New York pizza

[wdfifteen]

In all my many trips to New York I have never gone on a quest for pizza. It's always been an obligatory stop at Carnegie Deli and then upscale restaurants.
This time I'll be there with my grandkids and they are going to want pizza. I don't necessarily have to have the "best" but what is a good place for pizza in mid-town?

[AFC-911]

Check out Eataly if you got time to sample a whole bunch of Italian food.

[Rick Lee]

Can't go wrong with Famous Ray's and they're everywhere in midtown.

[motion]

There's a famous pizza spot right off of Washington Square. I'll try to remember the name...

[stomachmonkey]

Find a neighborhood place.

Great pizza is not necessarily determined by how nice the establishment looks, some of the best stuff comes from hole in the wall places with a by the slice counter.

When you eat it you need to fold it.



This helps you to look "native" and makes it easier to drain off excess oil.

If when biting into the pizza the cheese and sauce start to slide off in one massive piece the pizza is not fresh.

[sammyg2]

Pizza Mercato?

[jtfreels]

Don Antonio's
309 W 50th St

[sand_man]

Don't know the city all that well, but when we were there this past summer, we went to Lombardi's

Lombardi's Pizza

[ckelly78z]

Are you going to ask for "Chicago" style pizza ?

[VINMAN]

Lazzaras Pizza | the best thin crust pizza in the Garment District! On W38st

IMHO the best pizza places are in Brooklyn. Stomachmonkey is 100% right. The best places are the smaller dumps. Stay away from the tourist trap places.
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[motion]

Joe's Pizza on Carmine St!

[airbil]

Arturo's Coal fired... possibly the best pizza in this galaxy.
Arturo's Italian Restaurant

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

Are you going to ask for "Chicago" style pizza ?

Yeah, I'll ask for a Chicago style crust with cheddar cheese and Fritos. I probably wouldn't need and airplane to get back to Ohio.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Yeah, I'll ask for a Chicago style crust with cheddar cheese and Fritos. I probably wouldn't need and airplane to get back to Ohio.

????? Chedder cheese and Fristos . Sounds terrible

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

You must have the biggest hands in the world. That slice looks tiny!

[Mark Howard]

Been working in NYC for almost 2 years. I try different places often and have yet to find "bad" pizza. Rosie's in Penn Station is good, Grimaldis as well. I'm so spoiled to nyc pizza now, I can't even eat the nasty stuff in Louisiana we call "pizza" anymore.

Ditto for bagels....

[rwest]

Sabarro's!

"The Office" TV show watchers will understand.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Mark Howard

Been working in NYC for almost 2 years. I try different places often and have yet to find "bad" pizza. Rosie's in Penn Station is good, Grimaldis as well. I'm so spoiled to nyc pizza now, I can't even eat the nasty stuff in Louisiana we call "pizza" anymore.

Ditto for bagels....

Was in Jersey last weekend and missed out on one of my must haves whenever I'm back east.

Pizza, check

Bagels, check

Double egg and cheese with bacon on a roll with a cup of real Deli coffee, denied

Stupid Blue Laws, deli was not open so no egg sammich for me.

[Monza_dh]

I would also recommend Gourmet Italian Food, Gift Baskets, Pastas, Sauces | Eataly as well. They have a nice pizza sit down section in the back but is always packed.

I used to work in Midtown and one of my favorites if you just want a low frills spot but with excellent pizza is Pizza Suprema behind MSG on 8th. large whole pies or slices:

New York Pizza Suprema

good luck!

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by rwest

Sabarro's!

"The Office" TV show watchers will understand.

Only thing worse than Sbarro's is supermarket frozen pizza.