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Re: NYC Slice

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Post by lelandfe »

hardwaregeek wrote: post #40

This is a fascinating list. No Mama's Too, no Prince St, no L'Industrie, no F&F. All of which are probably my top 4 for slices. Scarr's is there though, which rounds out my top 5. I don't eat a lot of pizza personally but I do love a good slice. What I love about New York isn't necessarily that we have the best pizza (although we do have places that are in the running for the best), but that the average quality is so…

Prince is on there! It's a remarkable slice but the lines are frequently insane.

L'Industrie is damn good. Highly recommend Action Bronson's Fuck That's Delicious episode there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOQUUyCRtiE

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by valarauko »

tz18 wrote: post #23

Pizza is 3USD a slice in NY?!??!?!?

Yup, that's pretty par for the course at most places that sell by the slice. Dollar slice places now mostly charge $1.25-$1.50 for a plain cheese slice.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by yamtaddle »

mitchell_h wrote: post #38
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.

it's $5 for a single toping, walk in and walk out with hot-ish pizza. Is it great? no. Does it have enough qualities that make it good? yes.

As the meme goes:

"$5, hot and ready."

"Is it good?"

"It's HOT and it's READY."

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by wefarrell »

ptaffs wrote: post #27

Blogger and now author about the experience did something similar, reviewing pizza slices in NY, 2009-2011 http://www.sliceharvester.com/ https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Slice-Harvester/Colin...

I found my favorite pizza places through him, I really liked his taste. Unfortunately a lot of the places on that list have either closed down or changed.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by yamtaddle »

pastor_bob wrote: post #43
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.

Have you been to Cicis? Literally all you can eat + pasta. Dirt cheap. If you're the 'one-meal-a-day' type, is there a cheaper option?

Costco's pizza works out pretty damn well on a just-get-some-calories-in-me-but-don't-make-me-cook basis, too, if you want something you can carry out. Two days of calories for $10.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by readonlybarbie »

pastor_bob wrote: post #43
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.

Have you been to Cicis? Literally all you can eat + pasta. Dirt cheap. If you're the 'one-meal-a-day' type, is there a cheaper option?

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Re: NYC Slice

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Post by qbasic_forever »

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…

Pizza Hut pan pizza is the easiest pizza to make yourself at home. You don't need a stand mixer, it's a no knead recipe (long overnight rise builds all the gluten). You don't need a fancy super hot oven, it just cooks at 400 degrees F in a cast iron skillet. Give this recipe a shot, it's unbelievably good and very accessible: https://www.seriouseats.com/foolproof-pan-pizza-recipe or https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-srfPL5CWZs

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by lotsofpulp »

babypuncher wrote: post #28

I find the perceived sensitivity to food pricing, especially in high income areas like NYC, interesting. The author points out that in 8 years, the average cost of a slice of pizza has hardly moved, but the amount of sauce on them has been reduced as a cost cutting measure. Would a pizza place really see reduced traffic if they kept the same recipe and raised their price another $0.55 to compensate for inflation?

I stopped eating out almost entirely because throughout the 2010s, I feel like the probability of receiving an acceptable quality meal kept declining.

I would much rather pay $25 (or more) per meal that is good 99% of the time than pay $15 for a meal that is good 80% or 60% or 40% of the time.

Obviously, I am sure restaurant operators know their business, and maybe it just is not economical for prepared food to be good 99% of the time at a price that sufficient sales can be made.

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