I’m having one of those ‘nope, not getting dressed or going out’ kind of days. I’ve been working steadily and decided to order a pizza for dinner. I hit Google and found Lucy’s Authentic New York Pizza, which had rave reviews.
There are all sorts of opinions about what’s the best pizza. I’m a New York slice gal, with the chewy crust, brick cheese, and mild tomato sauce. Anything else is pizza, yes, but not quite right and leaves me profoundly unsatisfied.
I put in an order for a 15″ pie, just sauce and cheese, and was told delivery would take 45 minutes. The pie was here in under 20 minutes!
And what a beauty it was…
It looked pretty right. Not quite enough cheese and certainly not greasy enough, but very promising. The sauce was spot on. The crust was a little too done, so more crispy in bits than chewy, and the edge not quite doughy enough. But I’m quibbling because I do like the slightly charred taste of crust fired in a super hot oven.
It was definitely not the best New York style pizza I’ve ever had, but it was definitely the best pizza I’ve had in my travels, not counting visits to my mother’s to enjoy a Tre Colori pie.
Idaho Falls, you’re damn lucky to have Lucy’s! And you’re closer than Chambly, so now I’ll have to find an excuse to come here a couple of times a year…
The pie was very reasonably priced, too! $13.61, including tax, for a 15″, no delivery charge, and I tipped $2. I’ll be able to nibble at cold slices all weekend. 🙂
Cold pizza is one of my favorite foods. The only place I ever got pizza I didn’t like was Pizzaria Uno. Their crust is too sweet for me–more like eating a cookie than bread.
If you mean the chain Unos, I had their pizza once 20 years ago and am still traumatized. 😀
I love, love, love cold pizza with a cup of strong coffee. 😀
Cold pizza and beer. Breakfast of Harley riders! Yummm LOL
I much prefer very light on the cheese & crispy crust so it would have been a winner for me. I found a recipe for pizza crust using only Greek yogurt and flour I want to try soon. No letting the dough rise. Make it and bake it.
Please pass on that recipe! 😀
And even though I have 0.5% alcohol content beer, I’ll stick to coffee in the morning. 😉
You must let us know what you think of Mexican pizza. My experiences with it were not good. It is just dough and cheese, no sauce. If you ask for tomato sauce, they will throw a few little packs of ketchup in a bag. I tried several times but never found one I liked. Mazatlan might be different as it is a tourist area.
We experimented making our own pizza with the bread maker. It worked very well, better than take out.
I heard that there’s a really good place near Mazatlan. I’ll have to look it up.
I got used to making my own pizza when I lived in Dawson. I like to knead bread, so I made the dough by hand. Very tasty. But nothing beats a New York-style slice!
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