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San Jose and Sunnyvale in California has "A Slice of New York" which is a co-op pizza operation:

https://asliceofny.com/about/

Video about the co-op

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhbupz-iuhU

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I remember going there once in Sunnyvale. Decent pizza, but the price was too high even for the area, so I didn't return. There's also a funny "wall of shame" full of pictures of customers who were supposedly very rude, according to each description. Now I'm just there to kindly buy pizza, but I want 0 chance of somehow getting blamed for something and ending up on a public enemy list. There were like 20 paper signs telling me what to do cause of covid19 protocols, and maybe I'd miss one. I can appreciate quirky places that don't treat the customers like kings (cause they're not), but they're supposed to be cheaper as a result.

Next door is an Indian restaurant that makes very good wraps, and they're friendly. Easy decision.

My favorite pizza shop is a co-op too, Cheeseboard. Supposedly $2.50 for a slice or $20 for a pizza, idk if that's accurate but I remember it being reasonable either way, especially given the quality. Making exactly one kind of pizza all day is more efficient, so it makes sense.

Awesome, that's so good to see. IIRC the founder was ex-Cisco. I haven't lived in San Jose in over a decade but Slice of NY is the only thing I miss other than my friends.

Had no idea. They’ve got great pizza with very reasonable prices. (and some huge sizes)

Very reasonable prices are $40 + 8% coop fee for a standard large pizza? That's almost $50 after tax.

https://asliceofny.com/sunnyvale/menu/

A “standard large pizza” is 14", the size of their small; 16" is a common extra-large size, their large is 18” (1.65× the size of a “standard large pizza”, by area.)

$43.20 ($40+8%) is quite reasonable for an 18" multiple topping pizza.

Thanks for helping remind me of the Bay Area / tech wealth bubble. Meanwhile the first pizza place I find with good reviews elsewhere in the country has a 18" multi topping for $25, and two 16" for $37.

Yeah, that is pretty steep.

Bibo's NY Pizza in San Jose has $23 for a 20" (XL) with no toppings.

https://www.bibosnypizzamenu.com/?product_id=6167820

I do enjoy these moments. When they thing someone writes says something so clearly besides the words they used.

Patsy's on 119th in NYC large and small pizzas were the same size but the number of slices was greater in a large pizza.

A large cheese is $25, and 18” is quite large. Expensive maybe but it’s legitimately good pizza as other have said.

As a reference point: An 18” Whole Foods pizza is $15 at full price and $10 on Fridays.

Sure, i'm not commenting on the tastiness. Just that I remember balking at the $40 I spent for a pizza there, and am surprised that anyone thinks the prices are "reasonable" when it's likely one of the most expensive pizza places in the entire country.

I mean: http://www.pizzamyheart.com/menu/

Maybe there's more to the prices than the co-op structure?

It's still less, even without the 8% fee which they explicitly say is because it's a co-op.

Man. They ask for a tip on top of the co-op fee too, despite it being take-out. Fugget about it.

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