Best Pizza in NY???
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An Italian limo driver who grew up in NY told me the best pizza is at Lombardi's. I think it is in Manhattan or Lower Manhattan. I haven't been there yet. I might try it in a couple of weeks when I go to The City.
Best pizza I have had so far was in some small Italian pizzeria in Amberg, Germany. Unbelievable. The pizza here in NJ, about an hour south of NYC, is really good.
Best pizza I have had so far was in some small Italian pizzeria in Amberg, Germany. Unbelievable. The pizza here in NJ, about an hour south of NYC, is really good.
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Its all overrated. I've had pizza I enjoyed more everywhere I went, Penn, NJ. Every state i've eaten Pizza in i've liked more
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I'll be in NY in a few months so I'm interested in this as well.
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There are about eleventy billion pizza places in Manhattan. If you're just looking for a slice, go anywhere that you can see them making the pies. chances are, it will be fine.
Personally, I know of one Ray's pizza (again, there's a boatload of Rays, all of which are the "original") on 6th Avenue and 11th Street in the Village that was really good the last time I was there.
The other good places I know are all up in Westchester County (30-45mins north), which isn't very helpful if you're in the city.
Personally, I know of one Ray's pizza (again, there's a boatload of Rays, all of which are the "original") on 6th Avenue and 11th Street in the Village that was really good the last time I was there.
The other good places I know are all up in Westchester County (30-45mins north), which isn't very helpful if you're in the city.
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The best pizza in ny is not in the city. Its in Utica.
One of the first pizzerias in the entire country and the best pizza I have ever had anywhere, not to mention the tomato pie.
http://www.oscugnizzos.com/
skineets is the best there is. I am not trying to be a homer but in this case I will be. you can get the kind of pizza they make in NY city in any city or small town in the country.
But there is only one O'scugnizzo's...(Skineets)
One of the first pizzerias in the entire country and the best pizza I have ever had anywhere, not to mention the tomato pie.
http://www.oscugnizzos.com/
skineets is the best there is. I am not trying to be a homer but in this case I will be. you can get the kind of pizza they make in NY city in any city or small town in the country.
But there is only one O'scugnizzo's...(Skineets)
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What makes pizza better in NY than in say New Mexico or Galveston?
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CliffnMesquite;3421466 said:
Because the majority of the pizza we get in the South is from a franchise. Once in a while you can find a restaurant that makes their pizza truly from scratch, mom and pop type places. Otherwise you gotta go where it all started in this country and that is NY.
Like trying to find decent Mexican food up north, very rare...
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There is a pizza place here in Tucson that every New Yorker I know here swears is just like the pizza back in New York. I have had it. I don't think it is as good as my favorite place here.CliffnMesquite;3421466 said:
That place is called Zachary's and everyone I have ever taken there agrees it is the best pizza they have ever had.
The first time I took my brother as we were walking up he said, "this place is a dive."
I replied, "yes it is, and this dive has the best pizza you will ever eat."
I have friends from out of town, who every time they come to town to visit they insist we get a pizza from Zachary's. Every time.
The last thing I will say about pizza is to quote a good friend Chris. "Pizza is like sex. When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's really good."
Amen.
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The absolute best pizza I've had here was actually in Weehawken, NJ. It was a small dive that had an actual brick oven.
There is a place on Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich, CT called the Pizza Factory. They actually sold out and aren't quite as good as they were a couple of years ago. There pizza was really good.
None of these are NYC though.
As for NYC, they all serve New York style pizza and are all pretty much made the same exact way, you can practically go anywhere and get it and it will pretty much taste the same. It's good, but my favorite is thin crust (the crackery crust), but that is really hard to find here.
For NY style pizza, there are only really three things that could make one differ form the other. The oven it's cooked in, the dough it's made with and the tomato sauce. Very few of them don't use prepackaged ingredients. Those that don't will probably have better pizza. They are just far and few between.
There is a place on Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich, CT called the Pizza Factory. They actually sold out and aren't quite as good as they were a couple of years ago. There pizza was really good.
None of these are NYC though.
As for NYC, they all serve New York style pizza and are all pretty much made the same exact way, you can practically go anywhere and get it and it will pretty much taste the same. It's good, but my favorite is thin crust (the crackery crust), but that is really hard to find here.
For NY style pizza, there are only really three things that could make one differ form the other. The oven it's cooked in, the dough it's made with and the tomato sauce. Very few of them don't use prepackaged ingredients. Those that don't will probably have better pizza. They are just far and few between.
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CowboyFan74;3421480 said:
Real Mexican food you CAN find here, but thats the problem. Real Mexican food is bland. It's Tex-Mex that is good. The main difference between Mexican food and Tex-Mex is Tex-Mex has a lot more flavor.
All Mexican restraunts here are bland, but thats all I can get for my Mexican food fix.
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Call Pizza Hut :laugh2:
