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| - One my favorite NY-style pizza joints in Charlotte.
There are many places around that claim to have "authentic" NY-style, but I tend to disagree with a good amount of them.
The 411 on NY-style... Pies are generally large in size, but moreso cardboard thin. Perfect proportions of Italian GRAVY (thicker sauce, still slightly marina based), cheese, and Italian spices. Pies have very crisp dough & crust, and not saturated by a lot of moisture, as you would find at your local Papa John's or Pizza Hut. Pies are generally cooked at very high temperatures, for a very short time- i.e. 800+ degrees for under 10mins.
That said, this restaurant makes their pies accordingly. Word of advice, if you have an appetite, try to avoid having eyes bigger than your stomach here. Their medium pie is a large at any other pizza joint, and their large is, accordingly, an extra-large. All kidding aside, the large will feed quite a few easily, with leftovers. In addition to their pie sizes, they mimic the above NY-style well. I don' know whether or not they incorporate dough conditioners or MSG's but their pizza is incredibly tasty!
Their overall menu is more of a combination between Italian and finger food. You won't find many lavish pasta entrees, but you can get yourself a philly cheesesteak and some jalopeno poppers.
Located in the Davis Lake Commons. See their menu online @ http://www.menusearch.net/menus/2271take_out.pdf.
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