Josh Ozersky on 'Nightline': 'Fancy Burgers Are Cheaper Than Pizza'

Posted by Adam Kuban, January 10, 2009 at 1:15 AM

Josh "Mister Cutlets" Ozersky, editor of The-Feedbag was on Nightline Thursday night talking about burgers.

What's this got to do with pizza? Well, at one point in his segment he makes the claim that a fancy $10.95 hamburger, made with La Frieda Black Label beef is "cheaper than a pizza."

"If you get a pizza in New York now it's like $20!"

Taking off the burger hat I wear while blogging on A Hamburger Today and putting on my pizza cap, I have to rise to pizza's defense. I don't know about Ozersky, but I can make do with a couple slices for lunch or dinner. Even at the super-premium end ($4 Di Fara slices), that meal comes to $8, almost $3 less than a Black Label burger at City Burger, the venue where Ozersky makes the claim. On average, a large plain pie from a decent pizzeria runs about $14—and you can get 3 or 4 meals out of that, depending on your appetite.

To be fair, Ozersky's words hold true at someplace like Una Pizza Napoletana, where a $21 pie is large enough only for one, but it is an invalid claim at most of the city's less highfalutin' outlets.

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