Where the hell is the good pizza in New York?

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specialkid8
04/01/2024
01:46 PM
#1
I've been to like five different places and so far it's all average as hell. The NY style pizza in Charleston SC is bigger and waaaay better than the stuff here. Is pizza just another bullshit NY brag?
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Dungeater
04/01/2024
01:47 PM
#2
yeah pizza isnt supposed to be huge like it is in the carolinas
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theAteam
04/01/2024
01:57 PM
#3
I always thought long island pizza was better than in the city.
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Xenogears15
04/01/2024
01:58 PM
#4
Native Chicagoian here.

If you can't find good pizza in New York, then you aren't really trying. Same thing here.
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LeoRavus
04/01/2024
02:02 PM
#5
You need to look up the big name pizza places. Don't expect every pizza joint you see to have amazing pizza. It's not like that anywhere in the world.
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Dakimakura
04/01/2024
02:09 PM
#6
Famous Ray's Pizza
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C_Pain
04/01/2024
02:12 PM
#7
What places have you gone to? As a native New Yorker I will say that a lot of the famous spots are overrated actually. Two of my favorite spots I've never even heard anyone mention.
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Were_Wyrm
04/01/2024
02:16 PM
#8
Dude there's Pizza Huts all over the place.
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specialkid8
04/01/2024
02:33 PM
#9
LeoRavus posted...
You need to look up the big name pizza places. Don't expect every pizza joint you see to have amazing pizza. It's not like that anywhere in the world.
That's literally how NY pizza is advertised. Like go into any hole in the wall and it'll be the best pizza you've ever had.
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/01/2024
02:34 PM
#10
The reason NYC pizza is so celebrated is literally just because a lot of people live there.

They're just cheering for the home team.
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Dungeater
04/01/2024
02:35 PM
#11
specialkid8 posted...
That's literally how NY pizza is advertised. Like go into any hole in the wall and it'll be the best pizza you've ever had.
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TimeForAction
04/01/2024
02:37 PM
#12
RetuenOfDevsman posted...
The reason NYC pizza is so celebrated is literally just because a lot of people live there.

They're just cheering for the home team.

thats everything New York

only in New York is something Ive heard people unironically say and its always been in relation to things that happen everywhere
RetuenOfDevsman
04/01/2024
02:38 PM
#13
specialkid8 posted...
That's literally how NY pizza is advertised. Like go into any hole in the wall and it'll be the best pizza you've ever had.
NYC pizza, local restaurants, local businesses...

People just like ideas.
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GranTurismo
04/01/2024
02:43 PM
#14
specialkid8 posted...
I've been to like five different places and so far it's all average as hell. The NY style pizza in Charleston SC is bigger and waaaay better than the stuff here. Is pizza just another bullshit NY brag?
are you a new yorker? iirc like local places dominate in nyc, like more than any other big city. Hard to find a domino's ? unsure
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specialkid8
04/02/2024
05:17 PM
#16
That first one looks way better than any of the stuff I've seen so far.
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Shamino
04/02/2024
05:24 PM
#17
TimeForAction posted...
thats everything New York

only in New York is something Ive heard people unironically say and its always been in relation to things that happen everywhere

Oh? Cause I was in NYC riding the subway and a lady was in a hospital gown, cackling, and smoking a big cigar. Does that happen everywhere?
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Evening_Dragon
04/02/2024
05:27 PM
#18
It's in NJ. Just cross the bridge and check south of the main road.
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R1masher
04/02/2024
05:28 PM
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TheMikh
04/02/2024
06:44 PM
#21
specialkid8 posted...
That's literally how NY pizza is advertised. Like go into any hole in the wall and it'll be the best pizza you've ever had.
you have to ask the locals

but yes, it will literally be found in a nondescript hole in the wall, probably without any advertising
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Kaldrenthebold
04/02/2024
06:48 PM
#22
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AnsestralRecall
04/02/2024
06:57 PM
#23
its in Detroit
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Guide
04/03/2024
12:19 AM
#24
TheMikh posted...
you have to ask the locals

but yes, it will literally be found in a nondescript hole in the wall, probably without any advertising

It's a cycle. Katz's was great until it became nationally famous, then the quality worsened and the prices rose. Then some other place is a hidden gem until it's not hidden anymore.
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sfcalimari
04/03/2024
12:37 AM
#25
Always found it hit or miss there. Locals just eat garbage dollar pizza. A lot of the good pizza makers moved to the burbs or to places like Florida. So much good NYC style pizza in Florida.
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Tyranthraxus
04/03/2024
12:40 AM
#26
Where in New York are you? Manhattan? Queens? Somewhere else?
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Glob
04/03/2024
12:46 AM
#27
Guide posted...
It's a cycle. Katz's was great until it became nationally famous, then the quality worsened and the prices rose. Then some other place is a hidden gem until it's not hidden anymore.

Its the same over here for a lot of the local foods. Without meaning to sound like a hipster, once a great place gets discovered and becomes really popular, it tends to go downhill shortly afterwards.

Its often because the owners sell up when its at the maximum perceived value.
GrandConjuraton
04/03/2024
12:48 AM
#28
New York doesn't make good pizza.
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specialkid8
04/03/2024
09:05 AM
#29
Tyranthraxus posted...
Where in New York are you? Manhattan? Queens? Somewhere else?
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bigblu89
04/03/2024
09:18 AM
#30
If you're used to shitty Carolina pizza, then it's no wonder you don't think actual good pizza is good.

It's like growing up on McNuggets and then being served actual chicken cutlets and thinking they are gross.
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tankboy
04/03/2024
09:19 AM
#31
specialkid8 posted...
Manhattan

Just hit a $1.50 Fresh Pizza (formerly 99c Fresh Pizza). There's a few scattered around. Certainly can't compete with anything wood-fired, but still better than nearly anything outside the area, and you can't beat the price-to-performance ratio. Ideally, eat it folded while you're walking to get someplace important.
specialkid8
04/03/2024
09:53 AM
#32
bigblu89 posted...
If you're used to shitty Carolina pizza, then it's no wonder you don't think actual good pizza is good.

It's like growing up on McNuggets and then being served actual chicken cutlets and thinking they are gross.
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C_Pain
04/03/2024
09:56 AM
#33
Brykner posted...
This is the best pizza spot in Queens: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BrQzShuKPDXoJa8Y7

This is widely considered by some to be one of the best in Brooklyn: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVcyunf86d93mgjx6

I dunno about any other places, I'm not a big pizza guy myself, but I can appreciate a good slice.
I'm from Queens and never heard of that first one in my life. Spumoni is pretty famous, but haven't had it.

I don't know if I've had any of the really famous spots except Johns of Bleeker and I thought it was mid.

If you're in Manhattan I would recommend Artichoke pizza. (But not the artichoke slice, it's a wet, disgusting mess.)
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ZMythos
04/03/2024
11:10 AM
#35
I was in NYC last year and had Lombardi's in Little Italy.

Expensive but pretty good.
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McMarbles
04/03/2024
11:14 AM
#36
JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...
Sbarro.
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boomgetchopped3
04/03/2024
11:28 AM
#37
When I was in Charleston there was like 1 pizza joint open late and the line was out the building. But it was delicious. This was years ago not sure if more are open late now.

Anyway Im not in nyc, Im outside the city. But the pizza is definitely hit and miss. For every decent place theres 10 shitty ones.
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GranTurismo
04/03/2024
12:40 PM
#38
ZMythos posted...
I was in NYC last year and had Lombardi's in Little Italy.

Expensive but pretty good.
little italy is in manhattan, by chinatown, ? have been nyc once
LeadPipeCinche
04/03/2024
12:50 PM
#39
Lori's Pizza in Clark Mills
BigMikeyEvans
04/03/2024
12:54 PM
#40
JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...
Sbarro.


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https://youtu.be/TRgEeDR98X8?si=j3DkxNZ7hm0tjODV

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