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Waldy's Wood Fired Pizza in the Times

Posted by Adam Kuban, September 7, 2005 at 1:54 AM

The New York Times reviews Waldy's Wood Fired Pizza & Penne in its Under $25 column today and comes away with a hit and miss conclusion:

Here's the good news about his new pizza venture: toppings, especially the more adventurous ones, are largely top-notch. Few linen-draped restaurants can boast of lamb as succulently braised as what's served here with bits of roasted lemon on one of the specialty pies (half-pies are $5 to $6; small pizzas are $9 to $14; large are $14 to $19).

But the crust makes or breaks a pizza, and at Waldy's, prestretched dough sits in plastic-covered piles, looking as uninspired as it tastes even after a journey through the wood oven in the back of the narrow space.

WALDY'S WOOD FIRED PIZZA & PENNE
Location: 800 Sixth Avenue (at 27th Street; Chelsea)
Phone: 212-213-5042
Cost: Half pies, $5 to $6; small pies, $9 to $14; large, $14 to $19
Payment: Cash and credit
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily

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