Entries tagged with 'Queens'
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Dear Slice: Sac's Place Follow-up
The "Mama's Special" at Sac's Place in Astoria. [Photographs: Chichi Wang] Also in Astoria Forno Italia, Ditmars & 43rd St. » Michael Angelo's II, 23rd Ave. » Rose & Joe's, 31st St. nr Ditmars » Rizzo's, Steinway near 30th Ave. » Yesterday, Chichi Wang asked for some advice on what to get at the coal-oven-havin' Sac's Place in Astoria. Today, she emails with a follow-up: So we ended up getting the Mama's Special pie—the one with the San Marzano tomatoes.Happy to report that there weren't any sogginess issues. Crust stayed dry on the bottom with a nice char; no...Dear Slice: What to Get at Sac's Place in Astoria?
Reaching in to the Slice mailbag, we've got ... [Photographs: Adam Kuban] Sac's Place in Astoria. Goin' there for lunch today with one friend. i can't download the menu b/c of some plug-in problem. Any recs?—Chichi...From Serious Eats Talk: 'Best Pizza in Rego Park?'
On Slice parent site Serious Eats, icelandadam asks: "Me and my wife just moved to Rego Park, and we love our new neighborhood so much, but I have yet to find a local pizza parlor that is of par....help please?" Give 'im your intel here »...Forno Italia, Astoria, Queens
Forno Italia 43-19 Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria NY 11105 (at 43rd Street; map); 718-267-1068; fornoitalia.com Pizza Style: Small, Neapolitanish-style pizzas Oven Type: Wood-burning brick oven The Skinny: While not a top-tier pizzeria, it's cranking out some tasty pies nonetheless, with creamy, delicious house-made fresh mozzarella cheese—and a pretty damn good bread basket. And you can't beat the price Price: Margherita, $8; quattro stagioni, $10 Had a couple pizzas at Forno Italia on Friday night. It'd been quite some time since I'd visited the place, and I'm happy to report that it lived up to memory. Girl Slice and I ordered...The Fake Nicky's Pizza in 'Julie & Julia'
Photograph from Sony Pictures Entertainment As far as pizzeria names go, Nicky's Pizza is a pretty popular one. From Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to Saugus, Massachusetts, Nicky definitely gets around. But the facade of the one in Julie & Julia (in theaters August 7) doesn't actually exist. When asked about the storefront below her apartment, Julie Powell told us that in real life, it was a diner. The fictionalized pizzeria on 40th Avenue in Long Island City, often flashed on screen before a kitchen scene upstairs with Powell, cannot actually be reached at 718-555-0163. Like all Hollywood and TV-show 555- numbers,...Reminder: 50¢ Square Slices at Rizzo's This Weekend
In celebration of its 50th anniversary Rizzo's has been doing 50 days of various 50¢ deals. The celebration comes to an end tomorrow with the best of the bunch—50¢ square slices. The special applies to two slices per customer, in-store only. Rizzo's 30-13 Steinway Street, Astoria NY 11103 (Queens, b/n 30th/31st avenues; map) 718-721-9862 rizzosfinepizza.com...Free Pizza from Snapple Each Day Next Week
Joe's will be taking part in a Snapple free-lunch promotion next week. I just received a press release you all might be interested in. Snapple is doing some sort of marketing gimmick next week in which it's giving away free pizza lunches to the first 500 folks to show up at the following pizzerias (listed after the jump). All of the week's promotions start at 10:30 a.m. and last until the 500th person is served....Dear Slice: A Visit to Chuck E. Cheese as a Single, 29-Year-Old Male
Clicking in to the Slice inbox this morning, we've got a dispatch from the front lines of the mechpizza wars. It comes to use from Dustin M., who has written for us about the Flatbread Company in Maine and Aperitivo in Midtown Manhattan. —The Mgmt. Photograph from Eric Neely's Chuck E.'s photo series Hey Adam,Here is my true pizza confession from this past weekend...So this past Saturday afternoon I found myself deep in Queens having to take care of a few issues with the ex-lady's car (long story). And on top of that, I also had to pick her up...Astoria's Rizzo's Offering 50-Cent Anniversary Specials Starting Saturday
In celebration of its 50th anniversary Rizzo's in Astoria will be offering various 50¢ specials over the course of 50 days—starting this Saturday. The best of the bunch is on Saturday, May 30, when its signature square slices will cost only half a buck. The other specials: after the jump....Slice is part of the Foodblog Ad Network. To advertise on this site or across a network of food-related weblogs, click here.
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