Daily Slice: Pizza Gruppo, NYC

Known throughout Alphabet City for its solid thin-crust pizza, Gruppo is not truly a slice joint, but it does serve individual slices at lunch and at Happy Hour. The dough-to-sauce-to-cheese ratio is right on for their thin crust.

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6 Comments | Posted by Erin Mosbaugh, November 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Tagged: Daily Slice, East Village, Gruppo Pizza, nyc

Daily Slice: Gnocco, East Village

Gnocco serves pizza at brunch, but there aren't any egg-topped pies to be had. There's a marinara and another pizza with eggplant, an option with prosciutto and arugula, and another with speck and truffle sauce. We stuck with the Margherita, topped with fior di latte (there's another pie that offers buffalo mozzarella and cherry tomatoes for five bucks more.)

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8 Comments | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, December 9, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Tagged: Daily Slice, East Village, Gnocco, Manhattan, NYC

Daily Slice: Cacio e Vino, East Village

When we ordered a Origanata Siciliana at Cacio e Vino, I assumed it would be a square pie, with a thick crust. But what arrived was round and slim, crisp at the edges without much rise. The toppings, though, were artful: slivers of raw purple onions added a little crunch and some sweetness, the intact anchovies contributing just enough salt and briny flavor.

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1 Comment | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, November 22, 2010 at 4:30 PM
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Dessert Calzone: Gnocco, East Village

Does Nutella-filled calzone, baked in a pizza oven until molten, topped with a dollop of unsweetened ricotta, count as dessert pizza?

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1 Comment | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, November 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: calzones, dessert calzones, dessert pizza, East Village, Gnocco, Nutella, NYC

Daily Slice: Vinny Vincenz, East Village

The Sicilian square is the way to go, and the counterman generously offered us a corner slice. Though it may look a little dark, the crust isn't bitter at all, just crisp and well seasoned on the outside, without getting tough. The interior is fluffy and warm, rich and comforting. This is a slice you want to eat on a cold day.

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7 Comments | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, November 8, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Daily Slice, East Village, Manhattan, NYC, Sicilian, Vinny Vincenz

Daily Slice: Plum Pizzeria and Bar, East Village

I'm not sure how to categorize the pizza I had recently at Plum Pizzeria, which opened in the old Cafe Brama space a few months ago. The pie was definitely not Neapolitan, and also not quite New York-style. The crust was rich, slightly dense and crispy, with a hint of buttery flavor. It was a bit thicker than you might expect when ordering what the menu calls 'thin crust' pizza. It's a crust sturdy enough to hold generously portioned toppings without any tip-sag.

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5 Comments | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, November 5, 2010 at 7:00 AM
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Daily Slice: Numero 28, East Village

The East Village branch of Numero 28 was packed with revelers: birthday partiers and post-work groups, big families from out of town. The gas-assist wood oven was burning hot, and waiters rushing around with huge pizzas (up to 29" long) on wooden peels. We slipped into a table for two and were immediately distracted from our usual mission (one Margherita, please) by an advertised "Pizza of the Month" topped with cherry tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, Parmesan, and porcini mushrooms.

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3 Comments | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, November 4, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Daily Slice, East Village, Manhattan, No. 28, NYC

Daily Slice: Solo Pizza, Alphabet City, NYC

Perhaps you're at the Summit Bar on Avenue C, at Manitoba's, or the Ace Bar on 5th Street. Or maybe you're stumbling home from somewhere else, wandering hungry near Avenue B and 3rd Street, and you need a slice. Solo Pizza has your back.

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7 Comments | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, October 31, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Alphabet City, Daily Slice, East Village, Manhattan, NYC, Solo Pizza

Daily Slice: South Brooklyn Pizza, East Village

October! National Pizza Month! This month we'll be bringing you Daily Slice, quick snapshots of slices and pies all of us at the Serious Eats empire have been enjoying lately. —The Mgmt. [Photographs: Maggie Hoffman] South Brooklyn Pizza does a bustling slice business on First Avenue in Manhattan's East Village, and rightly so. Best when straight out of the oven, the crust has a serious crunch. Though I wish the cornicione had a bit more give and chew, the flavor is terrific, enhanced by a drizzle of olive oil when the pizza comes out of the oven. Vivid basil and...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, October 25, 2010 at 7:00 AM
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Daily Slice: Motorino's Cherrystone Clam Pizza, East Village, NYC

October! National Pizza Month! This month we'll be bringing you Daily Slice, quick snapshots of slices and pies all of us at the Serious Eats empire have been enjoying lately. —The Mgmt. [Photograph: Sarah Wu/Motorino Facebook] Given how much we love Motorino around these parts, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the pizzeria would eventually appear in Daily Slice. Yes, it's a whole pie — composed of four slices. And, despite this feature's name, we never meant it to adhere slavishly to the slice-only format. Especially if that would keep us from mentioning this killer pizza. If you've followed...

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33 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 13, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: cherrystone clam pizza, clam pies, Daily Slice, East Village, Manhattan, Motorino, Motorino (Manhattan), Neapolitan-style, NYC, seafood pizza, white pies, wood-oven