The A.V. Club's Max Silvestri pens an ode to the free-pizza-with-a-beer joints in New York City:

Cheers to the man or woman—but honestly, most likely a man—who invented pizza bars. They make this city great. (Are they the only thing that makes this city great? No, but they're close.) If you don't know, pizza bars, which is a term I just made up, are bars that give patrons a free pizza with every drink ordered. I know, right?

Silvestri only mentions the Alligator Lounge, since he thinks it's the best of the genre, but there are at least two others that we know of at Slice: Alligator sister pizza bar Crocodile Lounge in the East Village and The Charleston on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Addresses and contact info, after the jump. [via Eater]

Where to Get Free Pizza with a Beer

The Crocodile Lounge

325 East 14th Street, New York NY 10003 (First/Second; map)
212-477-7747

The Charleston Bar & Grill

174 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211 (North 7th/North 8th; map)
718-782-8717

The Alligator Lounge

600 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211 (Lorimer/Leonard; map)
718-599-4440

The Alligator Lounge II

113 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222; (Greenpoint/Milton; map)
718-383-6000