I Dream Of Pizza A Pizza Blog, Established In 2008

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a pizza place in NYC. The truth is, there haven’t been many review-worthy spots that have opened in recent months. But one place that hasn’t ...

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED A new “speakeasy” pizza place opened its “hidden” doors in Little Italy earlier this year. It’s opening was covered pretty widely on sites like Thirillist leading me (and likely many others) to ...

It’s hard to believe it’s been close to nine years since the original Joe’s Pizza closed it’s doors on the corner of Bleecker Street and Carmine Street in the West Village (now home to a Grom gelato shop and previously ...

Ribalta (48 East 12th Street) is a new pizzeria that opened this spring in the former Piola space — a few blocks from Union Square. The concept is similar to 900 Degrees — which shuttered after only six months last ...

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED Last week, some friends and I headed upstate to Hudson, NY for the 2012 Hudson Ramp Festival. For those who aren’t familiar with ramps — they’re an early spring wild onion/scallion/leek-like vegetable ...

South Brooklyn Pizza (122 1st Avenue) will be opening a sit-down restaurant in the back of its East Village slice joint this summer. Construction is underway and the restaurant will be accessed through a different entrance next to the current ...

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED La Montanara (168 Ludlow Street) opens it’s doors this evening and I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak last night. Formerly a poutine shop, this 20-seat Lower East Side spot ...

Rubirosa (235 Mulberry Street) in Nolita is an Italian restaurant which has been garnering rave reviews since opening last year. It’s run by the same folks behind Joe & Pat’s — a well known pizza place on Staten Island. Other ...

Some pizza places are made to look like they’ve been around for decades. Others actually have been. New Park Pizza (156-71 Cross Bay Boulevard) opened in Howard Beach, Queens in 1956. Although I can’t imagine the pizza has changed much ...

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED Earlier this summer, I took my girlfriend to upstate New York for our one year anniversary. Although she seems to enjoy pizza, I figured I’d spare her from venturing to any pizza ...