Entries tagged with 'Joe's'
Posted by DJ Bubbles, February 27, 2008 at 9:30 AM
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It's all good in the hood. I am happy to report that the state of the slice below 14th Street in Manhattan could be much worse. I know I haven't hollered at you in a minute, but I've been around town, and I'm about to break it down.
In recent weeks, I've traversed all three Villages, SoHo, and several other sub-14 neighborhoods—stopping at joints that haven't been hit by a DJB Drive By and checking in at some of my familiar spots. I've hit up Vinny Vincenz on two different occasions, took Una Pizza to school on a Sunday night, and housed random slices at random joints. Should I ease off the pie pedal to appease my Doc and go for the six pack? No, it's not gonna go down like that—I'm keeping it real and charging it back to the pie game! Here's a breakdown of some of the highlights (and disappointments) of my recent jaunts.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, May 21, 2006 at 10:13 PM
The coolest wedding reception EVER. Only in New York, kids. Only in New York.
Photograph from Flickr member jsmooth995, via Nicholas Tang.
Quintessential New York: Wedding Pizza [HipHopMusic.com]
Posted by Adam Kuban, February 8, 2005 at 12:00 PM
In a new(ish) feature we're calling "That's Amore," we'll be posting items found on the Craigslist Missed Connections section. To view the original Craigslist posting (and get contact info), click on the posting's headline.
Last night at Joe's Pizza (6th Ave and West 4) - m4w
Date: 2005-02-04, 1:27PM EST
Last night, around 9:11pm I went to Joe's Pizza on 6th Ave and West 4 to get a slice of pizza. I had a grey coat, a red bag and a black NYU rucksach.
You were buying an entire pizza pie. We smiled to each other twice. I will never forget your beautiful smile and your eyes.
If you read this message, please contact me.
Posted by Adam Kuban, November 18, 2004 at 11:59 AM
RELATED READINGGrimaldi's on Law & Order: Legendary Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO pizzeria Grimaldi's played an important role in a Briscoe-Curtis L&O episode called "Tabula Rasa," about a man who had fled New York and started his life over. This is one of our favorite posts, as it was the first entry of ours to be
mentioned by major blog, thereby putting Slice on the radar.
The episode of
Law & Order filmed at the
now-closed location of Joe's Pizza, on the corner of Bleecker and Carmine streets, aired last night.
I was cat-sitting a friend's tabby and missed the show, but Tien took these photos of the TV for me. I'm not even quite sure how Joe's figured into the investigation, but here's a synopsis of the episode, from Jen:
"PUBLICITY-SEEKING RADIO PERSONALITY MAY BECOME VICTIM OF HIS OWN 'STUNT MUGGINGS' — JOE PISCOPO GUEST-STARS — A street thug-turned-radio personality (guest star Jose Zuniga) who had a penchant for attracting headlines through "publicity stunt muggings" is thought to be faking again when he's shot and almost killed. However, when other bodies start to stack up, Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) now must believe the danger is for real. Joe Piscopo (NBC's "Saturday Night Live") guest stars as a martial arts movie star. Sam Waterston, Elisabeth Rohm, S. Epatha Merkerson and Fred Dalton Thompson also star."
Posted by Adam Kuban, October 23, 2004 at 8:34 AM
Not much time this morning to write much of an entry here, but here's the New York Post on the Joe's closing:
When your rent hits the sky, like a kick to the eye — that's finito.
Joe's Pizza, a world-renowned Bleecker Street fixture on the corner of Carmine Street, is closing after 29 years because of an enormous rent hike, the owner told The Post.
"It makes me sad," said Joe Pozzuoli. The landlord is "asking too much. I offered him $11,000. He said no, he said he's renting it for $15,000 plus tax."
That's quite a jump from the $900 Pozzuoli said he's been paying for decades for the 240-square-foot space.
The popular Greenwich Village pizzeria, which has been immortalized on big and small screens, most recently in the opening scene of "Spider-Man II," will stay in business sporadically throughout the rest of the month. It most likely will close after Halloween.
Fans of the famous $2.25 thin-crust slices will still get their fill three doors down at the other Joe's locale on Carmine Street, but pizza purists say they'll miss the original spot's atmosphere.
"It's not the same. I mean, the pizza is the same, but the place is different. [The original's] got that rundown charm." said Adam Kubar [sic], who runs a pizza-oriented weblog, sliceny.com.
"It's like an institution!" exclaimed a saddened neighbor, Liberty Boucher, 26.
"Everybody knows about Joe's . . . It's like the best pizza."
Posted by Adam Kuban, October 22, 2004 at 12:19 PM
We just got word that Joe's Pizza, a solid slice shop on the corner of Bleecker and Carmine in the Village, is closing its prime corner location. This info comes to the pizza world from real estate–obsessed website Curbed.
Seems like the rent has gotten too high. Joe's will maintain its location three doors down.
FURTHER READING
Tien & Audrey on Joe's.
Wrapped in Dough on Joe's.
Image courtesy of Curbed
Posted by Adam Kuban, June 9, 2004 at 6:00 AM
SAY NUMBER 13: Dom DeMarco, Slice's "Italian hero," makes the cover of this week's Village Voice. The alt-weekly's Robert Sietsema tallies his top 100 Italian restaurants, DeMarco of Di Fara fame clocking in at lucky thirteen.
Robert Sietsema of the Village Voice runs down his top 100 Italian restaurants. Seeing as how pizza is Italian or Italian American (depending on style), there are more than a few pizzerias in the mix.
The usual suspects appear throughout as well as a few surprises and what might be hidden gems. Following, we've digested the list, ignoring any nonpizza establishments. For the full list, click here.
We were delirious yet dismayed to see Dom DeMarco of Di Fara Pizza on the cover—heartened that Mr. DeMarco is once again getting the recognition he deserves but upset that the crowds at his pizzeria will inevitably grow larger (and also perplexed that he ranked no higher than thirteen while less-deserving places sit in the top ten).
Well, without further ado, here is the list, parsed for pizza entries...
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