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This shit has to stop. In my current neighborhood, their are a dozen 99c shops (midtown), and no proper slice-a-rias. $1 pizza is a slap in the face to new yorkers. The shit is disrespectful to the city and its residents. It offends me to the core. I do respect the need for people to get a cheap lunch, so I undersand these businesses, but they should be relegated to alleyways. The thought that some tourist may buy a slice at a 99c joint and think it is a proper NY slice just breaks my heart.

Edit: Holy christ, this is my most hated comment ever. I am personally an offensive human being, but I'd love to know why this comment was so hated.

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I think 2 bros' $1 slice is pretty good. Their sauce has a pretty good flavor.

But really, don't you think you're getting awfully emotional about pizza? Every other storefront in Manhattan sells pizza; the good stuff is not going anywhere. This is like someone who flies paid first class getting upset that Ryanair charges $1 for flights. It's just publicity. Things will be back to normal eventually.

No, I think I am rightfully emotional about hating $1 pizza. The shit is fine as a cheap lunch, but getting a real NY slice is part of the reason tourists come to NY. It would be a fucking travesty if they thought they were getting a proper slice at a $1 shop.

Would it be okay if in Maine a bunch kiosks opened up selling $1 lobster rolls that were just fake seafood? Of course not.

Edit: I do think you are right about 2 Bros. Their $1 slice is respectable.

Based on the number of tourists I hear getting directions to Times Square, I can't imagine many of them are here for the authentic New York experience.

Ha! I am sure most end up at famous famiglia. My goal with tourist is to be just nice enough that they have a good time but just mean enough that they don't want to move here. Have to keep rents down :)

Man, here in SF we're rightfully proud of our burrito tradition, but you don't see me getting my panties in a knot when tourists in Fisherman's Wharf walk into a Chipotle.

It's piss easy for anyone who even pretends to be a foodie to look up the good, authentic burrito joints in town. The ones that don't bother aren't interested, and that's perfectly a-ok.

I think the same thing applies to NYC. Anyone who wants to have an authentic slice can very, very, very easily find their way to one.

Why is 99c pizza is not proper NY slice? That's what NY is. It's part of the NYC culture.

Part of NYC culture is having strongly held opinions about pizza, so I think it's a perfectly reasonable statement to make. Moreover, I recently had the slice from this very 2 Bros the other day at a meetup, and was vastly underwhelmed. The sauce was meh, the cheese was gummy, but the worst part of the experience was that the slice was just undercooked - the crust simply wasn't crisp. It's super popular, and for 99 cents, a good value and still better pizza than you can get anywhere else in the world, but quality-wise, Abitino's and Famiglia both blow it out of the water, and that's saying nothing of your average independent neighbourhood pizzeria.

2 bros is good for what it represents - $1 pizza. It's good/decent when it's hot, but it's unappetizing once it cools down.

To answer "why?". From other post "a real NY slice is part of the reason tourists come to NY"

It's that attitude, which pervades your post. I'm doubt you will be able to comprehend (if you could you wouldn't write that way) and I won't convey it well. But, something like pig-pigheadedness, ridiculous amount of belief in something so obviously untrue (using that to insult and dictate the "worth" of others), misplaced pride (in NY and it's Pizza, hint no one really gives a shit).

As an outsider, I prefer the $1 slice to Grimaldi's, not sure if that's one of the better places but it was the only other pizza I've had in NYC

When I were in NYC I ate at Grimaldi and I must admit their pizza is better than most you can find in northern Italy, if I remember correctly the owners are from Puglia.

To a fan of New York-style pizza this statement is pretty close to sacrilege - close enough that I half-suspect you're intentionally trying to troll jcampbell1.

Grimaldi's isn't the absolute best pizza in the city, but it's a very good example of a thin-crust coal-fired New York pie.

But to each their own. I still have a soft spot in my heart for doughy-crust over-cheesed death-on-a-plate small-town Canada pizza since that's what I grew up with.

I definitely prefer some $1 slices to some expensive slices. I believe there is a strong element of placebo in price.

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