Daily Slice: Mario's, Arthur Avenue, The Bronx

"It was a superior pie: crisp, slightly bready crust; terrific fennel-flecked sausage from a local butcher; fresh basil; a sprinkling of Parmigiano-Reggiano; and a simple tomato sauce not overburdened with unnecessary herbs and spices."

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5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Arthur Avenue, Daily Slice, Mario's (Arthur Avenue), NYC, Sean Taylor, The Bronx

A Slice of Heaven: Mario's

I arrived at Mario's one scorching summer day just before noon, weak from hunger. I looked at the menu, full of classic red-sauce, Neapolitan-American items. There was no pizza to be found. My waiter came over. "Do you still serve pizza here?" I asked. "Yeah, we got it," he said grudgingly, the way a Cadillac dealer might admit he also sells Hondas. I ordered my usual (large half sausage, half plain) and reflected on my rather curious interaction with the waiter. I remembered that when I ate at Mario's a few years ago, for a story I was working on,...

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3 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, April 18, 2007 at 4:45 PM
Tagged: Arthur Avenue, Mario's (Arthur Avenue), NYC, Pizza: A Slice of Heaven, reviews, Slice reviews, The Bronx