The Most Overated Pizza in New York ?
Joe's Pizza, Carmine Street
JOE'S PIZZA
Greenwich Village, New York
"NOT VERY GOOD"
Despite what you might have heard, Joe's Pizza of Carmine Street is not very good. In fact the pizza is quite "Mediocre" and of just moderate quality. I have felt this for ary long time, every since I moved to New York City 39 years ago. How Joe's Pizza gets rated by many as one of if not the best slice of pizza in New York is beyond me. I just don't get it. It's not that very the pizza is very good and you could debate of the numerous slices of Pizza in New York City, which of the Top Rated Pizzerias has the best pizza. The Pizza at Joe's is not in the same league as the top eselon Pizza Parlars in New York City. "Not even close. The Pizza at Joe's is merely sub-par, and I would surmise that the only reason that Joe's is rated so highly amongst the media, is for the reason that is often the case, the people writing for magazines and newspapers on food, often are not really qualified to be writing about food, and are put into improtant positions simply because they are writers, and they go along with the crowd ( general public & other writers), simply because it's the easy way out, the can write the piece, though it may be very inaccurate of the facts, as in the case with writers writing that Joe's Pizza is one of the best in the city, and that the Pizza at Joe's is good, it's just not true.
Though I don't really like Joe's Pizza, and never have thought highly of it, I have eaten it numerous times over the past 30 years or so, simply because I have a good friend who likes it, as well as my cosuin, and I'd end up in Joe's many times, eating the pizza, simply because I was along for the ride. Some times it was OK, but it never knocked my socks off. "Never."
I live just one block from Joe's, and for years there was a great Pizzeria called Pizza Box on Bleecker Street, less than two blocks away from Joe's, and that's were I always went to get a slice or two. The pizza at Pizza Box was "Excellent" and that was the Pizza and Pizzeria that made the Best Pizza in the area, and "Not Joe's" And Pizza Box should have been getting all the high praise from magazines and local newspapers, Not Joe's. But they didn't. The under-qualified writers who wrote great things about Joe's, never wrote anything about Pizza Box, as these writers were followers, and went along with everyon else. People who really knew pizza, and lived in the neighborhood, they all went to Pizza Box. And besides having Superior Pizza, Pizza Box was a much nicer pizzeria physically. They had tables that you could sit in, unlike Joe's, which I always hated that you couldn't sit down, and relax while eating your slice. Not good (Joe's) at all. And the Pizza Box had a beautiful garden in the back, where you could enjoy your pizza as well. And for those who love Beer, Pizza Box sold beer as well, and they made great Meatball Parm Sandwiches, and the oner Julio was a real nice man. I
I really miss Pizza Box, a place that made superior pizz than Joe's. Though the Pizza Box is gone, there is an alternative in the neaighborhood, for tasty pizza. Pizza that is superior to Joe's pizza. The place is Artichoke Pizza on Macdougal Street, just one block from Joe's Pizza, and the pizza at Artichoke Pizza is so "much better" than Joe's it isn't even funny. And I'm not talking about the Artichoke Pizza slice that made Artichoke Pizzeria famous, but the regular Cheese Slice, also known as Pizza Margherita. The regular cheese slice at Artichoke Pizza is one of the Best Slices of Pizza in town. And not only is the pizza at Joe's not very good, but it's quite "Expensive" at $4 a slice for just average pizza. "A complete and total Rip-Off" !!!
The regular Cheese Slice at Artichoke, may be $5 a slice, but it's gigantic, almost twice the size of a regular slice anywhere else, including Joe's. And the regular slice is "oh so Tasty" you will absolutely Love it, unlike Joe's, which you will only love, if you're a Followerm and don't know good pizza if it smacks you in the face, then you probably like Joe's.
Well, I've given you the facts on Joe's mediocre pizza, and the much better option for a true tasty slice of New York Pizza at Artichoke Pizza on MAcdougal Street. Now, the decision where you go is your. Mediocre Pizza or one of the Best in Town? You decide which pizza you'd rather eat.
DBZ
LOOKING FOR GREAT PIZZA
"FORGET JOE'S"
Make Your Way to ARTICHOKE BASILE PIZZA
ARTICHOKE BASILE PIZZA
Macdougal Street, Greenwich Village
NY NY
THSI PIZZA is AMAZING !
The PIZZA MATGHERITA at ARTICHOKE PIZZA
"It's So GOOD" !!!
SUPERIOR to a SLICE at JOE'S a block away on Carmine Street
GREENWICH VILLAGE
NEW YORK NY
ARTICHOKE PIZZA made with ARTICHOKES
In CREAM SAUCE
is the THING that MADE ARTICHOKE BASILE PIZZA FAMOUS
I myself, and most people who really know great Pizza really do not care for
this particular type of Pizza created by cousins Fracis Garcia and Sal Basile.
Their Artichoke Pizza is very popular with the general public, who seem to
just Love it. We don't, but we absolutely LovAnd if youe their regular slice
Margherita Pizza. It's oustanding, with wonderful Tomato Taste with one of
the Best Sauces on Any Pizza in New York, along, with grated Grana Padana
Cheese, olive oil, and Fresh Basil, this pizza taste "Oh so Good" !!! And if
you give it a try, and compare it to Joe's Pizza's medicore Slice, you are sure
to Forget Joe's, and find yourself making the trip to Artichoke Pizza, whether
you live in the neighborhood, as I'm so lucky to live, or you are traveling from
futher afield, you sure to Swith from going to Joe's, to opting for a superior
slice of Pizza at Artichoke Basile Pizza instead. Nuff said.
"Be smart and go to Atichoke"
The Creators of ARTICHOKE PIZZA
STATEN ISLAND COUSINS
Francis Garcia & Sal Basile
