Yesterday I took a ride down to Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn to check Victoria Pizzeria. I don’t remember ever hearing about this place but suddenly a few weeks back I received a strong recommendation to check it out. It must have been a Saturday because I was leading a tour to Lo Duca Pizza in Newkirk […]
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Luzzo’s Pizzeria Napoletana (211 First Ave) closed its doors earlier this week after more than 20 years of serving the East Village with excellent pizza. Owner Michele Iuliano says they’ll reopen next week just a few blocks away at 15 Ave B. The one thing they can’t salvage from 211 1st Ave is an old
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Check out one of our favorite NYC pizza tour stops this Friday on Food Network as Guy Fieri takes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives to Keste Pizza & Vino. Guy has known pizzaiolo/owner Roberto Caporuscio since he visited Roberto’s former restaurant Don Antonio (now owned by Roberto’s daughter, Giorgia) 10 years ago. They’ve remained friends and
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Unregular Pizza is celebrating their first birthday and you’re invited! The pizzeria began as a pop-up project run by Gabrielle Lamonaca out of his Harlem apartment. NYC’s restaurant shutdown in March 2020 forced this bored restaurant worker to start making pizza at home. Rather than selling it through Instagram like so many others, he offered
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Yesterday I had some seriously good thin crust pizza while visiting my parents in New Jersey. I only live about 24 miles away from them, but that could take nearly 3 hours by train. Truth be told, I don’t get out to New Jersey very often and when I do there’s rarely time for pizza
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Holy smokes, this new set of pizza data is really fascinating! Derrick Tung, owner of Paulie Gee’s Logan Square, sent it to me last week and it’s a real doozy. This crew pulled search data and used it to put together a rigorous list of the top 15 pizza cities in the U.S. SPOILER ALERT:
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Hawaiian pizza is without a doubt the most polarizing pizza in history. Whether or not you enjoy eating it, the fact that this bizarre pizza is so pervasive begs our attention. Those who had not heard the story of its alleged invention are more likely to have caught wind of the tale in 2017 when
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Back in July, NYC passed the Open Restaurant Program. Restaurants with enough sidewalk space could set up properly distanced tables in front of their storefronts and restaurants located in front of parking spaces could turn them into extensions of their restaurants. Before this, restaurants were stuck with only takeout and delivery options since indoor dining
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Joe Migliucci was the friendly face behind the kitchen window every time we visited his family’s restaurant on pizza tours. Mario’s Restaurant began as a pizzeria in the early 20th century but transformed into a full Italian restaurant. Pizza is just a tiny part of the appetizer list, but it’s a link to the restaurant’s
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Brother’s Pizza on Port Richmond Ave on Staten Island was founded by brother Filippo, Bart, and Pietro Giove in 1975 just a few doors away from its current location. It’s the quintessential slice shop and home to one of the best Sicilian pizzas I’ve ever had. We lost co-founder Bartolomeo “Bart” Giove in October 2019
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