Bleecker Street Pizza
New York, NY 10014
Phone: (212) 924-4466
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Bleecker Street
- Directions:
- 1 at Christopher St
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11am-2am, Fri-Sat 11am-5am
Editorial Review for Bleecker Street Pizza – by Dana Bowen
The Scene
Some speculate that when Italian pizza chefs left Manhattan for the outer boroughs and 'burbs, they took the best slice spots with them. Thankfully, this Long Island pizzaman commutes into his cheery Greenwich Village pizza joint to repair that image. The brightly-lit takeout spot with a few non-descript tables and chairs looks like any other, but it tastes ten times more homespun.
The Food
The secret to the superb "Nonna Maria" pie rests in the owner's grandmother's thin-crusted Tuscan recipe. Hand-pulled, yeasty dough, baked on a bed of crusty breadcrumbs with just enough puff around the rim, is slathered with tangy, garlicky tomato sauce, puddles of milky mozzarella, fresh basil and a sprinkle of real Parmigiano. For gooey cheese people, there's the "grandma," made with regular mozzarella, but it's not nearly as distinctive. The behemoth ricotta-sausage calzone is excellent, just don't order it with mushrooms--they're canned.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoFresh mozzarella loses its milky charm in transit, so it's best to order the regular pie to go; savor the specialty ones, made with fresh mozzarella, in-house.
The ExtrasEvery day, the cooks prepare a long list of hero sandwiches, from sausage and peppers to chicken parmesan.
User Reviews for Bleecker Street Pizza
04/26/2008 Posted by Critcd
Let me start by saying that this system needs more stars in this rating because this Bleeker st pizza would get 10 if it were up to me. I always raved about Patsy's pizza uptown till I found these Guys my God words cannot describe the pleasure I had eating a slice of pizza at this place I started to think I was nuts how could I enjoy pizza so much at 39 yrs old I have eaten pizza everywhere . How did I not discover this place earlier? YOU KNOW WHAT WHO CARES CAUSE I FOUND THEM NOW . You have to check this place out I feel like I have an addiction to it 3 to 4 times a week and loving it.
Pros: great crunch excellent sauce fresh fresh fresh mushrooms
Cons: They need more room cause the whole world will be eating there
12/12/2007 Posted by sebineurope
I am very disappointed with BSP. I have ordered their pizza in the past and it is among the better pizza places in the Village (Lombardi's, John's, Arturo's are also great). Today I had a luncheon planned and called before 11:00am to order two pizzas delivered by noon. At 12:10, with my guests waiting I called to inquire about where the pizzas were and was told the driver hadn't left yet. I was told he would leave 'soon' but couldn't get any thing more out of the person on the phone. When I protested about it being late, his response : "we've been busy". At 12:40 the pizzas arrived but my guests had to rush through eathing since they had to be other places. Not only did the pizzas arrive 40 minutes late but also they were cold. I was embarassed in front of my guests because I had raved about how great the pizza was. Sadly, I will not order again from Bleecker St. There are other choices with better service.
Pros: good pizza
Cons: bad delivery service
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