Percy's Pizza: A Dollar Slice That Doesn't Suck

The problem with dollar slices is that you almost always get what you pay for. Sometimes not even that. Of those I've eaten around the city, the best I could say about the best of them was that they were cheap — and probably good for after-bar scarfing. But Percy's Pizza, a newish dollar slice joint on Bleecker amid all the bars and jazz clubs, might be the best dollar slice I've had.

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: dollar slices, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC, Percy's Pizza, reviews, Slice reviews

7-Eleven Slice Salvation

A distressing number of Cambridge pizzerias close at the ridiculous hour of Before I Want Pizza. Fortunately, what Cambridge lacks in slice options, it makes up for in 7-Elevens, and they've finally started selling pizza!

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29 Comments | Posted by Will Gordon, September 8, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Tagged: 7-Eleven, dollar slices, slice reviews

Do New York Dollar Slices Represent a Unique Pizza Style?

Sure, on the surface, it resembles a typical thin-crusted New York slice with a thin layer of sauce and cheese and a mildly blistered, brown edge. But superficial similarities belie some fundamental differences. Here's what makes a one-dollar-New-York slice a completely unique entity from a normal New York slice.

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25 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, June 1, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: 2 Brothers Pizza, 99 Cent Fresh Pizza, cheap slices, dollar slices, New York, NYC, pizza style, St. Marks 2 Bros. Pizza

The 'Wall Street Journal' on the Rise of the Dollar Slice

Spurred by the news that Gray's Papaya has recently started serving dollar slices, the Wall Street Journal looks into the phenomenon.

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: cheap pizza, dollar slices, press, Wall Street Journal

Gray's Papaya in Greenwich Village Now Serving Dollar Slices

There's a reason why the hot dog line remains long while the line for dollar slices at Greenwich Village Gray's Papaya is nonexistant. The slices there, ladies and gents, are not very good. And, no, there are no hot dog–topped slices at Gray's. Although, if you spend an extra buck fifty, you can improvise, as I did — photographic evidence, after the jump.

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9 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 30, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Tagged: cheap pizza, dollar slices, Gray's Papaya, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC

Pizza Truck NYC: The Best $1 Pizza in New York?

Get to Pizza Truck NYC early in the day when the pies are still relatively fresh, and I think that you will be pleasantly surprised. I certainly was: the slice I had did not suck.

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13 Comments | Posted by Nick Solares, November 19, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: dollar slices, NYC, NYC Pizza Truck, pizza trucks, reviews, Slice reviews, Union Square

Comment of the Day

"There is a place in this world/country/city for 99¢ pizza. And that place is growing faster than the five-buck slice place." —1969mets...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 16, 2010 at 11:00 PM
Tagged: 1969mets, cheap slices, Comment of the Day, dollar slices

Where to Get 99-Cent Slices (aka Dollar Pizza) in NYC

If by "dollar pizza in NYC," you mean Manhattan, here are all the 99-cent and/or dollar slice joints we know of in the city. If we've missed any, set us straight in the comments. Without further ado, cheap pizza from the top of the island to the bottom.

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8 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 16, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Tagged: 2 Brothers Pizza, 99 Cent Fresh Hot Pizza, 99 Cent Fresh Pizza, cheap slices, dollar slices, maps

NYT on the Rise of the NYC Dollar Slice

[Photograph: Adam Kuban]

The New York Times's Manny Fernandez does a piece on the dollar slice uprising in NYC:

"I don't think a drunk college student cares about whether there's San Marzano tomatoes on their slice," Jason Feirman, 25, who writes a pizza blog called I Dream of Pizza, said of the $1 pizza trend. "It's a good business model. They're not catering to food blogs. The idea is to turn out these pizzas as fast as they can."

They talked to me, too, but I sound like a Grade A moron. My own fault. Mr. Fernandez simply quoted me talking about the "hole structure" of 99¢ pizza.

Yeah, I know, right? Tool Academy, are you accepting applications for the spring semester?

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6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 15, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Tagged: dollar slices, I Dream of Pizza, New York Times, press

Only in New York*: Get Papa John's By-the-Slice, 99¢

With the prevalent pizza culture in New York City favoring pizza by the slice, even major chains have to adapt. It's perhaps the only place you'll see Papa John's selling single slices for 99¢.

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15 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 11, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: chain pizza, cheap pizza, dollar slices, NYC, Papa John's