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Pizza Club: San Marzano – 2/25/09

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED Last night, a great Pizza Club took place at San Marzano on the Lower East Side. The pizza was delicious, although I must admit that it gets harder to distinguish between places ...

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New York Daily News Trashes Co.

The New York Daily News gives Co. a less than stellar review. People care about toppings, too. Where’s the sauce? And where’s the flavor, especially in the Margherita pizza — the true measure of any good pizza place? The Popeye ...

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Are Manhattan Pizza Prices Dropping?

New York Magazine says so! Maffei Pizza in Chelsea is the latest to reduce the price of its slice (from $2.50 to $2). Brian Lehrer interviews owner Dominick Maffei, along with an economist, and discovers it’s because cheese costs have ...

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Sbarro May Not Make It Through The Year

Eater reports that Sbarro may not make it through 2009. Sweet! Sbarro. (Privately owned; about 5,500 employees). It’s not the pizza that’s the problem. Many of this chain’s 1,100 storefronts are in malls, which is a double whammy: Traffic is ...

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E.U. has closed; Pizzeria Moving In…

… according to the outgoing voice mail message: Ciao, and thank you for calling the former E.U. We are currently changing the E.U into a contemporary Italian-style pizzeria called Tonda. Tonda will be open in approximately six weeks and we ...

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Co Vs. Motorino – GQ Magazine Reports

GQ’s Alan Richman writes: To Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who speaks often of worsening economic conditions and widening deficits, I offer an elegant solution to the woes of New York City: Open more pizzerias. I agree! Read “A Pizza Advice” which ...

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