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Best Restaurant Pie
- Giorgione
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307 Spring Street, 212-352-2269
The pizza station is manned by a pro, and the proof is in the superb, sparingly topped Neapolitan specimens.
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Best Bar Pie
- Beacon
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25 West 56th Street, 212-332-0500
This thin-crust, wood-oven-fired ovoid beauty is slicked with a tangy quattro-formaggi mix and wild mushrooms, and rustically served on a wooden plank.
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Best Pie In Transit
- Figs
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Central Terminal Building, La Guardia Airport, 718-446-7600
The signature prosciutto, fig, and Gorgonzola pie is the silver lining in a La Guardia layover.
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Best Worth-the-Trip Pie
- Di Fara Pizza
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1424 Avenue J, Midwood, Brooklyn, 718-258-1367
You could fly to Palermo in the time it takes to get here on the Q, but you wouldn’t find such an artful artichoke slice or as succulent a Sicilian.
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Best Myth-Shattering Pie
- Nick's
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1814 Second Avenue, 212-987-5700; 108-26 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills, 718-263-1126
Heavenly mozzarella, a subtly sweet sauce, and a charred, slightly puffy, flavorful crust. Nick’s pie triumphs without the benefit of a fancy oven: no wood, no Vesuvian-lava stone, not even a single brick.
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Best Old-School Pie
- Totonno's
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1524 Neptune Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 718-372-8606
The blistered crust, the sweet mozzarella ooze, the dabs of sauce all coalesce into a work of art; the occasional pizzaiolo outburst and no-frills, airline-wine-bottle selection only add to the charm.
Pie Chart
New York's best pizzas, any way you slice it.
From the 2004 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine