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Damian - beautiful pie. Looks identical to a pie from UPN back in the NYC days!

@dmcavanagh @jedd63 Roma also carries Coluccio DOP tomatoes, which are the best I've tasted. They're expensive, but worth it if you can swing the extra few bucks. I hear the "Terra Amore & Fantasia" brand is better, but I haven't tracked them down yet...

To be honest, I think they've slipped a lot. I visit NYC (and Motorino) about once a month, and the last 2 or 3 times I've left disappointed. When the Brooklyn shop first opened, everything was near-perfect. Recently, I've noticed they are putting less cheese on the pies than before. Last time I went I ordered the Margherita DOC, I only had 4 small cheese "blops" on my pie (Manhattan location). I am not one for excess cheese, but this was just too little. Additionally, the sauce seemed very "dried out" and flavorless.

On my trip before that, I ordered the Pugliese (Brooklyn location). I counted just two "blops" of Burrata on the entire pie. Not even one per slice! Additionally, the broccolini was bitter and the chiles almost non-existent.

I'm not sure what's going on over there and maybe my last two trips were on "off" nights (a Wednesday and Saturday, respectively). If Matthieu is reading, please look into these issues and bring back the Motorino that I knew and loved!

Otherwise, off to Paulie Gee's I go :)