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@Daniel: they definitely have some interesting offerings. I've tried the bacon cheeseburger, the taco, the BBQ chicken, and the baked potato pies. While they all accomplish the flavor combinations they seek to attain, none of them ever strike a craving in me quite like the Pizza Pub Special. In fact, I'm craving one right now!

Perhaps the most highly anticipated pizzeria opening of all time. Certainly in my mind...

Best of luck Paulie! Can't wait to try it out!!

@Adam: Not entirely on point with info #2 but... any news on when the Grimaldi's downtown outpost is set to open? Isn't it going to be in/around the South Street Seaport? And any intel on the oven or size of the restaurant?

Maybe my hearing is a bit off but her articulation seemed a little weird for certain words such as "Italy." Also, not to be picky but as discussed on the Trianon thread, they have more than just mozzarella di bufala.

I do love watching how quickly the pies move from prep to the oven to the plate. Amazing to watch.

@Adam: I'm sometimes lazy but usually not to the point of refusing to fold my own pizza, ha! In Rome, however, they folded after heating but before before giving it to you for two reasons that I could discern: (1) to make it more portable (as it is sold very much as a snack on the go) and (2) to keep the cheesy innards warm throughout its travels until ultimate consumption. Here is a shot of a "slice" I got near the Trevi Fountain. As you can see, they provided me with a nice little paper carrying case to keep my fingers clean as I ate.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steelecity/3119368074/in/set-72157611333564737/

@ LA: I scanned in the menu from Trianon. The pie Nick ordered, Margherita DOC, comes with little tomatoes, whereas the Margherita con bufala comes with the sauce. In hindsight, I wish I had gotten both so I could have compared the two types of mozz di bufala to see if there was a discernible difference between the regular and the doc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steelecity/3903305235/

When I was there last November I found this in Rome:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steelecity/3119401208/in/set-72157611333564737/

In agreement with your comments, it was too tough to bring myself to try it with so many other great options.

I have witnessed the french fry pizza in Naples first hand. A couple ordered one when I was at Antica Pizzeria Costa, the last stop on my 30 hour tour of Jeff Varsano's top 10 Naples pizzerias. Looked OK but I was way too busy forcing down the 7th margherita of the day to give it a try.

I ended up eating a large portion of my meals at street vendors during my time in Istanbul. The doner sandwich at Kizilkayalar was also very good- I had the lamb in wrap form although you could get it on a roll or sliced bread.

Some of my other favorite street items were TOST (essentially a grilled cheese), pide (which can be a number of things on rolled out bread, my favorite being the "pizza" version in the shape of a canoe), and the custom cold cut sandwiches.

If you're walking along the Bosphorous between the shuttle boats and Dolmabahce Palace there is a guy with a red sandwich cart serving up tremendous fare. Ask for everything and you'll get a monster of a sandwich for about $1.

Wow- I lived right across the street at 69 Mott for a year and never knew about this... is this place new?

@NotAmerican: An Indian-themed burger would no doubt be intriguing, however, based on my experience, burgers IN India are awful. I was recently there for 2 months and made numerous attempts to track down a decent burger but to no avail. The main issue there being the difficulty in finding fresh beef, as slaughtering of cows is illegal. The best you can hope to get is a buffalo burger. Even the restaurants serving "steaks" had to have beef shipped in from slaughterhouses outside the country and the result was always mediocre at best.

@ Young: I share your frustrations in tracking down the Motz burger and I live 2 blocks from the Water Taxi Beach. Early in the summer the burger was only slated to be available on Fridays per the website, but now they do a BBQ on Fridays so it may be hit or miss. I have also been able to score them on most Saturdays and Sundays if there is no private event going on.

A few things to note: they only keep a limited amount of beef so even on days when they have the burger they will sell out well before close. I've been there when they've sold out at 8pm on a Friday before. Also, as it is considered a "special menu item" they don't post it on the regular menu next to the grill so you will need to ask.

Check out http://www.watertaxibeach.com/weekend.html for more info.