Grandaisy's not so grand sometimes


So I went back to Ettia spa for Spa Week and thought I'd hop over to Grandaisy and try the zucchini pizza this man got the last time I was there.



It looked really good (and so did the plain slice simply covered in tomato which was quite yummy), but tasted ever so bitter.

Maybe the zucchini were a little ticked off about the cold weather setting in. I'll give them another chance some day.


I also went to try Sal and Carmine's pizza on 102nd and Broadway. It's supposed to be the best plain ny slice in the area...


When I got there I had high hopes. After all two men behind a counter with a mound of dough next to them and a bunch of congealed offerings in the display case is what NYC is about, right?

Well.. I took that baby out mid walk home and bit into it...

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SO SALTY. Too salty to even have a picture taken.

Maybe the dough was having a bad day too.

So, for now, if you go to Grandaisy get the plain tomato pizza and if you're going to Sal and Carmine's hope that it's not too salty. I was so glad I didn't order the pepperoni after that first bite... and I adore salt.

DiFara Pizza


This is it...

This is my holy grail of cheesy goodness.

Like all quests for the "perfect" anything the way is fraught with peril, doom and despair.

To get this little slice of heaven you have to

  1. Trek out to Brooklyn (Avenue J and 15th or so)
  2. Wait an hour or more for your pizza to come out
  3. Observe every single person before you getting their pizza
  4. Worry whether the person behind you that ordered the same thing as you will try and get the pie before you
  5. Watch as Dom pulls pies out of the oven using his bare hands that, by now, must be made of asbestos
  6. Stake out your claim at one of the little tables inside OR
  7. Go to a park nearby where strange men will come up to you and talk about your pizza, other pizza places in Brooklyn and ask for a slice.
It's so worth it... so very worth it.

grimaldi's pizza


It wasn't really fair to Grimaldi's that I went to DiFara pizza before I ever tasted their pie.

This pizza came out quickly, had just the right amount of chewiness and tasted delicious.

The plain was enough to feed the two of us, but I don't think I wanted to eat the crust like I might have done on some other pies.