On a recent Saturday afternoon, I gathered a bunch of my pizza loving friends and we headed over to New Jersey to try some of the state’s most talked about pizza places. Despite it’s proximity to New York City, I’ve ...
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Feed SubscriptionPizza By Cer Té: Eco-Friendly Pizza Comes To Midtown
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED Earlier this year I wrote about how Roberta’s — in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn — has not only become a model for great pizza, but also for the sustainable food movement. ...
Read More »Totonno’s: High Expectation Are Hard To Meet
Back in March 2009, a devastating fire forced Totonno’s – a legendary Coney Island pizza place – to close indefinitely (Fire Shuts Totonno’s). Weeks passed and false reports of a reopening date surfaced from time to time. Finally, nearly a ...
Read More »Eddie’s Pizza Truck: Not Worth The Wait
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED There are some food items that are intended to be served from trucks. Tacos, cupcakes, and even schnitzel (Schnitzel & Things!) fall into that category. But one thing that shouldn’t be sold ...
Read More »Ledo Pizza: A Hometown Favorite (That Doesn’t Cut Corners!)
Ledo Pizza in Rockville, Maryland is a place that falls into the category of “hometown bias” when speaking about my affinity for it. That is, the unconscious tendency to overrate a beloved childhood pizza place which elicits (a) sentiments of ...
Read More »Grimaldi’s: A New York Instituion
There are a number of classic New York pizza places that I’ve never written up on this blog. John’s, Lombardi’s, Patsy’s and others will eventually find their place on I Dream Of Pizza, but today I highlight a pizza place ...
Read More »Washington DC’s RedRocks Takes A Cue From NYC
I grew up outside of Washington, DC and I’ve always believed that there isn’t really anywhere to get great pizza there. This view has been solidified, having spent the past eight years in New York City. And it is frequently ...
Read More »South Brooklyn Pizza E. Village Outpost: Deliciously Pricey
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOCATION IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. What defines a trend? So goes the saying: one’s company, two’s a crowd and three’s a party. And if that’s the case, then there is certainly a Brooklyn pizza party taking place ...
Read More »Roberta’s: The Future Of Pizza
Of the hundreds of hours I spend each year reading about the New York City food scene, there is no restaurant I can think of which has gotten more press than Roberta’s (261 Moore Street). Since it opened in the ...
Read More »Paulie Gee’s: An Instant Classic Rises In Greenpoint
I’ll start off this write up by getting right to the point: Paulie Gee makes some of the best pizza I’ve ever had. And the fact that he’s now serving it in a beautiful new restaurant in Greenpoint is reason ...
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