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Re: NYC Slice

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Post by trynewideas »

dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #35

Curious how the dollar slices added up to a non-whole dollar amount. The name would imply that a dollar slice is $1. Is $.99 also considered a dollar slice?

Only three of the 464 slices actually cost $1:

Rony's Fresh Pizza, Sep 15th 2022, 6:23:16 pm

Papa John's Pizza, Jun 14th 2021, 1:22:59 pm

Pizza Market, May 21st 2021, 6:00:57 pm

Re: NYC Slice

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dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #35

Curious how the dollar slices added up to a non-whole dollar amount. The name would imply that a dollar slice is $1. Is $.99 also considered a dollar slice?

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Re: NYC Slice

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Post by czinck »

paxys wrote: post #12

> 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.

Dollar slices aren't just a slice of pizza for a dollar, they're a different business model focusing on just sheer volume. Joe's has at least 3 employees (cashier, guy taking your order and reheating the slice, and guy making the pizzas), plus prep people in the back, and 4+ different pies, and 20+ seats. The dollar place I go to has 2 guys, they don't reheat it, any toppings are just added onto your slice not actually cooked into the pie, no seats. I'm ignoring differences in quality/quantity of ingredients because I've had some great dollar slices, but also some abysmal ones.

That said, a lot of dollar slices are now $1.50.

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Post by javajosh »

harrydehal wrote: post #78
alar44 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Little Caesars is objectively terrible, sorry.

Even the late Anythony Bourdain could espouse on the greatness of an "objectively terrible" Wafflehouse meal. There's a time and place for everything, and even the snobbiest of us food snobs can appreciate the time and place for the likes of Little Ceasars, Costco Pizza, Wafflehouse, et al.

I also love Waffle House's food despite, maybe even because, it's 'bad'. Their waffles are legit good; the rest is coffee shop slop of the highest order. Recommended. (Glad Bourdain had the guts to say this)

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Post by ryanwaggoner »

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.

Yes!! I live a few blocks from there and it’s one of the best I’ve had in the city.

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Post by Involution »

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.

Spent my adolescence going to S&C's nearly day of summer vacations. My closest childhood friend and I always grabbed two slices and sat at the table directly behind the column. Even though the original proprietors have passed on, the cheese slices are still world-class. The flavor of nostalgia probably enriches the sauce and cheese, but Sal and Camrine's remains the slept-on great slice in Manhattan.

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Post by hardwaregeek »

el_nahual wrote: post #80
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…

Mama's Too has delicious toppings but is overall an oily mess (Detroit style?). Mama's Pizza two blocks away on Amsterdam & 107th is run by the parents of the guy that runs Mama's Too and is a traditional NYC slice, and delicious.

I really love the plain round slice. The square can be a little greasy (but I see it as more a once in a while treat) but the round is a perfect modern neopolitan/new york hybrid.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by billiam »

Native New Yorker here. Out of towners are obsessed with the BEST slice, but the true measure of NYC's 45 degree greatness is the decent quality following a Poisson distribution. My tip: just travel to any random spot in the five boroughs. First; you will be impressed how close you are to a pizza spot wherever you are. Second: you will be impressed with the slice, and with the variety of people who are good at making it.
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