Slightly tart Bing cherries and orange blossom honey are perfectly played against creamy, earthy gorgonzola cheese, milky fior de latte, and sweet and salty prosciutto in Paulie Gee's Cherry Jones. The resulting pizza is rich, intense, and leaves you wanting more.
UPDATE: Paulie Gee's is no longer offering brunch service. [Photograph: Adam Kuban] The last thing I wanted for brunch yesterday was more pizza. I spent all day Saturday prepping for, cooking, and cleaning up a nine-pie pizza bridal shower.* But ... but ... The Monte Christo pizza ($15) at Paulie Gee's new brunch service is outrageously good. Just when I thought I didn't want to eat another bite of the crusty, saucey, cheesy stuff for at least another week, this amazing combination of salty-sweet, crisp-chewy pizza awesomeness pulled me right back in. Made with mild gouda, ham, and a drizzle...
Sort of the opposite that other old-school NYC icon, Joe's, the slice at Carmine's Original is fairly loaded with cheese. Not too much, but enough that it overpowers the sauce a little bit. You get ample greasiness, if that's your thing, along with a tangy, slightly sharp flavor. The crust is thinner than most and perfectly crisp — after a reheat, that is. And a well-executed reheat, I might add. Not too hot, just right.
When we debuted our Pieman's Craft series recently, there was some chatter in the comments about roping Paulie Gee into this. We visited the Brooklyn pizzaiolo with camera in tow to see him do his thing. Here, he makes one of his signature pizzas, the Rooftop Red.
Photographs by Nick Solares Paulie Gee's 60 Greenpoint Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222; 347-987-3747; pauliegee.com Pizza Style: Neapolitan-style pizza Oven Type: Wood-fired oven The Skinny: As much as a labor of love as any pizzeria out there, Paulie Gee's creates a warm, inviting mood and serves wonderful pies patterned on the Neapolitan model but with a local slant Price: Individual pies, $11 to $17 Notes: Liquor license coming next week If Paulie Gee ever runs out of fuel for his oven, he could probably scuttle his restaurant's interior, which is decked out floor to ceiling in wood, and keep making pizzas...
Scenes from Paulie Gee's » All Paulie Gee intel » Food Curated's Liza de Guia, whose work we love, points her lens at Paul "Paulie Gee" Giannone and gets the story behind his recently opened Greenpoint, Brooklyn, pizzeria Paulie Gee's. If you're not familiar with Mr. Giannone's story of how he went from "computer geek" to pizza enthusiast to pizzeria owner, this will get you up to speed. I love how he talks about guarding the provenance of his canned tomatoes. Catch the footage after the jump....
After a series of tweets back and forth last Monday, I found myself agreeing to meet Always Hungry's Arthur Bovino and Maryse Chevriere at Paulie Gee's in Greenpoint. This was my first actual visit. I had been on a friends and family night three weeks ago and once before that to scope out the space while it was under construction. I had told myself I'd be going as a "civilian" (ie., in a nonreview capacity), but I couldn't help snapping a few photos. Here's yet another gallery. (Are you getting sick of Paulie Gee yet?!?) Not much new in it...
A reminder, in case you don't already know: Paulie Gee's is opening tonight at 6 p.m. We were able to go to a friends and family night on Saturday at the new Greenpoint wood-oven pizzeria, and our man J. Kenji Lopez-Alt snapped some photos. They're in the gallery above, if you should feel like previewing what you might find tonight. No word yet on what the opening-night menu might be. When contacted for comment, Mr. Giannone said, "Not yet. I'm up to my ass in alligators." Update: We now have the menu. It appears after the jump. Paulie Gee's 60...
NBC New York's Feast blog has a great video of Paulie Gee talkin' 'bout his baby. He gets into his motivations, influences, and what he hopes the experience will be like for folks in Greenpoint and all over. Paulie Gee's opens Tuesday, March 9, 2010. See also: An Evening with Paulie Gee, Pizza Madman of New Jersey » Paulie Gee's 60 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11222 (Franklin/West streets; map)...
Paul Giannone, putting the first pie into his Stefano Ferrara wood-fired oven. [Photograph: Jennifer Galatioto, who happened to get some preview PG pizza] We've watched Paulie Gee (aka Paul Giannone) go from backyard pizza enthusiast to budding pro pizza-maker over the last couple of years. Today, we finally have word on when Paulie Gee's, his Greenpoint, Brooklyn, pizzeria will open: Tuesday, March 9, 2010....
