Editor Pick
Best New York City Pizza: Joe's
- December 17, 2003
- Rated 4 of 5 by
ext212 from New York, New York
Joe's Pizza
7 Carmine Street near Bleecker
New York, NY 10014-4441
212/255-3946
If you ask a real New Yorker for the best pizza in the city, no doubt they'll say Joe's on Carmine. The crust is toasty and crispy and done just right. No fancy stuff here. Straight up cheese pizza, straight up pepperoni pizza. Buy two slices, stand at one of the chairless bar-height tables, fold your slice, and eat it the true New Yorker way.
Grimaldi's Pizzeria
19 Old Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-1322
Phone: 718/858-4300
If you're actually in Brooklyn near DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) and want a thicker-crust pizza, Grimaldi's is your best choice. I hope you have time and you brought your empty stomach with you, because you will stand in line outside during peak hours, and you can't buy a single slice, only a whole pie. You can order "to go" even though, admit it, you can eat the whole pie by yourself. The mozzarella here is in thick slices, not grated, so I usually order the fancy ones here with the good mushrooms and the good veggies on top. Thankfully, you can have half of your pie different from the other half, giving you a chance to taste two different types in one whole pie.
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