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Re: NYC Slice

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Post by DoneWithAllThat »

yamtaddle wrote: post #5

> but the overall quality of your average slice in the city has definitely suffered This is true of the big national chains, too. They've kept prices relatively stable for damn near 25 years, at this point, but quality has gotten far worse over that same time span. That mouth-watering Pizza Hut pie you remember from 1992 isn't all nostalgia—every now and then I find single-location or small-chain joints that make piz…

At the risk of sounding like an ad I’m kind of startled at how not-terrible Little Caesars is for the price. A lot of food and a completely reasonable tasting and baked pie for stupid cheap when compared to almost everything else.

Re: NYC Slice

#12

Post by paxys »

> This calculation excludes dollar slices.

So, they only counted data from places where the price has gone up and concluded that...the price has gone up.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by alar44 »

DoneWithAllThat wrote: post #11
yamtaddle wrote: post #5

> but the overall quality of your average slice in the city has definitely suffered This is true of the big national chains, too. They've kept prices relatively stable for damn near 25 years, at this point, but quality has gotten far worse over that same time span. That mouth-watering Pizza Hut pie you remember from 1992 isn't all nostalgia—every now and then I find single-location or small-chain joints that make piz…

At the risk of sounding like an ad I’m kind of startled at how not-terrible Little Caesars is for the price. A lot of food and a completely reasonable tasting and baked pie for stupid cheap when compared to almost everything else.

Little Caesars is objectively terrible, sorry.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by rcme »

Many who grow up in the NY area grow up on pizza. In childhood, it's often eaten as a quick meal that doesn't require cooking. In adolescence, pizza is one of the only foods you can afford to eat out with your friends after school. In college, there's nothing like a drunken slice of pizza at 1 am. It's hard to overstate what a satisfying comfort food pizza is. There's truly nothing like it.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by cccybernetic »

googlryas wrote: post #7

Gotta get up to 101st and Broadway and try sal & Carmines. Little hole in the wall but was my favorite NYC slice despite no one ever talking about it.

Yeah, while not my favorite, Sal & Carmines is great. Only other truly great slice joint on the UWS is Freddie's (which is phenomenal). A new-ish place, Mama's Too on 106th, isn't too bad either.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by jffry »

Justsignedup wrote: post #4

fascinating. this site crashes firefox.

I can't remember the last time I saw Firefox hard crash to desktop like this, instead of the individual content tab dying. Impressive!

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by eugenekolo »

Anecdotally, I've felt the same way. Didn't properly record it.. but, slices these days in NYC (and outside) are definitely lacking in sauce lately. Some places even feel like they're cutting on salt and oil too.

I will add that the quality also highly depends on when you go. Generally, the busier it is, the worse the quality.

The author states that Joe's is one of the better ones, but I think the quality has gone down too. I was there in 2014, 2017, and 2022. Digging up my photos to review the sauce amounts, but I felt 2022 was very lackluster to previous memories.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by ttymck »

alar44 wrote: post #13
DoneWithAllThat wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the risk of sounding like an ad I’m kind of startled at how not-terrible Little Caesars is for the price. A lot of food and a completely reasonable tasting and baked pie for stupid cheap when compared to almost everything else.

Little Caesars is objectively terrible, sorry.

The subjective nature of reality disagrees with you, sorry.
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