Positano’s Pizza Williston Park, Long Island
After having some delicious pizza at Da Angelo Pizza in Williston Park, NY, I was off to Positano’s Pizza in Williston Park too. And my hat’s off to them as well. If you’re banking on a great tasting, perfect textured crust, Positano’s may make one of the finest crusts and finishes you will find at a pizzeria anywhere on Long Island.
The sauce was perfectly applied, and tasted sweet and great on top of the amazing crust. This is the type of crust that could keep people coming here for decades and still wonder how they get it so right.
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Bar Frites Pizza Greenvale, Long Island
Just about anyone can get into the pizza game nowadays. By all rights thay should, including McDonalds, and even Dunkin Donuts at some select locations. I’d like to think of Pizza the way a bond trader looks at a yield curve from the risk free excellence of Johnny’s Pizza in Mt. Vernon down to the junk one might find at Filippo’s in New Brunswick, N.J.
American Grills, French Bistros, Mexican Cantinas and, as hard to believe as I’ve just heard through the grapevine, Japanese Restaurants are edging artesian pizza in on the menu, yes you heard me right.
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Ralph’s Pizza Bayville, Long Island
Having just moved to Bayville over the winter(a great little beach front community on the North Shore of Long Island), I have been driving by Ralph’s Pizza for several months without a care to even stop and learn to love a new neighborhood pizzeria. Its a bit selfish, but on a personal note, it is hard to consider neighborhood pizzerias having grown up in Fresh Meadows eating at Brothers Pizzeria, the very best of all neighborhood pizzerias on the planet New York.
Don’t believe me? Ask the 30 Rock pizza expert Alec Baldwin and he’ll tell you the same. What’s more he’s not from Fresh Meadows. But he demands that his driver stop there on every trip home from JFK for a slice. Enough of that as I’ve convinced myself to run back home to review Brothers tomorrow after 50 years of greatness.
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Lia’s Pizza Syosset Long Island
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. Its about all you need to find Lia’s Pizza, a newcomer to Syosset Long Island. Just seven months at their new location (Franklin Square and Oceanside for its other locations), Lia’s is tucked away in the corner of Bagga Plaza just west of the 135 (Seaford – Oyster Bay Expressway). Seems like many pizza places have come and gone in this little area of Syosset, and I am not sure why. Most of the other pizza places around Syosset have been there for dozens of years.
Complete with an espresso bar and a clean, warm and hospitable setting, Lia’s Pizza is a great place to grab practically any slice you want. Y’know what I’m ‘sayin?. Fuggedaboutit!!!
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Centro Cucina Pizza Greenvale, NY
Mad Greek here, back home on Long Island after ten weeks of torture in West Palm Beach. It seems to me that people tend to escape reality and move down to Florida for a specific reason. Either they couldn’t make it back home, or they are trying to escape something. Either way it doesn’t make for a winning experience for those that try to do the right thing.
Back to reality and the best pizza in the U.S. – New York proper. Tonight’s delicacy comes as a result of a two headed pizza attack, that started at Joanne’s Gourmet Pizzeria in Roslyn, Long Island, where yours truly had the grandparents – thin crust grandma and grandpa. Personally I think that is an adorable name for a slice combination, I am sure someone else down in Florida will steal it after reading this.
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Siclian Slice Gino’s Pizza Holbrook
We already reviewed the regular slice at Gino’s Pizza in Holbrook the other day, and now it is time to focus on the Sicilian Style slice I ordered that night as well. This Sicilian Slice came out of the oven and looked delicious. The cheese was melting over the edges like a mozzarella water fall, and it was easy to notice how crisp the slice was by holding the plate and feeling underneath.
After being only slightly impressed with the regular slice at Gino’s Pizza in Holbrook, I was hoping that this Sicilian Slice was better, I mean after all, many locals consider this to be “the best” pizza in the area. This slice had many things going for it, and against it, let’s start with the things the slice of pizza had going for it:
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Gino’s Pizza Holbrook, Long Island
During my previous trip to Long Island, I got off the plane and asked my sister to take me to Albert’s in Ronkonkoma for some Upside Down Sicilian that they are quite famous for. While there I spoke to the guy at the next table who assured me that if I liked Albert’s Pizza, I would love Gino’s Pizza up the block in Holbrook, that it was the best pizza around. I didn’t think too much of this and just continued to eat, since if it was the best, why was he eating at another pizza place. Later that day I was at a Soccer Tournament in Bethpage State Park and got into a conversation with the guy sitting next to me about pizza, and he said out of nowhere, that if I am ever in Holbrook, I should try Gino’s Pizza that he knew pizza and it could very well be one of the best slices on the Island. Well that was too much of a coincidence for me, so when it came lunch time the next day, I couldn’t wait to get to Holbrook (wherever that was) and try some of this delicious pizza at Gino’s Pizza.
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Fratelli Pizza Bayshore Long Island
During my previous trip to Long Island, I was fortunate enough to have my sister take me to some new pizza places I had never tried before on the South Shore. We made it through Oakdale, Islip, and Bayshore. Before heading out and trying all these alleged great places, I did some research to make sure what others were saying about them on the InterWebs. All of these places had great reviews so I figured we would be embarking on some great slices of pizza. While en route to try some of these other “great” pizza places, I passed by Fratelli Pizzeria in a strip mall and asked my sister to stop so I could randomly try a place.
Fratelli’s Pizza is a place where the family who owns it works there. They have not outgrown their space, and their egos haven’t outgrown their community. You know the places I am talking about, the ones that started off in a single store location, and kept expanding before ultimately redesigning the establishment and losing all the old school pizza ambiance they once possessed. I see these places all over Long Island. This was a definite plus to me that they remained a mom and pop joint.
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Setauket Pastaria Pizza Setauket, Long Island
My sister was hungry in the afternoon and she took me to a place that has some amazing midday specials. Setauket Pastaria is located in the Kohl’s shopping center in Setauket Long Island. The pizza didn’t look exceptional in the case, but I figured I would take a chance and try a slice to see if it could compete with some of the amazing pizza places located within a 10 mile vicinity. Setauket Pastaria has a cute ambiance, and warm feeling when you eat in their restaurant area, so if you are into that sort of stuff, you would enjoy your dining experience.
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Mama’s Pizza Restaurant Oakdale, Long Island
The first spot in my recent pizza crawl of the South Shore of Long Island was at Mama’s Pizza Restaurant in Oakdale. Many of the locals claim this is the best spot in the area so I figured it was worth a shot. Since their were three of us, I got the slice cut into threes, but forgot to take a photo before doing so. You will have to use your imagination to think what it looked liked before the cutting.
Mama’s wasn’t very busy during the time we went, which isn’t common for a place which is supposed to be the best in town. Perhaps it was due to the snow, or maybe an off hour, but even so, there should have been more people than just us three. We ordered a regular slice, and contemplated some garlic knots, but ultimately decided to save our appetite and just get the plain slice.
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