Two Boots

My last day of work - my last pizza survey.

Someone else will have to carry on the tradition.
I'm feeling a little lazy with the reviewing so I'm just gonna say this pizza was "eh".
Deal with it.

Two Boots

74 Bleecker Street (@ Broadway)

New York, NY 10012

Triangolo

Back on the Greenpoint Pizza Crawl - stop #4. 

I met up with Winona the other night to grab a slice at Triangolo. I knew a trip here was inevitable but I have to admit it was at the bottom of my list since I had a slice a here a few months ago that was Sucky McSuckerson. 

Plain slice $2.50

The lowdown: Thin, crispy crust (too thin for me - maybe) with a good fat end crust with enough salt, the right amount of cheese, and a slightly spicy sauce (though not enough of it).  I feel like the last time I came here the sauce was sweet - which generally makes me want to barf. Is it possible they changed their sauce or maybe I came on an off night? This was a solid slice. Pretty greasy, but not so greasy that you have a pool of it left on your plate. I guess I wish that the crust weren't so thin because it's also on the smaller side (refer to Schmook's) so when you're done you're like yo, who ate all my pizza? and you get another slice. There's a bunch of tables which is obv good, but what I don't like is how the whole front is open but that's my own thing since I prefer privacy when I dine. 

Check out the dope pizza rug!

Check out the dope airbrushed pizzaman art!

Dear Triangolo, 

Sorry I've been badmouthing you all over town - you're alright.

*jo

Triangolo

1017 Manhattan Avenue (corner of Greene)

Brooklyn, NY 11222

Alligator Lounge

Perfection

Wah wah wah:

Free pizza with every drink purchase. I'm not gonna complain (except about the music which is always horrible and too loud). 

Pizza Pizza.

Alligator Lounge

600 Metropolitan Avenue (near Lorimer)

Brooklyn, NY 11211

Pizza + Jokes = This is as good as it gets

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

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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