Pizza Controversy in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

A Neapolitan-style pizzeria opened by former Apprentice start Larry "The Russian" Veltman in Sheepshead Bay has debuted to some controversy. In an interview with Sheepshead Bites, Veltman is quoted as saying: "Grimaldi's is crap. Di Fara awful. Totonno's garbage. You can't cook pizza using coal. It burns too hot and dries out the ingredients."

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10 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 4, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Chipp Pizza, NYC, Sheepshead Bay, Sheepshead Bites

Grub Street on Grimaldi's at Aviator Field

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,...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 19, 2006 at 5:11 PM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Grimaldi's, New York, NYC, Sheepshead Bay, U.S.

SUV Crashes Through Brooklyn Pizzeria

A Range Rover crashed through the storefront of Trip Pizza in Sheepshead Bay yesterday: A delivery man was pinned against a pizzeria counter yesterday when an out-of-control SUV crashed backward into a Brooklyn pie shop.... The SUV's unlicensed driver, Linda Danielson, 43, of Brooklyn, was backing into a parking space at 1:35 p.m. when her sandal apparently wrapped around the gas pedal, holding it down, authorities said. Bad Luck for Pizza Deliveryman [New York Daily News]...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 20, 2006 at 11:53 AM
Tagged: Brooklyn, New York, NYC, Sheepshead Bay, U.S.