If you're not in line before it opens, good luck. Best then to wait till later (9, 9:30p), when dinner rush is over. Do not sleep on the calzone. Even if you're not a calzone person. It's excellent!
Open for lunch on weekends only, otherwise it's dinner only. Good Neapolitan-style wood-oven pizza. I like the soppressata pie. The backyard garden is nice, especially on a nice fall afternoon.
Even if the pizza was no good, it'd still be worth a visit for the fantastic old-school decor—straight from a Scorcese movie. Luckily, the pizza's great, so dinner here is a must-do if you're nearby.
Good all-around Brooklyn slice joint. Great calzones here—they're deep-fried rather than baked, and that make all the difference. The upside-down slice is also good.
This Gowanus shop does old-school pizza--New York slices, crisp Sicilians, and chewy grandma slices--really well.
Juliana's owner Patsy Grimaldi is back in his original spot under a new name after having sold his original pizzeria years back. Tourists don't know that, so eat great pizza here without the wait.
Dinner? Get in line. It's very popular and very busy. But lunch is another story—very easy to get a table. Try the clam pizza. It's killer. But they're pros. Whatever calls to you will likely be good.
The $12 lunch special is the best lunch special in all of NYC pizzadom. A salad accompanies your choice of a Margherita, brussels sprout, or soppressata pizza. This is WORLD CLASS PIZZA on the cheap!
Psssst! Did you know there's a secret pizza menu? Yeah, so secret it's on Paulie Gee's website. Check out the off-the-printed-menu pies for the return of some old classics and some new additions.
You're probably already here, so my tip to GO BEFORE OPENING is probably wasted on you. So I'll just say, GET A WHOLE PIE. Round or square. Both great. It's not worth the wait for only a slice or two. Read more.
Whatever you do, DON'T ASK FOR A MENU. There are none, as Totonno's matriarch Louise "Cookie" Ciminieri will be quick to remind you. Just check the menu board in the back of the restaurant.
You don't need a tip to tell you to get one of their phenomenal plain slices, but please do try the grandma slice. It's one of the best around.
Almost all the pizza here is great, but the grandma slice and grandma slice with pickled vegetable are KILLER. Also? BEST MEATBALL SUB in the city. Read more.
The old-fashioned pizza, basically a grandma (or "nonna") pie, is insanely great here. It's THE pizza to get, plain or topped. A riot of crust textures, crisp, chewy, springy-fried. Read more.
One of the all-time classic New York slice joints. If you're driving to or from JFK airport, make time to grab a slice here. And ask for it well done, trust me.
