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If you want NY style pizza that's exactly what you get. Not that real NY pizza is the best mind you (far from it) but it makes for great comfort food. And this one is not tasteless like "Tony of Charlotte"s pizza. Hey Tony NY called and they want their subway map back, you fake!
I had a slice of Sicilian with extra cheese the first time (Yes!) and a plain slice the second time. If you saw the pizza that Trump shared with Palin this is it. It tastes exactly like the pizzeria from across the street back when I lived in New Yawk, at least before the Greeks took over and ruined it. Plenty of cheese (extra would be an overkill) good sauce and a huge slice for $2.45.
No, it's not crispy! NY style pizza NEVER is -other than Frankie's in Miami, I don't know how they do it. Not even Ray's Pizza* was crisp. NY style is rich, gooey and runny. And you tap a paper napkin on it to absorb some of grease so it doesn't run all over your chin. This is not fine food, it's pig-out comfort food. I've long outgrown this stuff. For dinner it's crispy, thin crust brick (open) oven or nothing but a slice for lunch ... hits the spot like the good old days.
Wanna know what's not authentic about this joint? No freaking way that you'd have to wait for a simple slice in NYC, especially not ten minutes like you do here. Are you kidding me?
I haven't tried any of their toppings and honestly they didn't look too famous, I'd stick to the plain slice or the Sicilian w/extra cheese.
* Ray's pizza became famous in the seventies, there was only one location and it was called just Ray's Pizza - the night shift cabbies stopped there at 2 -3 am, that's how the word spread around. All these "Originals Ray's", Famous Ray's are just copycats. A thanks to Mike S. for reminding me!
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