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Re: NYC Slice

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Post by _elkue »

Hello, I am the maker of the website. I'm sorry to hear it's crashing some browsers, I'll try to figure out what's happening. It's a clean install of wordpress so I'm confused what I did wrong.

The reason there is an odd amount for dollar slice total is that one place had the nerve to charge me tax ($1.09). I concede that the quality at Joes has gone down over the years. I am closely noting the recommendations in this thread, and I am very relieved to no longer have to eat bad pizza just to add it to the map.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by ericcholis »

billiam wrote: post #90

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…

Similarly, you could do the same thing on the other end of the state in Buffalo, NY. Hard to find a truly disappointing slice. What you will find, however, is a variety in "style" of pizza. They all live somewhere in the neighborhood of 80/20 NY/Chicago style. Easy to find a nice thin slice, but plenty of thicker doughier options. Never so far as a full deep-dish.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by izackp »

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.

They raised the price and added more pepperoni (less cheese). :(

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by canadianfella »

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.

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Re: NYC Slice

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Post by hacker_newz »

nobody9999 wrote: post #93
morley wrote: post #10

Notably absent from this list is L'Industrie in Williamsburg!

>Notably absent from this list is L'Industrie in Williamsburg! As an old guy, I try to avoid Hipster doofus land^W^W^W Williamsburg as much as possible. YMMV

You're about a decade behind in neighborhood stereotypes there boomer.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by ethbr0 »

LarryMullins wrote: post #69
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…

Counterpoint: A $10 large "brooklyn" pizza from Dominos today is vastly better than any Pizza Hut or Dominos pizza ever was in the 90s. Not as good as a pizza from a halfway decent independent pizzeria, but half the price.

That's only because Dominos infamously, sometime during the 2010s(?), ran a campaign that amounted to "Our current pizza sucked, but we've got a new recipe that's better."

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by ipnon »

_elkue wrote: post #111

Hello, I am the maker of the website. I'm sorry to hear it's crashing some browsers, I'll try to figure out what's happening. It's a clean install of wordpress so I'm confused what I did wrong. The reason there is an odd amount for dollar slice total is that one place had the nerve to charge me tax ($1.09). I concede that the quality at Joes has gone down over the years. I am closely noting the recommendations in thi…

I am glad to see you like Sunnyside Pizza too. I have had dreams about that place.

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by ethbr0 »

yamtaddle wrote: post #55
pastor_bob wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

* Must live in part of town with a Costco ;)

Re: NYC Slice

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Post by pandama »

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?

High income but also high competition.
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