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Andolini's Pizza - Charleston's Finest

Posted Fri, 2007-04-06 11:27 by tsliker

We arrived in Charleston, SC, with intentions of doing some walking, shopping, and eating wings.  But alas, we parked right across the street from Andolini's Pizzeria, in the middle of the campus of the College of Charleston and a couple blocks from the market.  So we had to grab one slice each (hey, it was only 11 am).  As usual, we were served up with big hot slices from their famous 19" pie. For background music we have the Beatles Abbey Road-- very nice.

Paulie's Pizzeria - New York Style Pizza in Columbia, SC

Posted Tue, 2007-03-20 13:20 by tsliker

Just tried out Paulie's for lunch and it is genuine New York Style Pizza, right here in Columbia, SC.    Paulie's is located at 4517 Forest Drive, between Beltline and Fort Jackson.   I ordered to big cheese slices.  The crust is particularly thin and kind of crispy-- very tasty.  They put corn meal on the underside of the crust which is not my favorite thing, but it is very tasty and nice for a change. 

 For atmosphere, I like Paulie's.  Very New York, very New Jersey, very Pittsburgh.   

They don't serve Sicilian pies.   One of my buddies tried a Stromboli and it was yummy, too. 

Anthony's Pizza - Bryson City - Still the Best in NC

Posted Tue, 2007-03-20 11:45 by tsliker

After five days in the woods, eating oatmeal, macaroni & cheese, Ramen noodles, & Slim Jims, my son Tommy and I emerged from the Smokies with a serous appetite for some excellent New York Style Pizza.  Fortunately, in the town of Bryson City, right there on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, sits the very best Pizza place in North Carolina, and certainly one of the best in the South East.  Anthony's Pizzeria has the good stuff! 

So we ordered an Extra-Large (18") cheese pie and we dug in.  It

New York Style Pizza in Scottsdale, Arizona

Posted Fri, 2007-02-23 12:16 by tsliker

According to Andrew, Patsy Grimaldi's in Scottsdale, AZ  (http://www.patsygrimaldis.com/) "is probably the best pizza I have had in the states."

He continues, "The secret is in the fresh ingredients and the coal fired oven.

Bob Rivers Show - Loves New York Style Pizza

Posted Thu, 2007-02-08 16:29 by tsliker

I've previously referred to Podzinger here in the New York Pizza Blog.  It is a very cool Web Site that let's you do a Google-like search on Podcast content.  So I went there and searched for "New York Style Pizza" I got these results.   One of these results (The Daily Download) was a guy talking about a p

New York Pizza and Google Maps

Posted Sun, 2006-12-10 17:39 by tsliker

On my recent trip to Atlanta I was effectively a user of my own sites and I have to say I was dissapointed in the ability of www.newyorkpizzafinder.com to help me find the best New York Style Pizza places in Atlanta. 

There's no doubt that what I need to do is integrate my site with Google Maps.  I've seen this done and I think it's worth doing.  What I wanted to be able to do was look at a map of Atlanta and quickly determine which places were in the area that I was staying.  Then, when my plans changed, I needed to be able to quickly see what

New York Style Pizza in Atlanta (Revisited)

Posted Sun, 2006-12-10 17:36 by tsliker

So you have two days in Atlanta on business, what do you do?  Well, I know what I do.  I visit as many allegedly so called New York Style Pizza places as I can.

In a prior post about New York Style Pizza in Atlanta, we had a list of several places that needed checking out.  On Wednesday night, Garry & I went by SLICE down on Peter's St.  We took the MARTA train to Garnett stop, one south of Five Points, and walked about 3 blocks to the place.  (Note:  this is not the best neighborhood to be strolling around at

New York Style Pizza in Charlotte

Posted Thu, 2006-11-09 10:56 by tsliker

I've been very lax in updating the Charlotte section of this blog as well as www.newyorkpizzafinder.com.  Turns out my favorite New York Style Pizza Place, Nurchi's, shut down last year and that was a big disappointment.  Nonetheless, there are a lot of ex-New Yorkers in Charlotte, and a number of good New York Style Pizza Places in the Charlotte area.  Carlo's is my favorite.  Here are some comments from my relatives who live in Charlotte or visit often:

 From Gerry:

The first one to come to mind is the one up at Prosperity R

Real New York Pizza from Domino's?

Posted Thu, 2006-11-09 10:38 by tsliker

I try not to prejudiced, I want to give everybody a chance, but my experience with national chains trying to produce good New York Style pizza is not too great.  Pizza Hut had the "Big New Yorker" a couple years back, but that was just a Pizza Hut pizza, a little bigger, with big slices.  A step in the right direction, but very little in the way in authenticity.

 So yesterday the New York Times ran an article about Domino's Brookly Style Pizza.  Included in the article was a link to Slice, www.sliceny.

New York Pizza in Jacksonville - Day 1

Posted Mon, 2006-09-18 16:04 by tsliker

Just pulled into Jacksonville and immediately found my way to Tony's New York Style Pizza out on St.

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