We're clocking in a little late with this one, but the holidays, man, the holidays.
The Village Voice's Annual Manual is out and food critic Robert Sietsma writes about 25 Places Where Two Can Eat for $25. Among this listings is a smattering of pizza joints. The usual suspects take a bow:
This list of inexpensive and excellent eats would be incomplete without including one of the city's venerable pizza parlors, which collectively count as one of our greatest culinary treasures. Besides his own restaurant on Spring Street, founded in 1905, Lombardi's immediate dynasty includes Totonno in Coney Island, John's on Bleecker Street, and Patsy's in East Harlem. Nephew and Patsy's veteran Patsy Grimaldi started his own parlor only a decade ago in Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, and it rapidly rose to be one of New York's best pizza joints. The toppings are perhaps a bit more lush, the crust a little more thick and flavorful than the austere Lombardi's style, but that's just fine with the patrons who throng Grimaldi's (19 Old Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 718-858-4300) every weekend and evening. Go at weekday lunch if you want to relax.
The same article also makes mention of Joe's of Avenue U in Gravesend, Brooklyn, which is one of the few places I've found in the city that makes panelle specials, chick-pea fritters served on a warm sesame roll (usually with ricotta). It's not exactly pizza, but it's not to be missed!
Address: 287 Avenue U, Brooklyn (F Train)
Phone: 718-449-9285
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