You've got to try Little Vincent's on the Upper East Side at 73rd and 2nd. Amazing slices, just the right amount of cheese, great crust and they're open until 4 am. It's the best slice in the neighborhood!
Try it, Ed, you'll like it.
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
I don't live in NYC, so maybe I don't know what the heck I'm talking about, but I always look forward to Pizza 33 for a slice when I'm in town... often one of the first things I inhale on my way from airport to hotel if it's remotely convenient to stop...
Am I clueless?
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?????????????
I agree that L&B Spumoni slice is obviously something you had to grow up with to appreciate. I actually prefer the tomato slice at the various pizza trucks that you can find off of Park Avenue from time to time. I am a huge supporter of DeMarco's. It's not DiFara's but if you wait for a fresh pie for 10 minutes at the take-out side, it's 80% as good as Difara's and 80% of perfection is pretty damn close.
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!
Arturo's is too chewy, not enough char. They have a coal oven, but you'd never know it. It's like owning a Ferrari and driving and driving the speed limit.
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!
Rosario's on the Lower East Side. Amazing, crispy slices, perfect crust, fresh ingredients. They do not deliver because quite simply they do not have to. Haven't worked up the nerve to try the cheeseburger pizza. Btw, there is an article in this month's Gourmet where 4 elite Italian chefs are taken to Rosario's and although they are horrified by the cheeseburger pizza and plebian atmosphere, they cannot help but compliment the slice.
And upon moving back to the area (but first time in Manhattan), I was amazed at how easy it is to buy a truly awful slice of pizza if you're not careful.
Must try Bella Vita!
(two locations - 43rd St. betw. 8th and Bway; 58th St. betw. 6th and 7th Ave.)
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