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I haven't scoured the city for the best slice, however, I have a fine palette for pizza.

These are my picks (in no particular order):

Fornino
187 Bedford Ave (off L Bedford Stop)
Brooklyn, NY 11211-2946
Phone: (718) 384-6004
-brick oven pizza with modern topping choices (e.g. truffle oil)

Grimaldi's (over Brooklyn Bridge)
http://www.grimaldis.com/brooklyn.htm
-brick oven pizza - classic New York pizza eating experience

Totono's in Coney Island
1524 Neptune Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
718.372.8606
-brick oven pizza - in fun coney island setting

to: ELE - on 1 hand, u state we are in a pizza slice crisis, on the other, u list possibly 1 of the worst offenders on your "tops" list - sal & carmine's uws - either u have some criteria or u don't?????????????

The slices Ed describes can still be found, but not on every corner. They compete with not just the Indo-Pak pizzarias he describes as Ray-style, but also disgustingly thick and greasy efforts from traditionally italian neighborhood instituions like Vinnie's on the UWS or the place by the Bedford St. station in Williamsburg. On the other hand, I can think of a number of new places that have terrific slices that have opened up though -- and may do something about it on Grub Street. But don't underrate De Marco's. If you didn't know who it was associated with, it would register on you as a huge find, esp. the round slices.

A shout-out, too, to Vinnie Vincenz's grandma slice, the Joe's in Park Slope, and the Two Boots chain, which though trendy and unorthodox, produces some of the city's better slices, objectively speaking.

And a thumb's-down to Spumoni Gardens, which has disappointed more imaginations than Halle Berry in Swordfish. A slice of white bread with chef arturo sauce and no cheese. And they compare it to Dom!

Famous Ben's is awful! Their slice is so doughy and bland I can't bear it - and they're right down the street from me! I go up to Pizza Box on Bleeker for a slice instead. Or DeMarco's if I'm feeing extra lazy and rich :)

It's such a shame Arturo's doesn't have a little window for slices opening onto the street, right there in the back. It's the closest place to me and walking past that heavenly smell is torture, knowing I can't buy a slice!