Dear Slice,
I was looking at the page you dedicated to Bay Ridge pizza. You spent so much time on Lento's (which, believe me, I miss terribly) that you left out the regular Bay Ridge Brooklyn pizza that everyone loves so so so much!
Lento's is (or was) a specialty. It was special thin-crust pizza that you could only get by the pie and could only get there. There is a pizzeria on every other corner, and some are good and some are bad, but placing all of your faith of the best pizza in Bay Ridge Brooklyn leads me to believe that you didn't actually try any Bay Ridge Brooklyn pizzerias.
As the official online pizza aficionado of the whole country, I have to ask you to come back and try a few of the real regular pizza places that sell by the slice all along Fifth and Third avenues. In particular, Elegante Pizzeria on Fifth Avenue between Ovington and Bay Ridge avenues. The absolute best pizza on the face of the earth. I was in Italy and tried pizza in like 10 different places all over the country, and I just couldn't wait to get back to Elegante. They have been there for 42 years and make pizza Neopolitan and Sicilian, rolls, and heroes, and they have never offered a special. No coupons, no giveaways—they have never needed them because they are the best.
Before you make a blanket statement about pizza in a community, stay away from the specialties and try the downhome places that really make the standard!
Thanks,
Joe M.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn!
Thanks, Joe. It's about time we did a Bay Ridge roundup. Any other places we should try besides Elegante? I'm partial to Pizza Wagon and Rocco's myself. —The Management
Address: 6922 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn NY 11290; Bay Ridge [map]
Phone: 718-745-9715
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