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Famous Ben's Pizza of SoHo ... Take 2

It was my birthday yesterday and I got a pizza party at work and you know I was so excited! 

Here's what you missed...

Plain - $19

Meatball - $22

Broccoli and Olives (best combo ever) - $25

These pies looked and smelled delicious. Oh man.

This is me digging in

A slice from this pie weighed approximately 90,000 lbs. I could barely lift it. I needed 2 plates and then the most horrible thing happened - I couldn't even fold it. What??? Way too topping heavy! So I had to eat my pizza open like a weirdo - on my birthday.  Delicious toppings - but too much of a good thing...you know how it goes.  It was weird that the broccoli was just stalks and no florets. I almost couldn't eat another slice after this one but of course I had to have a plain slice just to see. THE PROBLEM IS their delivery slice is NOTHING like their in-house slice. Maybe because the pie is 2" smaller and they still use the same proportion of dough and cheese? Listen, I don't know what their doing, but this was more of a Pizza Hut* style deep dish slice than a New York pizza slice - you know, the one I loved so much last time? It was obviously delicious, but I was blindsighted by this disappointment. All aspects of it were good - the crust was thick but had good taste, the cheese was delish, there was just too much of it. I really wish I had taken a plate pic so I could do a side by side comparison of this slice and the one I got there a few weeks back. You can scroll down to that post if you need a reminder and then scroll up and check out the plain pie, I guess. Anyway, the sauce was good but didn't come through at all since there was so much other shit going on. I almost exploded after two slices. Barf just thinking about it. Also, there were puddles of grease and the actual pizza box was leaking grease onto the table. I had to "do the dab" to this slice and I never do that.  That's all I have to say about that, I guess. Oh, also, I found a hair on my slice but to be fair it totally could have been mine. 

I still trust Ben's for a solid slice in their establishment but I would not order a pie ever again which I guess is good to know.

*Don't think I'm hating on Pizza Hut - because I'm actually obsessed with it - but it's just not the pizza I was expecting.

Famous Ben's Pizza of Soho

177 Spring St. (corner of Thompson)

New York, NY 10012

P.S. Because I'm cool like that and fun to work with, this is what I make my co-workers fill out at pizza parties