The Brooklyn Firefly serves great pizza in a space that was once home to legendary Brooklyn pizzeria Lento’s. It’s a different pizza and different scene, but it’s a worthy successor.
Every year I compile a year-end list of memorable pizzas I’ve eaten in the past year. Here’s 2019!
Philomena’s is relatively new pizzeria in Sunnyside, Queens, having just celebrated its one-year anniversary. It’s run by Dave Acocella, an affable guy who was a longtime manager at now-defunct celebrity magnet Da Silvano before branching out into pizza-making at Paulie Gee’s and Sorbillo NYC. How good are Acocella’s chops? At Sorbillo, which is the NYC … Read more
Stilettos Slice Shop is the Speedy Romeo spin-off on the Lower East Side making gimmicky-but-good pizza.
I’m ashamed to admit it, but this is the first time I’m trying Dani’s signature pesto slice with sauce ladled on top. It’s fantastic.
Like I always say about this slice, it smacks of DRUNK-EATS GUT BOMB, but it’s anything but.
It’s not surprising that Suprema would make a white slice I actually like. The quality here is consistently high across all different toppings and slice styles.
Another fine Roman-style pizza that has me reconsidering the genre.