Pizza in Park Slope

Where's the best pizzareia in Park Slope? I don't mean brick-oven fancy-ass pies like at Franny's or La Villa, but a place where you can get a good slice and a drink for 3 or 4$. So far, the only place I've liked has been Pizza on the Park, on 3rd St right by 5th Ave - they make great a Grandma's pizza. Every other place I've tried has been atrocious - sugary sweet sauces, rubbery crusts, and greasy cheese. Is there any other place worthwhile?

Yes. Tomato & Basil on 4th.

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Tomato & Basil: Decent "non-fancy" pizza is hard to find around Park Slope and Prospect Heights, so I was very surprised to get a fresh, tangy and near-perfectly cooked sausage-and-pepper slice at a new counter joint called Tomato & Basil (at the corner of 4rd Ave. and Union, 718-596-8855). They also do fried calamari for $4.95 (didn't try it) and a $2 cannoli that was heavier than I was hoping for, but still good. The place is tiny, and sits right behind the Union St. subway entrance. They told me it's been open for about 5 months. Service is friendly, as expected. They asked me "how's the slice" two times, and each time I had to remark that yes, it is *really* good, actually, and I'm not just saying that.

Smiling on 7th Ave and 9th is pretty good for a standard slice. It isn't the most consistent, not sure why but when it's on it's pretty darn good. When it's off it's still acceptable.

In general, the places on 7th Ave are better than those on 5th from my experience. The ones on 5th, minus the new entrants - Pizza on the Park, etc. - are from the old days of 5th ave. They tend to use very cheap ingredients, the places are dingy, etc. Of course this is a generalization but one I've found to be true.

Joe's of Bleeker Street on 7th Avenue near Carroll is quite good for the regular slice.

Tomato and Basil is great. But there is also a place on the corner of 3rd Avenue and President that is quite good. FWIW, that general area of the Gowanus used to be Brooklyn's Little Italy. Not very well known, but you better belileve pizza in that area is not going to bread dough with ketchup.

And ditto on the 5th Avenue slice pizza places. They all generally suck hard. Some of them are actually greek owned pizza places who just love that white bread doughy crust that I personally find tasteless.

I know that neither of these places are in Park Slope, but here goes anyway (with, of course, the understanding that "thin crust" may be verboten on this board):

1) I happen to think SODA's thin-crust pizza is really great.

2) If you are willing to "travel" there is a place on Court Street in Carroll Gardens (pizza in Carroll Gardens?? No way !!) that is I believe either on the corner of 1st Place or a block up that also has (pardonez moi) really good thin(ish) crust pizza (it's on the same side of Court Street as Citibank).

Subject: Pizza in the slope

Go visit the little hole-in-the-wall next to Olive Vine on Seventh Avenue just north of Lincoln Place. Oscar, the owner, used to work at the pizzeria up near Union Street, which has gone straight downhill, and his stuff is fresh and tasty.

North Slope - Joe's of Bleeker Street
South Slope - Pizza Plus

Too Boots is great - but you can't just get a slice.

FLUTE wrote: If you are willing to "travel" there is a place on Court Street in Carroll Gardens (pizza in Carroll Gardens?? No way !!) that is I believe either on the corner of 1st Place or a block up that also has (pardonez moi) really good thin(ish) crust pizza (it's on the same side of Court Street as Citibank).

I think that's Sal's. It's fantastic. I wish we had something that good here.

Yea !! That's it !!

Go visit the little hole-in-the-wall next to Olive Vine on Seventh Avenue just north of Lincoln Place. Oscar, the owner, used to work at the pizzeria up near Union Street, which has gone straight downhill, and his stuff is fresh and tasty.

I just finished two slices from Oscar's Pizza, on 7th Ave. I had a regular slice and a mozzarella + tomato slice. Both were pretty good - the crusts had a very nice thin, crispy bottom layer, which wasn't dried out all the way to through, the cheese was good and not too greasy, and the fresh tomatoes were juicy and not cardboard-like. I thought the sauce on the regular slice was a little on the sweet side, which is my general complaint about most of the local places I've tried, but it wasn't as sugary (or, more likely, corn-syrupy) as the place on 7th & Union. Not as good as Pizza on the Park, but much closer. I'd definately go back.

I love Oscar Pizza. I also recommend their Saugage and Peppers sandwich. MMMmmm, good.

If you don't mind traveling for good pizza, DiFara's in Bay Ridge is also ecellent, and made with the freshest imaginable ingredients. Plus the same owner has made the pizza there for decades. He seems to be ancient, but the pizza is still good.

DiFara's
1424 Avenue J (East 15th), Bay Ridge

ana.log wrote: I love Oscar Pizza. I also recommend their Saugage and Peppers sandwich. MMMmmm, good.

If you don't mind traveling for good pizza, DiFara's in Bay Ridge is also ecellent, and made with the freshest imaginable ingredients. Plus the same owner has made the pizza there for decades. He seems to be ancient, but the pizza is still good.

DiFara's
1424 Avenue J (East 15th), Bay Ridge

I couldn't agree more about DiFara's (see my post on another similar thread), but that's Midwood, not Bay Ridge.

Take the Q to Ave J- it's just a block from the train.

I've been told that DiFara's is worth a field trip. It's been on my to-do list for a few months.

Roma on 7th Ave and ... Berkeley? has good, cheap pizza. Their Grandma pizza is flat-out delicious, however.

dailyheights wrote: I've been told that DiFara's is worth a field trip. It's been on my to-do list for a few months.

Make sure you have plenty of time when you go there. It takes a while to get a slice, especially a square slice. And I think they don;t have a bathroom so go before you go. I used to call up and order a whole pie for pick-up and then drive down the Defaro's and eat it there. I think too many people did this, now you just have to go in and wait.

dailyheights wrote: I've been told that DiFara's is worth a field trip. It's been on my to-do list for a few months.

The man is god to me
I went to Brooklyn College and Midwood High School
The man is a legend

In Park Slope, I think Joe's of Bleeker Street is best.
I find Roma & the place on 7th (somewhere btween Carroll & 2nd)too greasy, but still it's tasty.
I agree that Two Boots has great pies.
In Prospect Heights, Gino's on Washington (btween Sterling & St. Johns) has great slices & pies. They're super cheap- only $8.00 for a plain pie if you pick it up yourself. The crust is so tasty.

Subject: Best Pizza in Park Slope-for a slice

Best place to get a slice of pizza in Park Slope is: Roma Pizza on 7th Ave. just before Union

Thin crust, good sauce and inexpensive.

Lenny's on Prospect Avenue and 5th Avenue (by 16th street) and Smiling on 9th street and 7th Avenue. Unfortunately, Lenny's doesn't deliver.

Subject: look ROMAS UP ON HEALTH INSPECTIONS

ANY 1 SAYS THE PIZZA IS GOOD DOESNT KNOW FOOD AND THE ROACHS MICE LOL

JOES BY FAR OSCARS IS FAIR AND HES CUTE

Subject: Re: look ROMAS UP ON HEALTH INSPECTIONS

slope78 wrote: ANY 1 SAYS THE PIZZA IS GOOD DOESNT KNOW FOOD AND THE ROACHS MICE LOL

JOES BY FAR OSCARS IS FAIR AND HES CUTE

Why are you yelling at us?

Subject: Pino's

I actually really like Pino's Fresh Mozzerella slice. Nice light, crispy crust, fresh basil leaf and a nice flavor to the sauce.

Pino's and Roma are the best two pizza places in all of Brooklyn.

Anonymous wrote: Pino's and Roma are the best two pizza places in all of Brooklyn.

That's just crazy talk!

I love Roma's fresh mozzarella pizza. Smiley's and Pino's are okay if you need a quick slice, but nothing to get excited about. Pizza Plus is also okay but it's a huge mistake to order anything other than pizza from them.

Anonymous wrote: Pino's and Roma are the best two pizza places in all of Brooklyn.

That's just crazy talk!

agreed, considering that everything that was good about Roma's went and opened Oscar's.

you can't say "best in Brooklyn" without acknowledging Totonno's, DiFara's, and Grimaldi's.

now i will say this again, and i could be called crazy as the guest poster was, but SLICEWISE, i'd put Oscar's up against anyone in the city.

Anniello's on 5th Ave.--not sure exactly where, possibly around 12th St.?--is quite good. Probably a lot better than most of the standard 5th Ave. places, from the sounds of it.

I think I've had a slice from nearly every place in the slope over the years and the quality varies, but I did have a damn good slice the other day at a place just outside of the 7th Ave B/Q station.

steve wrote: I think I've had a slice from nearly every place in the slope over the years and the quality varies, but I did have a damn good slice the other day at a place just outside of the 7th Ave B/Q station.

Antonio's? actually not that bad. they have a good whole wheat veggie slice.

yeah, that's it.

agree