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Finally! Some serious midtown pizza business (I do gotta check out the fried pie at Pizzarte as well). I can hardly wait. I don't know what looks better the pies or the fried apps. More than Kestè, from the shots the place reminds me of another of Roberto's projects, A Mano in Ridgewood, NJ. Check it out. Right found to the fried dough:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauliegee/sets/72157603411254722/

Congratulations and good luck,

Paulie Gee

PS - @JohnnyDubya, why don't you tell us how you really feel.

I hope that you occasionally get the fried ham and cheese calzone from House of Pizza and calzones.

Blah, blah, blah.

PG

Thanks everyone for all the kind words and to Erin for a great write up. Just a bit of clarification; the oven runs close to 1000 degrees.

@RJelli The pie was created by one of my crew, Adam Jones, who is an occasional commenter here on Slice. He came by the week we opened and dropped off his resume after reading about the opening on Slice. The pie he came up with did not include the honey. Shortly thereafter I wanted to feature honey from a local beekeeper, Megan Paska and came up with a second pie, the Honey Jones that replaced the Cherries with her honey. I tried combining the two and loved it, but wanted to leave both options available. Instead I made the honey an additional topping, although Ik new it was much better combine than either in their own. Not initially conbining them and eliminating the other two pies is one of the very few regrets I have since opening PG' Sometimes you have to make choices for people. While both pies were still on the menu the New York Times came in to do a $25 and under review and the reviewer's disappointment tarnished another wise positive review. If only I didn't allow him the opportunity to miss combining the two. Right after it came out I made the menu change, but the sting of his dissapointment will always be with me. Here's the review:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/dining/reviews/25under.html

As far as the name goes, after coming up with it I thought that it sounded familiar. Maybe a porn star, but I swear I never watch porn. When I Googled it I was pleasantly surprised to find out that she was an actress who I liked and watched regularly on 24. I have been wishing ever since that she come in and try the pie. One evening a friend and fellow actor came in with one of my favorite customers and asked me about the name. When he informed me that they were friends, I told him that I would love for her to come in to have the pie and so that I could tell her that I thought she is adorable. He then in said "I'll tell her but she's a lesbian." I told him "So what, she's still adorable". Unfortunately it's been about a year now and she still hasn't paid us a visit. I'm still waitin' patiently.

Thanks again,

PG

2 regular slices at Pizza Wagon on 5th Avenue and 86th Street in Bay Ridge.

Ciao,

PG

Since you didn't get me any to go with these, its obvious how you feel about me:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauliegee/3437622725/in/set-72157603296443911

Thanks again (you too @tourmeister),

PG

@Kenji That's known as a Spinal Tap scale.

Ciao,

PG

Great point about it not being a chick thing @P4P. Mrs Gee doesn't like it either. Forget the Who, going there is the pizza equivalent of attending a Rush concert. BTW, I agree wholeheartedly with point number four. It is the sole thing that keeps me away.

Ciao,

PG

@meatntaters The answer is yes. Les Paul if I'm listening to Duane Allman, Strat when I'm listening to Hendrix.

Ciao,

PG

It's the refection of the fire on my stainless steel topping rail.

Ciao,

PG

@JoeyMac I spent about $700 on materials. It will cost a little more if you do it on a six foot base, which I recommend. I had a smaller existing base that I wanted to utilize. My advice on saving money and avoiding mistakes is to befriend someone who has a passion for masonry.

Ciao,

PG

After toasting and enjoying that sandwich, at Kenji's prompting I found my way over there and tried their meatball sandwich. Both the bread and meatballs were off the charts. I can hardly wait to get one again. Just one thing though; Lose the f**kin' tunes, Frank.

Ciao,

PG

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. I was mostly taking the opportunity to AGAIN invite you to my place. It ain't like ya live in Seattle. know what I mean. You absolutely made it clear you weren't addressing it to me, but it gave me the opportunity to talk a bit about my approach to staffing my kitchen and oven area.

Ciao,

PG