old Fashioned (Morristown, NJ) 7.1
18. Lazzara’s 7.5
17. Umberto’s 7.7
16. Zuppardi’s (New Haven) 8.0
14. Angelo’s Coal Oven 8.1
14. Santillo’s Brick Oven 8.1
12. Prince Street Pizza 8.2
12. Denino’s 8.2
11. Luigi’s 8.3
10. DiFara 8.4
9. Patsy’s 8.6
8. Angelo’s (Philadelphia) 8.8
7. DeLorenzo’s (Trenton) 9.0
6. John’s of Bleecker St 9.1
5. Frank Pepe’s (New Haven) 9.2
4. Sally’s Apizza (New Haven) 9.3
3. Louie & Ernie’s 9.4
2. Lucali 9.6
1. Andrew Bellucci's 9.9 (clam pie is the best pizza I have ever had, but have not had it since Andrew Bellucci died earlier this year)
Yours,
TulaneLSU
This morning I realized while reading some pizza news stories that we missed the One Bite Pizza Fest held yesterday in Brooklyn. It looked like a really great festival, even if not as great as Scott Weiner’s Slice Out Hunger pizza parties, which have many more and better pizzerias. Were any of you able to go? I have tried most of the pizzerias present, eating in the pizzerias. How close do you think the festival pizza would be to the pizza served in an actual pizzeria. It is hard to imagine that Lucali or John’s of Bleecker St would taste the same, as much of what makes their pizzas is their ovens.
Of the 34 pizzerias present, there were 13 that I have yet to try, reminding me that no matter how hard I try to keep pace with the NY pizza scene, it is nearly an impossible task. Those that I have not tried include: Ace’s, Angeloni’s (Caldwell, NJ), Borrelli’s (Long Island), Brook Tap House (West Caldwell, NJ), Brooklyn Square, Calabria (Livingston, NJ), Colony Grill (Stamford, CT), DeFazio’s (Troy, NY), Federici’s (Freehold, NJ), King Umberto (Elmont, NY), Monte’s (Lynn MA), Little Rendezvous (Meriden, CT), and Made In New York. Have any of you tried these pizzerias, and if so, how were they?
Here are the pizzerias I know intimately with my scoring next to them. For reference, there are only two New Orleans pizzerias that score above 7.0 for me: Tower (7.4) and Zee’s (7.2).
21. Artichoke 5.1
20. Baby Luc’s 6.5
19. Coniglio’s Old Fashioned (Morristown, NJ) 7.1
18. Lazzara’s 7.5
17. Umberto’s 7.7
16. Zuppardi’s (New Haven) 8.0
14. Angelo’s Coal Oven 8.1
14. Santillo’s Brick Oven 8.1
12. Prince Street Pizza 8.2
12. Denino’s 8.2
11. Luigi’s 8.3
10. DiFara 8.4
9. Patsy’s 8.6
8. Angelo’s (Philadelphia) 8.8
7. DeLorenzo’s (Trenton) 9.0
6. John’s of Bleecker St 9.1
5. Frank Pepe’s (New Haven) 9.2
4. Sally’s Apizza (New Haven) 9.3
3. Louie & Ernie’s 9.4
2. Lucali 9.6
1. Andrew Bellucci's 9.9 (clam pie is the best pizza I have ever had, but have not had it since Andrew Bellucci died earlier this year)
Yours,
TulaneLSU
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Posted on 9/24/23 at 8:24 am to TulaneLSU
Loving pie must run in the family. Mother loves a good cream pie.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 8:30 am to TulaneLSU
I've tried 5 on your list. My favorite in NYC is NY Pizza Suprema. It's right on top of Penn Station. You pop out under the garden or in the new building and then cross the street and is right there on the Hudson side of MSG.
Damn good pizza. Best silician in town. Traditional good too. I like to hop off the train from Newark (the quickest and cheapest airport to fly into from MSY) and grab a slice or two from here first thing.
John's of Bleeker is great too. Patsy's is the best coal fired if we talking the one in Brooklyn. The og Grimaldis is good too, not the chain locations.
But for variety not just a cheese slice. Pizza Suprema.
Damn good pizza. Best silician in town. Traditional good too. I like to hop off the train from Newark (the quickest and cheapest airport to fly into from MSY) and grab a slice or two from here first thing.
John's of Bleeker is great too. Patsy's is the best coal fired if we talking the one in Brooklyn. The og Grimaldis is good too, not the chain locations.
But for variety not just a cheese slice. Pizza Suprema.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 9:09 am to Napoleon
Friend,
NY Suprema is great. Last time I was there slices were $7-$8, so perhaps most expensive slice in the city. But the guys are friendly. If you make friends with them, they will let you throw some dough. Best Sicilian? You need to go south deep into Brooklyn for that. J&V and L&B do it better, as does Umbertos, which claims to have invented it even though Lazarras served a Sicilian years before Umbertos did.
If you like Patsy’s definitely next time go to the original in Spanish Harlem. There is a walk up window and slices are $2-$3. It is one of the oldest ovens of any type in NY, and one of about ten coal pizza ovens on Manhattan. Restaurant is decent and classic old school NY. Not as good as Impastato’s of course, but good. Guys there are not as friendly. Grimaldi’s is a familial offshoot of Patsy’s and pizza is almost identical. I will disagree with your stance on chain Grimaldi’s. I think the Grimaldi’s in San Destin is better than the original at DUMBO.
John’s of Bleecker is arguably the oldest pizzeria in America and one of the best. I will never turn down a pizza from John’s. We actually have dough from John’s in our freezer. We tried it for the first time in 2009 or 2010 and the manager gave us a tour through the place. At the end he gave us several balls of dough to take home as well as two free pizzas packaged for our flight.
NY NJ CT is the real home of pizza not just in America but the world. Naples makes great pizzas, but they aren’t as great as this area’s. Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, St Louis, even Detroit, which often have multiple pizzerias making national best of lists, only make them because writers are trying to get geographic diversity which will lead to more readers. The only pizzeria in America outside NJ NY and CT that is deserving of a top 20 ranking nationally is DeLuca in Hot Springs.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
NY Suprema is great. Last time I was there slices were $7-$8, so perhaps most expensive slice in the city. But the guys are friendly. If you make friends with them, they will let you throw some dough. Best Sicilian? You need to go south deep into Brooklyn for that. J&V and L&B do it better, as does Umbertos, which claims to have invented it even though Lazarras served a Sicilian years before Umbertos did.
If you like Patsy’s definitely next time go to the original in Spanish Harlem. There is a walk up window and slices are $2-$3. It is one of the oldest ovens of any type in NY, and one of about ten coal pizza ovens on Manhattan. Restaurant is decent and classic old school NY. Not as good as Impastato’s of course, but good. Guys there are not as friendly. Grimaldi’s is a familial offshoot of Patsy’s and pizza is almost identical. I will disagree with your stance on chain Grimaldi’s. I think the Grimaldi’s in San Destin is better than the original at DUMBO.
John’s of Bleecker is arguably the oldest pizzeria in America and one of the best. I will never turn down a pizza from John’s. We actually have dough from John’s in our freezer. We tried it for the first time in 2009 or 2010 and the manager gave us a tour through the place. At the end he gave us several balls of dough to take home as well as two free pizzas packaged for our flight.
NY NJ CT is the real home of pizza not just in America but the world. Naples makes great pizzas, but they aren’t as great as this area’s. Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, St Louis, even Detroit, which often have multiple pizzerias making national best of lists, only make them because writers are trying to get geographic diversity which will lead to more readers. The only pizzeria in America outside NJ NY and CT that is deserving of a top 20 ranking nationally is DeLuca in Hot Springs.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
This post was edited on 9/24/23 at 9:20 am
Posted on 9/24/23 at 10:39 am to TulaneLSU
Friend,
Every time I’m in New York I am sure to go to one of my favorite pizza joints to get me a New York slice. As they were not invited to the festival yesterday, I chose to not attend.
Every time I’m in New York I am sure to go to one of my favorite pizza joints to get me a New York slice. As they were not invited to the festival yesterday, I chose to not attend.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 10:48 am to AbitaFan08
One of my favorite haunts
Sbarro is the best pie NYC has to offer.
Sbarro is the best pie NYC has to offer.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 11:17 am to AbitaFan08
Friend,
Although people mock Sbarro’s I have always held that they make a good pizza. The original location down in Bensonhurst, which has gone from an Italian to an Asian neighborhood in the last 40 years, is now a sushi restaurant. It is right around the corner from J&V which is my favorite slice shop in all of Brooklyn. I can only imagine how good the original Sbarro’s was.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Although people mock Sbarro’s I have always held that they make a good pizza. The original location down in Bensonhurst, which has gone from an Italian to an Asian neighborhood in the last 40 years, is now a sushi restaurant. It is right around the corner from J&V which is my favorite slice shop in all of Brooklyn. I can only imagine how good the original Sbarro’s was.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 9/24/23 at 12:13 pm to TulaneLSU
How long until your next mental breakdown
Posted on 9/24/23 at 12:13 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:
NY NJ CT is the real home of pizza
Mass. and R.I. have some fine pizza! also.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 12:43 pm to unclejhim
Friend,
Give me your Top 10 in those states and I will be sure to visit and include in the always growing TulaneLSU Pizza Database.
I talked to two friends who attended yesterday. They said it was a good time. Tickets were $250. They brought in coal, wood and gas deck ovens and said most of the pizzas were similar to what you got in the pizzerias. Slices were smaller than in pizzerias, except Luigi’s. Gio apparently refused to change any part of his pie even if it meant making more pizzas. The weather was not so great, but the pizzas were. I may go next year, and if anyone would like to join me, we could start planning now.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Give me your Top 10 in those states and I will be sure to visit and include in the always growing TulaneLSU Pizza Database.
I talked to two friends who attended yesterday. They said it was a good time. Tickets were $250. They brought in coal, wood and gas deck ovens and said most of the pizzas were similar to what you got in the pizzerias. Slices were smaller than in pizzerias, except Luigi’s. Gio apparently refused to change any part of his pie even if it meant making more pizzas. The weather was not so great, but the pizzas were. I may go next year, and if anyone would like to join me, we could start planning now.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 9/24/23 at 1:35 pm to TulaneLSU
I’ll go with you
Posted on 9/24/23 at 9:16 pm to TulaneLSU
Dude. You’re not Portnoy. No one gives a flying frick.
You braggart. :downvote:
You braggart. :downvote:
Posted on 9/25/23 at 2:39 am to Sun God
The entire website has pretty much turned on him
Pretty impressive tbh
Pretty impressive tbh
Posted on 9/25/23 at 3:25 pm to TulaneLSU
Friends, i was much more amused watching Dave Portnoy work that idiot reporter from the Washington Post like a three-legged mule. For those that didn't hear, she tried to scare off his sponsors by accusing him of sexism and erratic behavior and pretended she was writing a biased story when he called her out.
It was a hoot to watch.
It was a hoot to watch.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:29 am to BigPerm30
quote:
Mother loves a good cream pie.
That's what she said
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:55 pm to trussthetruzz
quote:
I’ll go with you
He's never been to any of the places he reviews.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:09 pm to TigerBait2008
Friend,
Not only have I eaten at the ones rated above, I know more than half of the owners by name and they me. I have been a rabid consumer of New York pizzas since the ‘90s and real pizza men appreciate someone who respects their craft. Every time I visit any pizzeria in NYI bring the staff gifts from New Orleans.
We need to start planning the trip now. Are we going to stick to one borough? I haven’t been to New Haven in a while so I’d like to spend one day there. It’s about a two hour train ride each way, so we could do the big three and try a few others in a day.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Not only have I eaten at the ones rated above, I know more than half of the owners by name and they me. I have been a rabid consumer of New York pizzas since the ‘90s and real pizza men appreciate someone who respects their craft. Every time I visit any pizzeria in NYI bring the staff gifts from New Orleans.
We need to start planning the trip now. Are we going to stick to one borough? I haven’t been to New Haven in a while so I’d like to spend one day there. It’s about a two hour train ride each way, so we could do the big three and try a few others in a day.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:30 pm to TulaneLSU
Any pizza recommendations for Midtown Manhattan?
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:48 pm to Prosecuted Collins
Friend,
As our appliance wizard Napoleon has mentioned here, NY Pizza Suprema is hard to beat even if slices are among the most expensive. Not too far south of there is Upside, whose crust is among the best in the city. Closer to the tourist stuff is Lazarra, which may be the first pizzeria in America to serve a grandma style. Near the southern corner of Central Park, Angelo’s Coal Oven is good, but does not sell slices. If you are in Times Square and are too lazy to go elsewhere, Famous Original Ray’s is a solid slice, though some will decry it as a tourist slice.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
As our appliance wizard Napoleon has mentioned here, NY Pizza Suprema is hard to beat even if slices are among the most expensive. Not too far south of there is Upside, whose crust is among the best in the city. Closer to the tourist stuff is Lazarra, which may be the first pizzeria in America to serve a grandma style. Near the southern corner of Central Park, Angelo’s Coal Oven is good, but does not sell slices. If you are in Times Square and are too lazy to go elsewhere, Famous Original Ray’s is a solid slice, though some will decry it as a tourist slice.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 9/26/23 at 8:24 pm to TigerBait2008
quote:
He's never been to any of the places he reviews.
At least not the NE pizza places he claims.
I bet he can’t post a single picture from them. Yet he has a ton of pics from Ponchos Mexican in Houston.
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