Posted by Adam Kuban, September 10, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Q: So, Una Pizza reopens tomorrow after its vacation, and I'm supposed to go to dinner with my brother (from out of town) that night. Is it gonna be a madhouse? A: I'd imagine it'll be no more a madhouse than it usually is—but maybe more so with the blogz blathering about it. Get there early, friend! 349 East 12th Street, New York NY 10003
He might be late opening. If we went on vacation, he probably wanted to fly the plane, serve the beverages and get all the bags from the aircraft to the baggage carosel by himself.
@Paulie: I wish we could! I would love that. I wish there was a way to gank Flickr's system and just use it for blogging! They should sell that shit as a CMS!
As far as expense goes, it doesn't seem like it's that insane compared to places like it. Franny's margherita pie is something like $16 for what I'm guessing is a similar portion. Expensive for pizza, but not expensive for a good meal.
Boy, oh boy!
Isn't it sad how some of these high-profile pizza places like Una Pizza Napoletana charge the sort of prices similar to what you'd pay for a steak dinner?
The family-owned "pizza joints" throughout the tri-state area that I experienced, going as far back as the late sixties, is what I miss. Some of those places were real gems - and cheap; the way pizza is meant to be. The ones that weren't gems were many times better than the average joint you'd find today, unless you do research on great sites like this to find the few scattered ones left out there.
Since I like to have pizza once or twice a week, and don't want the inconvenience of commuting to a decent place, I now make my own. I found that the few good recipes out there which I came across after much research (a couple of years worth) yields satisfactory results, much better that your present pizza joints and just a notch or two below the past greats.
Heck...Even going to a McDonald's back in the day when they had the 'golden arch's' going through the structures and had no seating inside, was far superior in taste and freshness before Big Brother and the greedy corporate vultures (after Ray Kroc's death) moved in and ruined everything. Now, the food tastes bland, is lukewarm most of the time, and costs a lot more.
I guess that's what they call "progress".
@pizcajj Exactly which Tri-State area are you talking about? It can't be the NYC metro area. Last time I looked, the city and it's surrounding area is still overrun with reasonably priced, family owned slice joints that make very good pizza.
@ pizcajj: I went to UPN on Saturday night for dinner, I paid $21 for a small pizza, and I did not feel cheated or ripped off in the least. I look at it like this. If I go to a casual chain restaurant, I pay that much by the time I'm done and I didn't get the quality of food I got at UPN. It was simply amazing food.
I can get perfectly good pizza delivered to my home where I live in New Jersey for around $12 for a large pie, from several different places. They don't follow Anthony Mangieri's strict adherence to old Italian recipes, but they are good in the great-pizzeria-up-the-street way that those who grew up in the NY-NJ area are used to.
I guess what I'm saying is that there is a place in the world of pizza for "gourmet" pizza as well as great slice joints. Just keep an open mind.
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Q: So, Una Pizza reopens tomorrow after its vacation, and I'm supposed to go to dinner with my brother (from out of town) that night. Is it gonna be a madhouse? A: I'd imagine it'll be no more a madhouse than it usually is—but maybe more so with the blogz blathering about it. Get there early, friend! 349 East 12th Street, New York NY 10003
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You should be ok. Prolly the most expensive pizza you will ever eat but it is very good!
CUBE
Rubicks13 at 6:47AM on 09/11/08
He might be late opening. If we went on vacation, he probably wanted to fly the plane, serve the beverages and get all the bags from the aircraft to the baggage carosel by himself.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
pauliegee at 10:25AM on 09/11/08
You gotta give us a way to edit our comments after submitting (like on flickr). If HE went on vacation...
pauliegee at 10:51AM on 09/11/08
@Paulie: I wish we could! I would love that. I wish there was a way to gank Flickr's system and just use it for blogging! They should sell that shit as a CMS!
Adam Kuban at 10:59AM on 09/11/08
As far as expense goes, it doesn't seem like it's that insane compared to places like it. Franny's margherita pie is something like $16 for what I'm guessing is a similar portion. Expensive for pizza, but not expensive for a good meal.
Keith W. at 9:52AM on 09/12/08
Boy, oh boy!
Isn't it sad how some of these high-profile pizza places like Una Pizza Napoletana charge the sort of prices similar to what you'd pay for a steak dinner?
The family-owned "pizza joints" throughout the tri-state area that I experienced, going as far back as the late sixties, is what I miss. Some of those places were real gems - and cheap; the way pizza is meant to be. The ones that weren't gems were many times better than the average joint you'd find today, unless you do research on great sites like this to find the few scattered ones left out there.
Since I like to have pizza once or twice a week, and don't want the inconvenience of commuting to a decent place, I now make my own. I found that the few good recipes out there which I came across after much research (a couple of years worth) yields satisfactory results, much better that your present pizza joints and just a notch or two below the past greats.
Heck...Even going to a McDonald's back in the day when they had the 'golden arch's' going through the structures and had no seating inside, was far superior in taste and freshness before Big Brother and the greedy corporate vultures (after Ray Kroc's death) moved in and ruined everything. Now, the food tastes bland, is lukewarm most of the time, and costs a lot more.
I guess that's what they call "progress".
pizcajj at 4:02PM on 09/13/08
@pizcajj Exactly which Tri-State area are you talking about? It can't be the NYC metro area. Last time I looked, the city and it's surrounding area is still overrun with reasonably priced, family owned slice joints that make very good pizza.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
pauliegee at 10:00PM on 09/14/08
@ pizcajj: I went to UPN on Saturday night for dinner, I paid $21 for a small pizza, and I did not feel cheated or ripped off in the least. I look at it like this. If I go to a casual chain restaurant, I pay that much by the time I'm done and I didn't get the quality of food I got at UPN. It was simply amazing food.
I can get perfectly good pizza delivered to my home where I live in New Jersey for around $12 for a large pie, from several different places. They don't follow Anthony Mangieri's strict adherence to old Italian recipes, but they are good in the great-pizzeria-up-the-street way that those who grew up in the NY-NJ area are used to.
I guess what I'm saying is that there is a place in the world of pizza for "gourmet" pizza as well as great slice joints. Just keep an open mind.
Keith W. at 10:28AM on 09/15/08