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| - On our frequent lunch visits to Tacos Atoyac, we have always seen this place sitting there, a few stores away, beckoning us to try it. After the relative failure our previous attempt at trying a new NY style pizza place turned out to be, it took us awhile to build up the courage to try another one, but we finally did it.
Raffaele's is somewhat of a dive, but we did note that at least they had air conditioning, unlike The Ol Whatever It's Called Pizza up on Peoria. And the inside looked much cleaner.
The have specials on both walls, and you will notice how ridiculously cheap they are. I went with a Sicilian slice, six wings, and a drink for probably like $6.
The wings were pretty decent. Not the very best I've had, but I did enjoy them, and they didn't mess me up too bad inside. If wings don't make my colon explode, I consider that an achievement.
The Sicilian slice was excellent. Probably the best Sicilian I have had outside of New York. It's worth going here just for that - a lot of Phoenicians don't know what the Sicilian pizza is: it is awesome. If you haven't had one, this is a great place to correct that.
This is certainly not the greatest restaurant in town. It doesn't even have the best food in town. But it excels at what it sets out to do: make a good New York style pie for a very reasonable price.
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