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Back to Anella's for a moment, I stopped in briefly again on Tuesday night and the oven is in fact gas, not coal or wood.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

Take that suit off, bobbob. You hit the nail right on the head.

There ARE a lot of pizzerias that have coal ovens but STILL SUCK.

I always like to say that it's like owning a Ferrari and driving 10 mph below the speed limit.

With all the coal ovens going in across the country, I, too, have wondered if these places really know how to use them or whether they're just putting it in as exotic hype to prey on people who have never had great coal-oven pizza and might not know any better.

Boo, Lorenzo! You clearly are not a longtime Slice reader. COAL IS KING!

I was in there briefly last night, but didn't take a look at the oven for more than a second. I wasn't looking for one. There's was no mention of a coal oven here:

http://eater.com/tags/anella

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

Greeting from Baltimore, MD from a newbie here.

I have it on good authority that a brand new coal fired pizza place has opened in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on Franklin Street, I believe between Freeman and Green streets.

I think last night was opening night. Don't know where else to post this, so thought I would put it here and hope those much closer than I can report back if the place is any good or not. Cheers! --PB

JimInHolland--

Natural gas has a lower carbon footprint because it is a hydrocarbon. So hydrogen and carbon are burned to produce heat. That coal is shiny black because it is nearly 100% carbon. So only carbon is burned to produce heat. So with coal you get only CO2 and with natural gas you get get H2O2 and CO2. That's the science...... Not that I believe that AlGore footprint jive but......

What's the carbon footprint of a coal-fired pizzeria anyway? As much as we'd all like to have one near us, is this step forward in flavor a really big leap backwards in our ecology?

I'm guessing it is a real hassle to open a coal fired or wood fired joint in New York City whereas in Florida you have less problems. With local air pollution laws and local EPA regulators. Less of these permits and payoffs to get off the ground. FL doesn't even have emission inspections for automobiles

But Florida never used coal to heat so it is just a gimmick to bring it a few thousand miles to cook a pizza. It brings in the customers I spose. I can just imagine the guys at the coal company in KY or PA laughing their asses off as they send a shipment of anthracite down to Boynton Beach