Famous Ben's Pizza of SoHo

Yikes! it's been a week...I forgot to blog this :( 

Lara had a week off work and was nice enough to come meet me for lunch one day. Now, I've been wanting to blog Ben's Pizza for a long time - there's a debate in my workplace about whether Ben's is any good and since this has been going on for awhile now, I'm gonna review it already.

ayyyyyyyy

There are plenty of tables here but it's always very crowded at lunchtime so I try to avoid it. There's an outdoor sitting area (but on the sidewalk- I hate that - I'd rather sit on one of the benches by the fake park when it's nice out bc at least  it's recessed from the street and people walking by aren't like on top of you). We waited until 1:45 and there were plenty of seats available inside. Phew.

I got a plain slice! $2.75

while Lara opted for the fresh mozzarella. I respect that - it's just not how I personally roll.

Both good-looking slices!

 

I have zero complaints about this pizza - I suppose there could have been more sauce as it was a very cheesy slice, but I definitely enjoyed it the way it came. There was just the right amount of grease to make it yummy and not gross and this is the FIRST slice where I don't have to say "not enough salt in the crust". GREAT crust! Yes, perhaps a little thick for some people, but not as thick as Pomodoro's for sure, and just the right thickness for me. So mazel tov, Famous Ben's Pizza of SoHo. I will request you for my birthday pie - I am excited to see how you taste with olives and broccoli.

Lara's review:

At Ben's Pizza I ended up getting the Mozzarella Slice for $3.  I typically gravitate towards slices that are sauce heavy - often picking slices that don't have any cheese at all.  For the purposes of Joanna's blog, however, I thought it made the most sense to get something that has all of the typical pizza ingredients.  

Anyway, it was delicious.  The sauce was kinda sweet (but I like that) and heavy on the garlic (I like that too), and the cheese was easy to bite into so I wasn't like I took a bite and the entire piece of cheese came with it.  That did happen with the basil though, which was fine.  My slice wasn't greasy but I don't really like greasy pizza so it worked out.  Oh and the crust was fine, but not really noteworthy aside from needing to write something about it for the sake of this review.
My only real gripe about the place was that there isn't a napkin dispenser on each table.  Luckily, being a professional, Joanna noticed it immediately and brought some napkins back to the table from the front counter so I was able to use some of those.

Famous Ben's Pizza of Soho

177 Spring St. (corner of Thompson)

New York, NY 10012

I want it so bad I could barf

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Joe's Pizza

We had an impromptu pizza party at work today to welcome a new staff member, but I didn't have my camera with me so no pics :(

We were supposed to get it this time from Original Ray's on Prince Street (which is what I get if I'm at Sweet & Vicious and need food), but were totally dicked over when we called to order and were told that they wouldn't deliver to our office. We were like, huh? it's like 5 blocks, okay..."Ladies, that's a dealbreaker." 30 Rock - LOL...anyway...pizza.

We ordered three pies: plain $20, broccoli and black olive $26, and meatball $22.

Here is an example of what a plain slice might look like at Joe's

image borrowed from loremipsum on Flickr

The plain was OK. Nothing to complain about but nothing special either. I was insanely into the veggie slice. Yum yum yum. Meateaters loooved the meatball.

Reviews from my coworkers (I make them fill out surveys at pizza parties - so what?):

"Great pizza"

"Very good stuff"

"The one with broccoli and olives is very good!"

"Meatball is the best. Broccoli and olives great - no complaints"

"A fine slice"

"Love this place!"

"Very satisfied. Great texture, nice toppings, good sauce and not too much cheese. Perfect package, like a woman with big hips and a small waist :) meow!"

"Top of the list right now. Let's go"

Joe's totally rules the school right now, obvie.

My boss put this chart together of our pizza parties on Excel. Amazing!!!!

Pros: Taste

Cons: Delivery took an hour, They charge you for spice container things, I found a piece of pepperoni on my veggie slice (which is why one must examine food carefully)

Joe's Pizza

7 Carmine Street (btwn Ave of the Americas and Bleecker)

New York, NY 10014