I took the time to read the review and... having been brought up afew blocks from Difaro's.... and being 20 years old before I knew there was pizza that did not taste like that.... This is Stellar review..
Good luck to them and you bet I will stop by and try.
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Tue Dec 25, 07 12:02 pm EST
I will definitely be trying this place. Nice review.
eggcream Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 1261 Location: PS Bklyn
Thu Dec 27, 07 3:53 pm EST
Thanks for posting this. Sounds great.
Shinybeast Captain Inevitable
Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 98
Sat Dec 29, 07 1:43 pm EST
This place deserves the hype. I've been there twice and really liked it both times. The only thing to stay away from is the regular takeaway slice. The square slices are wonderful and a veggie delivery pie I got was really delicious.
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Sat Dec 29, 07 9:19 pm EST
Shinybeast wrote:
This place deserves the hype. I've been there twice and really liked it both times. The only thing to stay away from is the regular takeaway slice. The square slices are wonderful and a veggie delivery pie I got was really delicious.
But the regular slice is really the best way to judge a place. If it fails that test, that doesn't bode well...
veets "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2273
Sat Dec 29, 07 11:06 pm EST
Carnivore wrote:
Shinybeast wrote:
This place deserves the hype. I've been there twice and really liked it both times. The only thing to stay away from is the regular takeaway slice. The square slices are wonderful and a veggie delivery pie I got was really delicious.
But the regular slice is really the best way to judge a place. If it fails that test, that doesn't bode well...
Yeah... If a pizza is really stellar then the re-heat required for your one slice won't destroy it. the deal on Ave J is that they keep those pies moving so that the single slices are sold so quickly they never sit there long enough to need the re-heat. I am wishing this place great good luck and though I don't eat pizza often I am gonna get over there and give it a try.
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4450 Location: In the Groove
Sun Dec 30, 07 8:59 am EST
Carnivore wrote:
Shinybeast wrote:
This place deserves the hype. I've been there twice and really liked it both times. The only thing to stay away from is the regular takeaway slice. The square slices are wonderful and a veggie delivery pie I got was really delicious.
But the regular slice is really the best way to judge a place. If it fails that test, that doesn't bode well...
...and yet Grimaldi's doesn't serve a single slice.
...and yet Grimaldi's doesn't serve a single slice.
i didn't think DiFara's did, either... _________________ Get your paws off my canned chicken
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Sun Dec 30, 07 11:10 am EST
I wasn't talking so much about the slice vs. pie issue (although DiFara's definitely serves individual slices). My point is that if the pizza isn't great without a bunch of toppings, then it's not great.
BigGuy Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 1039 Location: Lincoln Pl, Wash & Underhill
Sun Dec 30, 07 11:19 am EST
From the comments section:
I only tried the regular slice and it was no better than one from an average pizzeria with a bit of fresh basil dropped onto it. Half the slice was endcrust, leaving only a few bites that were even close to having the proper balance (and even those were off -- I could barely taste sauce or cheese, only crust and basil). I know better than to judge a place based on one visit so I'll definitely stop in again the next time I'm in the neighborhood. I'll also make sure to try the grandma slice this time and will hope that I just got one from a bad/old slice pie. _________________ When the experts are agreed, the opposite opinion cannot be regarded as certain.
-Bertrand Russell
WhyFi Staid and Dull
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4450 Location: In the Groove
Sun Dec 30, 07 12:06 pm EST
Carnivore wrote:
I wasn't talking so much about the slice vs. pie issue (although DiFara's definitely serves individual slices). My point is that if the pizza isn't great without a bunch of toppings, then it's not great.
Understood and agreed. To me, Shinybeast's mention of the "regular takeaway slice," placed more emphasis on the "takeaway" bit, not the "regular" bit. I think that most takeaway slices, unadorned or not, are okay at best (other than places like DiFara's which has amazing turnover). So, in my mind, a takeaway slice is a poor way to judge a place.
Shinybeast Captain Inevitable
Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 98
Sun Dec 30, 07 3:34 pm EST
WhyFi wrote:
Carnivore wrote:
I wasn't talking so much about the slice vs. pie issue (although DiFara's definitely serves individual slices). My point is that if the pizza isn't great without a bunch of toppings, then it's not great.
Understood and agreed. To me, Shinybeast's mention of the "regular takeaway slice," placed more emphasis on the "takeaway" bit, not the "regular" bit. I think that most takeaway slices, unadorned or not, are okay at best (other than places like DiFara's which has amazing turnover). So, in my mind, a takeaway slice is a poor way to judge a place.
For whatever reason, the single plain slices they serve up aren't that great. I generally agree with the "regular slice" test. The full pies are treated entirely differently (read: better everything). Not sure why. I haven't experienced that before (my favorite neighborhood plain slice from Joe's on 5th is exactly the same as what you get with a full plain pie). I thought that I just got a bad slice, but saw that others felt the same way. Long story short, try the square slices (several different varietals) or order a full pie.
UPDATE: To clairfy, what I mean is that their plain Margherita pie (picture here) is not what they use for single takeaway slices.
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Wed Jan 02, 08 11:12 am EST
MY HUSBAND AND I WALKED TO PEPPE'S ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND I AM THRILLED THAT WE DID!
MIKE THE PIZZA MAN WAS AMAZING AND SO WAS HIS PIZZA!
I GREW UP 5 BLOCKS AWAY FROM DI FARA AND ATE IT ALL MY LIFE. THIS IS DEF NOT DI FARA, BUT THE GRANDMA SLICE WITH CHUNKS OF GARLIC WAS TOO DIE FOR AS WAS THE YUMMY BRUSCHETTA SLICE. WE ALSO HAD AN ORDER OF JUST A FEW SLICES OF THE FRESH MOZZERELLA DRIZZLED WITH OLIVE OIL AND IT WAS GREAT!
THE PLACE IS TINY, THERE ARE 3 OR 4 STOOLS BY A COUNTER.
MIKE THE PIZZA MAN IS AMAZING, AND SHOULD HAVE HIS OWN PLACE. ITS SO OBVIOUS HE IS THE ONE THAT MAKES IT WHAT IT IS.
WE ENDED UP CHATTING AND HE GAVE ME A GREAT OLD ITALIAN RECIPE FOR PASTA WITH PEAS!
I WILL DEF BE ORDERING THE 3 CHEESE PIES TO MY HOUSE SOON!
brooklynisbetter Newbie
Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Posts: 39 Location: Prospect Heights
Thu Jan 03, 08 9:16 pm EST
This place has been written up all over the place. My pizza-loving husband just took me to Difara's on Saturday for the first tme... He places it above Grimaldi's (wooaah!) but I wasn't as impressed, except for the fact that the older gentleman running the joint took the pizza out of the oven with his bare hands!!
We're going to Peppe's on Sunday. I'll let you know what we think.
thebends9 Newbie
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 12
Thu Jan 03, 08 11:41 pm EST
Being new to the slope (Oct '07) I have yet to come across a pizza place that I have truly enjoyed. In your opinions what would have to be the best pizza place in town? Thanks in advance.
-P
veets "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2273
Fri Jan 04, 08 12:59 am EST
brooklynisbetter wrote:
This place has been written up all over the place. My pizza-loving husband just took me to Difara's on Saturday for the first tme... He places it above Grimaldi's (wooaah!) but I wasn't as impressed, except for the fact that the older gentleman running the joint took the pizza out of the oven with his bare hands!!
We're going to Peppe's on Sunday. I'll let you know what we think.
It strikes me that if you are a true New Yorker you are in that place of the Mystique of Pizza. Those of us who have been blessed with growing up a stones throw from a pizza place like DiFara have come up with the illusion that THAT Is what pizza tastes like. Now that is a hard stone to keep throwing thru your life as you eat pizza in other places and invariably compare.
I remember those nights coming back to Brooklyn from going to that university on Broadway and 116th street and hoping that I made it back by 11pm on the D train so I could catch that slice from the very last full pie .....all hot and steamy and not eat it there but to have the joy of eating it on the way home on a frigid Jan nite, such as this. Ah how it warmed my hands and soul.
Now that sounds so postive but think how it taints your reality of the moment when you just grab "a slice ."
My point.. those of us who grew up eating Difara or Grimaldi or that other joint in Coney Island have the unique and cursed position of not being able to judge a slice in the moment. Right now we delve in to that slice and are carried back to that Prusiant moment.
littlegal Regular
Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 189 Location: north slope
Fri Jan 04, 08 1:54 am EST
Hehe...Embarrassing though it is to admit, my hubbie went to med school in rural Pa on Lake Erie. Try moving from the city life to there and dealing with the crap that was considered to be a good slice in those parts (think Papa Johns as tops). So glad to be back in the city.
BTW some of you may remember me b*tching about TW and Dell on this site recently. Just thought it might be funny to note that the d just popped off my laptop an is now sitting on the table as I try to press the stupid little black button left in its place to make my point.
Anyone need a d...scrabble lovers out there
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Fri Jan 04, 08 12:06 pm EST
brooklynisbetter wrote:
This place has been written up all over the place. My pizza-loving husband just took me to Difara's on Saturday for the first tme... He places it above Grimaldi's (wooaah!) but I wasn't as impressed, except for the fact that the older gentleman running the joint took the pizza out of the oven with his bare hands!!
We're going to Peppe's on Sunday. I'll let you know what we think.
I don't want to start yet another pizza war, but Grimaldi's is NOT GREAT PIZZA and shouldn't even be uttered in the same breath as Di Fara.
Any true New Yorker would agree. Grimaldis is what out of towners think is "REAL AUTHENTIC BROOKLYN PIZZA".......take a look at who is making the pies next time and how inauthentic it all is!
Its like Patsy's!
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Fri Jan 04, 08 12:39 pm EST
nubnu wrote:
brooklynisbetter wrote:
This place has been written up all over the place. My pizza-loving husband just took me to Difara's on Saturday for the first tme... He places it above Grimaldi's (wooaah!) but I wasn't as impressed, except for the fact that the older gentleman running the joint took the pizza out of the oven with his bare hands!!
We're going to Peppe's on Sunday. I'll let you know what we think.
I don't want to start yet another pizza war, but Grimaldi's is NOT GREAT PIZZA and shouldn't even be uttered in the same breath as Di Fara.
Any true New Yorker would agree. Grimaldis is what out of towners think is "REAL AUTHENTIC BROOKLYN PIZZA".......take a look at who is making the pies next time and how inauthentic it all is!
Its like Patsy's!
I was with you until Patsy's (which Grimaldi's also used to be called, btw). The original Patsy's in Spanish Harlem is actually great. All the spinoffs are not.
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Fri Jan 04, 08 12:41 pm EST
I was referring to all the Patsy's in the city....have not been to the one in harlem.
my bad.
stacey Beyond Karma
Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 3138 Location: Underhill Ave.
Fri Jan 04, 08 12:45 pm EST
Sam's Restaurant downstairs on Court Street -
I hadn't been there for a while and went not to long ago and forgot how absolutely fabulous their pizza is. I am a big John's of Bleeker Street fan and I have to put this one slightly higher than theirs.
I will definitely try this Pepes this weekend.
Innocent X Insider
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 335
Fri Jan 04, 08 1:01 pm EST
I used to live a block from Patsy's in East Harlem. That shit is great. I've been meaning to take a return trip there but of course it's the middle of nowhere. Was great to live near it though. Even if I did eat pizza 4 nights a week.
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Fri Jan 04, 08 8:34 pm EST
Went to Peppe last weekend and enjoyed our pizza very much!
Unfortunately, we just called for DELIVERY and they refused us because we were too far, and they wouldn't just deliver a PIE!
I spoke directly to the owner PEPPE , and told them that their menu clearly states a $10 minimum and when I asked them last weekend if they deliver to Union Street they said "Of Course"....
Now Peppe is telling me he "plays it by ear" when and where they want to deliver.
Now lets see, this place is TINY with 4 stools and a counter and MOST of their business is take out AND delivery, so wouldn't a smart business owner organize so that he had enough man power to deliver to all of Park Slope?
On the bright side, the very lovely and amazing MIKEY (the man who actually makes all that delicious pizza) called us just minutes ago to apologize! What a sweetheart! This man deserves his own pizza parlor!
I would follow him to any pizza joint!
Too bad! We were going to be a very regular customer!
...so wouldn't a smart business owner organize so that he had enough man power to deliver to all of Park Slope?
i am truly sorry that they won't deliver to you.
as a south sloper, i have gotten the shaft from many places up your way in terms of delivery. i feel your pain.
(through bites of pizza, no doubt) _________________ Get your paws off my canned chicken
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Sat Jan 05, 08 12:48 am EST
Peppe basically told my husband he doesn't need our money
How rude?
I hope Mikey The Pizza Man gets his own shop one day!
He gave me a great recipe for pasta with peas!
brooklynisbetter Newbie
Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Posts: 39 Location: Prospect Heights
Sat Jan 05, 08 9:43 pm EST
Wow...You people take pizza way too seriously. Like my husband.
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Sat Jan 05, 08 11:54 pm EST
brooklynisbetter wrote:
Wow...You people take pizza way too seriously.
That's something like an oxymoron. Or at least a contradiction in terms.
Shinybeast Captain Inevitable
Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 98
Sun Jan 06, 08 4:31 pm EST
nubnu wrote:
Went to Peppe last weekend and enjoyed our pizza very much!
Unfortunately, we just called for DELIVERY and they refused us because we were too far, and they wouldn't just deliver a PIE!
I spoke directly to the owner PEPPE , and told them that their menu clearly states a $10 minimum and when I asked them last weekend if they deliver to Union Street they said "Of Course"....
Now Peppe is telling me he "plays it by ear" when and where they want to deliver.
Well, to be fair, Union Street is a long delivery from where they're located, especially if you live up near 7th and 8th. I thought I was pushing it for a delivery range and I live in South Slope. Also, remember with the size of the place they can't really afford to expand their delivery range too much. I doubt they can turn out a lot of pizzas in that space.
eggcream Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 1261 Location: PS Bklyn
Sun Jan 06, 08 4:56 pm EST
nubnu wrote:
Peppe basically told my husband he doesn't need our money
How rude?
I hope Mikey The Pizza Man gets his own shop one day!
He gave me a great recipe for pasta with peas!
Care to share the recipe?
I have to put a plug in for Pizza Wagon in Bay Ridge. Every time my girlfriend and I go to Century 21 we stop there. Fantastic pizza. I wish that one was coming to 5 ave.
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Sun Jan 06, 08 10:24 pm EST
I had the recipe written on the one and only menu I took from them, and I threw it out in anger.....Now I regret it, even though I am thinking about calling Mikey and asking him again.
Shinybeast Captain Inevitable
Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 98
Sun Jan 06, 08 11:22 pm EST
I'm sure that after Mike's seen that you've been spamming multiple msg boards/blogs trashing Peppe's because they don't deliver to Astoria that he'd love to hear from you.
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Mon Jan 07, 08 12:08 am EST
They deserve it
and its not spamming
and yes, Union Street is in Astoria.....
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Mon Jan 07, 08 12:17 am EST
Shinybeast, just to make myself clear, it wasn't just the fact that they refused delivery to Union Street, it was how rude Peppe was on the phone.
When I asked them if they deliver to Union last time I was there, they clearly said YES WE DO and then Peppe tells me that "he plays it by ear" and then tells me he wouldn't deliver a 12 inch pie, but he would a 18 inch pie, without even asking if I was ordering anything else (which I had planned on)
Your interest in my "spamming" makes me wonder if you are in any way related to the place itself. Hmmm?
Shinybeast Captain Inevitable
Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 98
Mon Jan 07, 08 3:27 am EST
nubnu wrote:
Shinybeast, just to make myself clear, it wasn't just the fact that they refused delivery to Union Street, it was how rude Peppe was on the phone.
When I asked them if they deliver to Union last time I was there, they clearly said YES WE DO and then Peppe tells me that "he plays it by ear" and then tells me he wouldn't deliver a 12 inch pie, but he would a 18 inch pie, without even asking if I was ordering anything else (which I had planned on)
Your interest in my "spamming" makes me wonder if you are in any way related to the place itself. Hmmm?
Not only do you have anger management issues but you're delusional as well. I have zero connection with Peppe's. I just think it's odd that you're flipping out so much about not getting a pizza -- a fucking pizza -- delivered to Union Street from 17th street and 4th Avenue (how many places from Union would deliver out to Peppe's location?) that you feel the need to start a fresh thread on Chowhound about it (I saw it after I read your post here).
And I was being sarcastic about Astoria. I know perfectly well that Union Street is in Bed-Stuy.
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Mon Jan 07, 08 10:59 am EST
Shiny Beast, bless you.
You are funny.
Im moving on from this conversation.
and yes, Union Street IS in Bed Stuy
pitu Fake Buddhist
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 6537 Location: Utopian Park Slope
Mon Jan 07, 08 11:12 am EST
Shinybeast wrote:
Well, to be fair, Union Street is a long delivery from where they're located, especially if you live up near 7th and 8th. I thought I was pushing it for a delivery range and I live in South Slope. Also, remember with the size of the place they can't really afford to expand their delivery range too much. I doubt they can turn out a lot of pizzas in that space.
wow, what a reasonable conclusion to this thread!
bluecat Local
Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 201
Wed Jan 09, 08 12:49 am EST
pitu wrote:
wow, what a reasonable conclusion to this thread!
I wish. We just tried Peppes and WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. Their Margherita was not crispy. It was just thin, droopy & wet. It was a mozzarella pizza but smelled like parmesan cheese. I might try a slice if I'm walking by but I'm in no mood for take-out from them any time soon. Yeech.
Garfunky the only living boy in new york
Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 620
Wed Jan 09, 08 5:37 pm EST
thin and droopy huh ?
im seeing some lovely joke possibilities considering the tone of the thread
nubnu Local
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 271 Location: Winsdor Terrace
Wed Jan 09, 08 5:40 pm EST
Please GARFUNKY make us laugh!
Garfunky the only living boy in new york
Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 620
Thu Jan 10, 08 11:00 am EST
well ok,
maybe you should drive there ?
just ask your hubby to "hold" your parking spot for 5 minutes .
pitu Fake Buddhist
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 6537 Location: Utopian Park Slope
Thu Jan 10, 08 4:35 pm EST
bluecat wrote:
pitu wrote:
wow, what a reasonable conclusion to this thread!
I wish. We just tried Peppes and WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. Their Margherita was not crispy. It was just thin, droopy & wet. It was a mozzarella pizza but smelled like parmesan cheese. I might try a slice if I'm walking by but I'm in no mood for take-out from them any time soon. Yeech.
Some people like aged cheese, and the way it smells. Droopy, not so much.
I'm waiting for Carnivore to try it.
(actually, I'm just not over that way right now . . .)
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Thu Jan 10, 08 4:52 pm EST
I'm not down by 17th that often, but I'll probably swing over next time I go to Bagel Hole.
mminnich Newbie
Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 12
Fri Jan 11, 08 10:56 am EST
Just to add some perspective, it's not top-grade Neapolitan-style pizza on the order of Franny's or Amorina, but it's probably the best delivery pizza in the South Slope area.
I also recommend asking for it "extra well done" when ordering a pie from Pepe's. If you don't ask for that, sometimes the crust is a little too soggy. I also think the 12" pies generally come out better than the 18" pies.
Just my opinion.
daver who is you is
Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 3591 Location: the land of the smiling knives
Fri Jan 11, 08 11:13 am EST
nubnu wrote:
Peppe basically told my husband he doesn't need our money
How rude?
Hmm. That is one way to look at it. Another way to look at it is that he told you that at that time and moment he was too busy to make a delivery that far away, but rather than flat out just tell people that I won't deliver that far (which most places do), he instead gives the courtesy of delivering that far when the current business load enables him to.
But I understand your frustration. I think it might be better PR for him to just set a boundary and say that he won't deliver past it. In which case you would be in the exact same boat, but you wouldn't be so PO'd about it. _________________ "It's only as boring as you make it."
You're making me want to poke my eyes out with a spoon. Stop that.
Bringing the term thin-skinned to a whole new level!
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