So my favorite pizza is served to you in a renovated Church originally built in 1888. The five-story-high glass-dome is still present and there is a charcoal mural of Manhattan along the wall that's just as tall. It's played host to the Opening & Closing parties of "The Sopranos" and Chris Carlin (Mets TV Personality) got married here. This is just the atmosphere, but John's PIzzeria in Times Square is by far my favorite. With Brick Oven Pizza in a huge tourist area, it's smart to have a blunt tagline of "NO SLICES". The tagline is adorned on all employees clothing, menus and even in the bathrooms as to avoid annoying tourists from asking for them. The pizza is the best part... everything's made fresh and authentic - Fresh Ingredients (no canned mushrooms or garlic). It's the right amount of cheese:gravy:dough ratio. Just thinking about it now I feel deprived that there are no immediate plans (like right now) to have it. My ideal pizza is mushrooms and extra garlic.
Some side notes about John's Pizzeria:
1) The original John's is the "John's on Bleecker" which has more of a Grimaldi's atmosphere and was opened in 1929.
2) No Reservations - 1C1S
3) Each Pie is hand-made and no two pies are alike - Measurements are never used
4) Best time to come is NOT within an hour's time of when Broadway shows are about to start/end
5) Whole loaf of Garlic Bread comes topped with Melted Mozzarella Cheese for $9
6) They offer whole wheat dough which isn't bad if you're looking for a healthy reason to have pizza
7) Pizza isn't healthy
My favorite pizza in the city is:
Item: Large Pie with Garlic and Mushrooms
Place: John's Pizzeria
Location: 260 West 44th Street (b/w 7th & 8th Avenues)
Phone: (212) 391-7560
Website: http://www.johnspizzerianyc.
The group will weigh in this week, and our group favorites will be posted this Friday so check back soon!
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