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Many burgers in NY are good
Including those nearby in my hood
He sells them to places
Where we line up our faces
And his beef makes us cry like we should

Homer23 at 12:15PM on 01/24/09

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No Love for New Jersey Pizza, Richman?

Is he still makin' the pies???? I'm gonna change my Thanksgiving plans.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

pauliegee at 2:40PM on 11/24/09

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No Love for New Jersey Pizza, Richman?

I have to agree with HeartofGlass about Dorris and Ed's it is amazing. However, for Pizza Napoletana, you have to try Undici in Rumson. They actually hired a well known 'Pizza Guru' who specializes in authentic Napoletan style pizza to be their consultant while building their wood fired oven and importing ingredients from Italy. It IS delicious! Check out the Pizza guy in action and you can even get a glimpse of that oven! http://www.flickr.com/photos/undicirestaurant

Review Chick at 1:52PM on 11/24/09

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No Love for New Jersey Pizza, Richman?

Star Tavern, best pizza hands down. And I've had quite a few NYC pizzas as well, and Star is still the best.

Katalina76 at 3:39PM on 08/26/09

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Is It a 'Plain' Slice, a 'Regular' Slice, or Something Else Entirely?

This is a totally academic topic for me, because I generally order a pie, and can't remember the last time I had pizza without at least one non-cheese topping. Maybe that disqualifies my opinion, as a lover of garbage pizza...

I like HeartofGlass's arguments against "cheese slice" and "plain slice", but I've also got a (totally geeky) problem with just "slice". It's just ambiguous from an information theory perspective. For example, if you say "and one slice of pepperoni" over the phone (as part of a larger order, say), it could sound like "and one slice ", if you lost signal for a moment.

skizziks at 4:25PM on 07/13/09

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"May I have a portion of your finest margharita pizza my fine fellow?"

jerkfaceirl at 1:43PM on 07/10/09

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Is It a 'Plain' Slice, a 'Regular' Slice, or Something Else Entirely?

"Plain" or "regular" or just "slice" as ways to denote "no toppings" are all fine with me. What bothers me is hearing "a slice of cheese." It seems to me that that implies that cheese counts as a topping, and that there are pizzas without cheese. Granted, I've seen a few things called pizza without cheese, but that's not what we're talking about here; cheese and sauce are integral parts of the pizza, not toppings. "A slice of pepperoni" make sense, as pepperoni is a topping, but "a slice of cheese" does not.

Lorenzo at 1:56PM on 07/09/09

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Plain slice all the way...at least in the NYC area. In New England, they have tomato pie - and a plain slice is called a cheese slice. According to the other comments (and with brother, who is sitting next to me and goes to school in Texas) plain slice transcribing to cheese slice seems fairly common in other parts of the country. Maybe due to the prevalence of fast food pizza chains, um, everywhere?

Mdotmet at 4:41PM on 07/08/09

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Geez, I don't know what I would say since I always get a whole pie at the local pizza joint. The owner might make fun of me when I left his place, but I know that he wants my business and really wouldn't care as long as I put my money on the counter.

@hungry-traveller you might ask for a tomato pie. It's just a thick crust with the tomato sauce and can be really quite tasty.

janaatwg at 3:10PM on 07/08/09

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@wrain: There is no "overthinking it" when it comes to pizza here on Slice.

Adam Kuban at 11:27AM on 07/07/09

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@HeartofGlass: If you were to say "piece of pizza" in NYC, I think the person behind the counter would say something to the effect of, "No kidding. What kinda slice you want?"

Adam Kuban at 11:25AM on 07/07/09

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Is It a 'Plain' Slice, a 'Regular' Slice, or Something Else Entirely?

I think I either say just "plain" or just "slice." As in, "Can I get 2 plain" or "Can I get a slice" or something along those lines. I grew up in NY but no longer live there so now I'm probably overthinking it.

wrain at 9:50AM on 07/07/09

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No 'piece of pizza' people?

HeartofGlass at 8:27AM on 07/07/09

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@ tdeane How did you manage not to go for their square once in seven years? Did you not know of the place?

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

pauliegee at 4:57PM on 07/06/09

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I had a pizza party recently and had one diner ask for no cheese due to her being lactose intolerant/vegan. So, I ordered an entire pie w/o cheese but with 'shrooms and peppers. I've come to realize she and others with her dietary requirements don't have the luxury of a slice, plain nor otherwise unless specifically ordered. Are there pizza parlors that offer slices w/o cheese in the city?

hungry_traveler at 2:07PM on 07/06/09

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I call it "a slice". If asked for clarification I say "regular". I'm from the NY side of NJ.

gingercookiewithlime at 9:41PM on 07/05/09

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slice for me, too.

cybercita at 10:16PM on 06/30/09

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Huh. I've lived in the Bay Area all my life, and here I'd say "lemme get a cheese slice". If you'd asked me what a "regular" slice was 15 minutes ago, I probably would've guessed pepperoni- I don't think straight cheese is a big seller here. I can't think of the last time I had a pizza with less than two toppings.

Ravara at 5:41PM on 06/29/09

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@pauliegee I've never been to Spumoni Gardens.

tdeane at 5:40PM on 06/29/09

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In slice joints I have always seen just "slice" as in "gimme a slice" or "cheese slice" when it's one of those places with about ten different types of pies available by the slice - in which case I'll ask for "just a cheese slice."

phaelon56 at 9:55AM on 06/29/09

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No Love for New Jersey Pizza, Richman?

Jersey pizza is 2nd to Brooklyn.
I love Resevoir Tavern in Parsippany, and DeLorenzos in Chambersburg (Trenton), so many great pizzerias down at the shore.
Hard to believe we were snubbed. So what else is new?

Stacey Snacks at 8:28PM on 06/03/09

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