In Botched Robbery Attempt, Thief Makes Off with Wrong Kind of Dough

I love this story. On Staten Island, a less-than-bright thief followed the owners of Brothers Pizza home after the shop had closed and grabbed from them a bag holding what he thought was the day's cash take. It turned out to be ... pizza dough. ... D'oh!

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12 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 24, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Brother's Pizza, crime, NYC, Port Richmond, Staten Island

Denino's

At Denino's, the pizza box says it all: "In Crust We Trust." They should trust their crust, because it is light and crisp and pliant. Denino's is a classic red-brick tavern pizzeria (with a separate dining room), but it is just as welcoming to kids after a little league game as it is to middle-aged softball players coming in for a pie and a brew after a game. I'm crazy about Denino's sausage pie, which features fine sweet Italian sausage made fresh every day by a local butcher. If you want to go vegetarian, try the white pie, made...

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4 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, November 9, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: bar pizza, Denino's, NYC, Pizza: A Slice of Heaven, Port Richmond, Recommended, reviews, Slice reviews, slideshows, Staten Island

Denino's in the 'New York Times'

Hungry patrons await a Denino's pie. | PHOTOGRAPH: ROBERT STOLARIK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Frank Bruni turns his meal into an adventure, sailing the seas to Staten Island's Denino's. He comes away with this review. Allow me to posit something perverse: it is too easy to find the food of your choice in this city. Mexican? Two blocks away. Sushi? Half a block in the other direction. Don't want to leave home? Leaf through the towering stack of delivery menus in the cupboard. Almost anything is within reach. Almost nothing requires real effort. Sort of dims the excitement...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 4, 2004 at 10:20 AM
Tagged: Denino's, NYC, Port Richmond, reviews, Staten Island