I finally made it a Slice Club outing on Wednesday. Well, sort of. The main event was the sampling, dissecting, criticizing and extolling of the offerings at John's Pizza on Bleecker Street.
I, however, was late, and so by the time I had arrived, Adam, SeltzerBoy, Tien, and group had already done the dirty work. Apparently, I hadn't missed much. (Read Tien's review for the details).
But the pizza troups had a jones for more pizza, so we marched west on Bleecker, where we encountered the new Bleecker Street Pizzza. Situated on the corner of 7th Ave and Bleecker Street, this establishment occupies a long shallow storefront, with the counter and oven in the windowed front corner, and just a few tables for two clustered in the remaining space. I was starving and attacked my "nonna maria" slice (below right).
PHOTO CREDIT TO TIEN I completely forgot my camera that day.
I was flat-out starving, which may have contributed to just how tasty I found my slice. Thick dollops of sweet, chunky, garlicky tomato sauce squeezed in next to subtle slicks of buffalo mozzarella, with the overall effect being an unruly glob of pizzastuff that was eager to slide right off the crust. I fought with mine a bit before scarfing the whole thing. Others said "eh," but I was reasonably happy with my slice. If I was stuck in the neighborhood, I would probably go there again...
...if Joe's Pizza wasn't three blocks away. We then marched northeast to Joe's, that tried-and-true late-night treat. I got a hot slice right out of the oven, and crunched away on the charred, crisp crust. Yup, I'd choose Joe's over Bleecker Street Pizza anytime.
The evening concluded at Mary's Dairy, a trippy, hipster-y, anime-and-irony themed ice cream store in the West Village. Adam boldly ordered ice cream on a Krispy Kreme donut. Though I enjoyed bouncing around on the rubber-ball ice-cream cone stools, I found my pistachio ice cream average -- not much better than Brooklyn-standard-issue Uncle Louie G's -- and not worth $3.45. Cutesy, but not enough to go back.
It was nice to finally meet the Slice crew -- I hope to more fully participate next time. And I'm still voting for the next outing to be for the clam pie at Lombardi's.
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