Slice Walk: Park Slope
I'd be careful about ordering whole pies from Lenny's. I, too, love their slices, but their whole pies get really gloppy. They occasionally get heavy handed with the salt too.
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Terroir
I'm all for hearing your down-to-earth commentary on restaurants, but you may want to include price-point information as well. I've been impressed by the food at Terroir, but I think it's a little precious for how much you pay. Great idea on the Grading scale, btw, starts do little justice to the good, small places.
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Slice Walk: Park Slope
I traded Park Slope for Los Angeles a couple of years ago, but I still pine for the pizza. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
Although I can't argue with your slice analysis, my favorite whole pie was a meatball and peppers pie from Joe's on 7th (they make really tasty meatballs), and my favorite unusual slices were the ones on offer at Pino's.
Terroir
Finally tried Terrior this weekend based on your recomendation Ed. I loved the beet risotta balls, and thought both paninis we tried were great- with a small edge given to the pork. The lemony rapini was perfect for cutting the fat of the pork... the duck ham was a tad bit too rich, and totally overshadowed the hen of the woods (although still great.)
Thanks for the great review!
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i used to hit smiling pizza three times a week when i lived in the slope!
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@ratbuddy: Thanks for the intel. Yeah, we don't really have much Greek pizza around NYC, but I understand it's a New England thing. Will have to investigate further, though I think I've had something similar here in NYC.
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(quote)@ratbuddy. Awww, thanks. That, too, means a lot. This post lured out a lurker! ;) I'd love to do a Hartford-area crawl. That would be a bit more involved, with car rental and such. Would have to really plan that one out. What would you recommend up there?(end quote)
Asides from the usual suspects in New Haven (Pepe, Sally's, Modern) there are some great pies a bit north in the Hartford area. A couple locally famous favorites include Harry's (2 locations, not related, both awesome) and Luna (not my thing but many people like it.)
First and Last Tavern in Hartford makes an awesome pie, as does Vegas Blvd on Sisson Ave.
There is also a great style of pizza up here that I don't see often on Slice called 'greek pizza' which has nothing to do with olives, spinach, and feta. It's a pan-cooked medium crust pizza that's cut in squares. My all time favorite closed a year or two ago, Pizza West in West Hartford, but there are still some great examples around. Park Lane Pizza in W. Hartford, Riverbend in Southington, Master Pizza in Avon, Apollo's in Simsbury, and a few others that slip my mind.
A bit further up I-84 is Ellington Pizza, also locally famous for their red potato pie. I haven't tried it yet, but I've never heard a bad comment on it.
That's only scratching the surface of the more well known places, but I better stop at that since I'm starting to get a serious craving for pizza from about 6 different places! Connecticut really does have a great wealth of very good pizza places, and there just aren't enough meals in the day to sample them as much as I'd like ;)
Slice Walk: Park Slope
Awesome write up. Although I think in the future you need to correct a fatal flaw. You need to get a whole team of people, and station one at each of the slice places and coordinate an instantaneous ordering and then a centralized meeting place to taste all the slices at the same time. I'd imagine doing it this way (although exponentially more difficult) will really highlight the differences between slices. maybe start small with a handful of places within a few blocks of each other and assign a winner of each subdivision before having a final tasting.
Slice Walk: Park Slope
I started going to Lenny's on Fifth Avenue in 50's when I was a kid. The slices were 25 cents then! I always compare any pizza to Lenny's, which will always be the quntessential Brooklyn Pizza to me.
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@kingkalel: Dude. Thanks for the link to the HOP photos! Those a beautifully shot. Are they yours? It's been a while since I've been to HOP, since one of my friends who lived around the corner of it moved. But it's been a long time since I've visited. Will have to re-evaluate again under the new owners.
Slice Walk: Park Slope
a good place to check out in your end of BK if not discovered already is HOUSE OF PIZZA & CALZONES on Union Street and Columbia. Old School Place that deep fries their calzones which isnt to my liking - but reliably good pizza.
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@kingkalel: Thanks for the intel. I'll pack TUMS into my marching kit this time.
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