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Grub Street on Grimaldi's at Aviator Field

Posted by Adam Kuban, December 19, 2006 at 5:11 PM

Mr. Cutlets over at Grub Street pans the new Grimaldi's at Aviator Field, the food-court pizzeria that Patsy Grimaldi came out of retirement to open:

Patsy’s immense gas-burning oven, rumored to be so super-hot as to approach the temperatures of his Dumbo restaurant’s coal ovens, is actually tepid in comparison. The pies cook quickly enough, but the bottom crust barely chars. And the young flunkies executing the master’s design are still getting the hang of how to actually make pizza; the amount of sauce, the placement of the cheese, and other subtleties all seemed haphazard. (They will gladly reheat slices, though, which we recommend.)

But, Mr. Cutlets says, "Rome wasn't built in a day," so he's giving Mr. Grimaldi the benefit of the doubt and reports that he will visit again to see if Patsy can "work his magic."

Patsy Grimaldi's Fall from Grace [Grub Street]

Photograph courtesy of Aviator Sports Complex

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