It's been awhile since Slice has waded into the plaintive muck of Craigslist's Missed Connections section. So come with me, my loves, into the swamp of love that spawns "That's Amore." --The Management Tues night - you gave the pizza guy change for me - m4w: You: cute girl in cute girly jeans. You spared your spare change to save me a pocketful of pennies. Me: tall fella in black jacket. Thanked you but didn't say more. Where: Rigoletto's on Columbus and 70th Rt 95 South Rest Stop Exit 21 - m4w - 40: Friday, 12/15 around 9:30am...you were getting... More

Mr. Cutlets over at Grub Street pans the new Grimaldi's at Aviator Field, the food-court pizzeria that Patsy Grimaldi came out of retirement to open: Patsy’s immense gas-burning oven, rumored to be so super-hot as to approach the temperatures of his Dumbo restaurant’s coal ovens, is actually tepid in comparison. The pies cook quickly enough, but the bottom crust barely chars. And the young flunkies executing the master’s design are still getting the hang of how to actually make pizza; the amount of sauce, the placement of the cheese, and other subtleties all seemed haphazard. (They will gladly reheat slices,... More

Today we've got a super-duper Di Fara duo for all you fans of Dom and his art. (Slice counts itself among your number.) Exhibit A is the photo at left here. Reader Jason T., who's also the winner of our sister site's most recent contest, sent this to us after he had won the contest (no quid pro quo, yo): "One of my good friends, Jake, lives in Santa Cruz, California, and loves Dom's pizza so much that he had an artist paint an image of Dom on his surfboard." Exhibit B is a wonderful anecdote from FOS Norman H.... More

A Slice tipster just gave us some news: Patsy Grimaldi (right) is coming out of retirement to run a pizza joint at the new Aviator Sports & Recreation complex at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. What's that you ask? Grimaldi was retired? Wha? Yeah. A few years ago, he sold the eponymous pizzeria that sits under the Brooklyn Bridge and has been in semiretirement since, retaining a partnership—with Sean McHugh—in the Hoboken branch, the day-to-day operations of which he leaves to Mr. McHugh. Our tipster tells us that Mr. Grimaldi and his wife, Carol, will run the pizzeria, which is... More

Reader comment and response is still pouring in thanks to yesterday's New York Times story. So many great comments and recommendations. And questions. Reaching into the proverbial mailbag, we have ... Dear Slice, Do you know of any good late night or 24 hour pizza places in NYC? —Bilal Dear Bilal, Slice is a homebody, more prone to lying prone on the couch at night, remote in hand, watching Battlestar Galactica. But our favorite late-night (if not 24-hour) place is Vinny Vincenz. Great squares here. Sunday through Thursday till 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday till 4:30 a.m. Late enough for... More

Dear Slice: I'm one who isn't supposed to eat wheat products and am looking around for places that offer alternative dough in their pizzas. The only ones I've been able to find are Cafe Viva on Second Avenue, which offers a spelt pizza crust, and Risotto on Bleecker Street, which offers a rice pizza crust. Do you have any other recommendations of places that offer other crusts or pasta restaurants that offer pasta that isn't the standard wheat flour? Thank you, S.A.S. Dear S.A.S.: There's an Upper East Side joint whose name we really dig. Try Slice, at 1413 Second... More

Here are some tips that New York Times readers are sending in: Next time you're planning a trip to Connecticut, don't miss a great pie (no slices) at Roseland in Derby. Great history and possibly the most expensive pizza on earth. Bring lots of money for the lobster pizza, BUT don't complain until you've eaten one! A must visit. —Jeff D. [Roseland Apizza: 350 Hawthorne Ave., Derby CT 06418; map] Came across your site in the Times today. I know Mount Vernon is not New York City, but I saw reviews of Jersey pizzerias. Has anyone reviewed Johnny's in Mt.... More

Since today has been a fairly salacious day on Slice, we'll end the afternoon with a roundup of "That's Amore," a feature we haven't trotted out in a while. Buon appetito! Looking for Jimmy from Tudor City/Manhasset originally - w4m - 35 (Upper East Side) I know this is a longshot...but....I met you last night (11/5) at a pizza place on 3rd Avenue near 35th Street. I asked if you had run the marathon, you said no, you were just tired :) I was there w/my sis and my friend, we were going out after our pizza....tell me what I... More

The previous post about Ed Levine's top pizza picks drew some emailed and IMed responses that the choices were mostly all coastal and that there were no Chicago joints on it whatsoever. Well, here's a list that ran earlier this month in USA Today. In it, Jeff Ruby, coauthor of Everybody Loves Pizza (along with Penny Pollack), gives the paper his and Ms. Pollack's top spots: Metro Pizza [four locations, Las Vegas NV; metropizza.com] "The pizza menu at this gourmet oasis in the desert reads like a map of regional flavors. With grilled shrimp on the New Orleans, barbecued chicken... More