August 21, 2005
Pizza Pizza
Back in 2004, I wrote 'I think pizza is the food I've missed most while I've been in Colorado. I mean, I don't even think Manhattan does pizza well, the rest of the country (much less the world), just can't compare.'
Nearly a year later, Dawn Summers writes
'There's no pizza like New York pizza. (And yes, I have had pizza in Rome, Naples, Chicago and New Haven, so no need to email me directions to Pepe's or JoJos or whatever that place is called. )Like Champagne and Feta, the word Pizza should be applied only to the New York version. All others should get some generic "flat bread with sauce and cheese" name like "sparkling wine."
How about "cheesy bread?"
But my snobbery does not end at the borders of the Empire State. Oh no.
I hereby do you one better, and localize it into the very teeny-tiny borders of the borough of Brooklyn.'
Wow, the best pizza in the world is in Brooklyn. There's an original idea I've never heard before.
Dawn has a review of the top Brooklyn spots, she chooses DiFara as the winner and though I like it better now than I did the first time I had it, Totonno's remains my favorite. As for her L&B experience, I admit Dawn had it on an offnight but it is really outstanding pizza that deserves a second shot. I'm buying, Dawn, if you're driving.
Check out Slice NY for all pizza all the time.
Posted by Karol at August 21, 2005 01:00 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Pizza+in+Brooklyn Pizza Pizza+NYC Pizza+NY
Wow, the best pizza in the world is in Brooklyn. There's an original idea I've never heard before.
well, la di da ms. snooty pants, I never claimed to be original. In fact, I admit that by the time I get around to a thing, it usually means that the thing is pretty much over and done with. I'm more like a tombstone than a front page.
Posted by: Not Dawn Summers at August 21, 2005 02:24 PMTombstone. Now that's good pizza. More seriously, you are both seriously underrating Queens. I grew up with a fantastic neighborhood joint in Fresh Meadows, but the real Queens pizza reputation rests on Howard Beach and Nick's in Forest Hills.
Not that I think Dawn should try to get pizza in Howard Beach without an armed escort.
Posted by: charles at August 21, 2005 03:54 PMOh what-ever. I was by the infamous pizza place in Howard Beach recently and there was a black family eating there. It's perfectly safe.
Posted by: Karol at August 21, 2005 03:59 PMNotice how everything is always better in New York. Just sayin'. That's the southerner in me talking. But I will say that I have never tried Brooklyn Pizza but I am intrigued.
Posted by: Michael C at August 22, 2005 08:09 AMWhat are you all smoking.. NY pizza has the same taste and quality of Little Cesaers... I've lived in New York and Chicago and I'll take a Chi-Town pie any day
Posted by: SuperSean at August 23, 2005 03:50 PM
