New York Style Pizza in Chicago

I’ve been to Chicago about 5 or 6 times and love the city, but I’ve often wondered if I could live there.  NO NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA!  I know there’s go to be some, but I sure haven’t found it.  Anyone out there know of any?  I just found this blog that refers to it.  An excerpt, speaking of Gigio’s of Evanston:

 They advertise a New York style pizza, and it’s as close as I’ve seen to it in Chicagoland. It’s not the real thing, (I’m from the east coast, I know a foldable, oily, chewy crust pizza from the imposters) but it’s a nice antitode to the matzoh thin crusts or the 10 lb, 4″ deep dishes everywhere else. And it’s much closer than Philly’s Best, another Evanston pizza place with an attempt at NY style. (Although Philly’s best has a real stromboli and Tastycakes, two things you won’t find anywhere else in the midwest).

Read more at  http://www.kiplog.com/food/archives/2006_01.html#000415

 NOTE added 04/2007:  Be Sure to Check out the  New York Pizza Finder Chicago Page.

Entrepreneur Looking to Offer a “Slice of New York” to Hotel Guests

Here’s an article about a guy with a mission similar to mine– to help out people who NEED good New York pizza when they’re somewhere else.  My approach is to build this directory.  His approach is to send the pizza !

You can order a New York Style pizza to be delivered to your home at his site, http://www.iwantnypizza.com. 

Progress on the New York Pizza Finder

Blogging is so much easier than doing a Web Site!  Nonetheless, I ‘ve concluded that this blog is really not the right format for my New York Style Pizza Locator.   For that directory, I’ve built a Web Site, currently located at http://www.sliker.com/newyorkpizzafinder.  Each pizza place will have an individual ranking and review if available.

My biggest problem is when using Front Page, copying and pasting one section to another, and then having to reformat stuff.  I think I’m making a big mess of it.  Maybe I need to learn something about Style Sheets?  Problem is, I don’t want to be a Web Developer.  I want to be a pizza content coordinator! 

Anyway, my latest updated completed the Columbia section of the SC page, to include Pop’s Pizza, Dano’s, and Village Idiot.  All three YUMMY good pizza.  All three the real deal. 

 

NYPD Pizza Coming to Charleston

Just found this on Feedster:  http://www.i-newswire.com/pr56539.html

CHARLESTON, SC – NYPD (New York Pizza Development) Pizza opens its doors in March 2006 and will give area residents a taste of authentic New York style pizza. The neighborhood pizzeria is located at 1055 Highway 41, Suite 100, on the corner of US 17 South and South Carolina 41, behind the CVS.

Established in 1996 and headquartered in Orlando, FL, New York Pizza Development, LLC is home of the “authentic” New York style pizza.  Partners Paul Russo and Lou Pearlman are native New Yorkers from Bayside, Queens with a goal to bring real New York pie nationwide.

Sounds like my kind of PEOPLE!  You can check out their site at http://www.nypdpizza.net

I’m going to Orlando in March– I will check it out and give it a once-over and rank it according to the New York Pizza Finder criteria.  (http://www.sliker.com/NewYorkPizzaFinder/rating.htm)

New York Pizza Prospects in NC, SC

I was looking through www.pizzatherapy.com, and there is a pretty large pizza directory there.  It has a lot of places from the New York / New Jersey area, but very few from around the south.   The list is not very discriminating– they appear to include all pizza places, even fu-fu type bean sprout pizza places, although there does seem to be a lot of places that would fit on my site, http://www.sliker.com/newyorkpizzafinder. 

Here are a few new places in North Carolina and South Carolina that sound like they might be New York Style– I will add them to my site and try to get more details (and maybe even a slice!) asap.

South Carolina

Charleston

Mom and Pop’s

glenterprise

“Everything!!! It is New York Italian Style!! The employees are wonderful!”

South Carolina

Garden City

Speedie Pizza

jlaslave

“The uninformed in SC probably shake their heads at Speedie’s square, thick Sicilian style pizza until they take their first bite, then it’s all smiles!”

North Carolina

Cornelius

Brooklyn South Pizza

ras

“Absolutely the best pizza in the Charlotte area. Great sauce, great crust, great variety and a great atmosphere…”

New York Style Pizza in Appleton, Wisconsin

Just found the following blog entry for Appleton, WI.  Looks like Sal’s Pizza is in town!  My love for New York Style Pizza was developed at a Sal’s Pizza in Yardville, NJ.  Slices were $.32 in the early days.  I remember getting a buck from my Mom and having to decide whether to get two slices and a coke or three slices, no drink, and owe Sal a penny.  Most of the time I opted for (wanna guess???)  three slices and no drink.  To read about the Sal’s of Appleton, check out:  http://appleton-wi.blogspot.com/2006/02/sals-pizza-new-york-style-pizza-in.html

World Pizza Championships

I was flipping the channels the other night and came across the Food Network’s World Pizza Championships.  Very cool.  They had several competions, including a freestyle flipping contest.  The Competion was held in Italy, and I believe an American won a medal (second place) for the first time.   Some links: 

http://www.pizzanew.it/cont/index.php?sez=pizzanew&id=29&pg=170
http://www.blogtelevision.net/tag/world+pizza+competition
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Pizza in Portland

I had a request from Valerie for places to find New York Style pizza  in Portland, OR.  I didn’t get the chance to do any research before she sent me an email telling me of a very cool Web page listing out pretty much every “pizza joint” in Portland.  The site can be found at http://www.bizave.com/pizza.html.  The site is put together by a guy named Andrew who apparently also has a talking swan.

 

Boro Pizza – Hillsborough, NJ

The search engines have finally started picking up this blog.  You can now find it via Google.  I guess that ’s why I had 48 visits yesterday, including someone from my hometown who told me of the demise of my formerly favorite pizza place.   There were many memorable moments at that place.  I love calling there– the conversation would go like this:
“Boro Pizza”
“I’d like a cheese pie”
“Ten minutes.”

I loved that — no need to ask for your name.  They’re gonna be cranking out the cheese pies anyway.  Another memory was when I was dating a girl who claimed she could eat as much pizza as me, so finally I challenged her.  We went into Boro and ordered two large cheese pies for here.  The guy behind the counter looked at us funny, and in broken English said, “One each?”   Needless to say I ate my pie and she couldn’t quite finish hers. 

So Boro is gone for good– very sad.  But on the bright side we have a new New York Style Pizza by the Slice place in Columbia, SC, that opened last week– It’s called Pop’s New York Pizza and it’s quite good.  I’ll add a review to my site:  http://www.sliker.com/newyorkpizzafinder  right away

The New York Pizza Finder

Still figuring out how I want to work this, but generally I am concluding that my New York Style Pizza Directory is better suited to a traditional Web site rather than a blog.  I will continue to use this blog to update the world on my adventures, seeking out quality New York Style pizza wherever I go, and even in places I don’t go.  Please check out the New York Style Pizza Finder site at http://www.sliker.com/NewYorkPizzaFinder   It will help you out when you “Gotta Getta Slice.”