The Best Pizza Slice In NYC | Best Of The Best

[Music] I'm Spencer Alban and I am obsessed with pizza as a New Yorker I know nothing beats a New York slice but in a city with so many options sometimes finding that perfect slice can be tough that's why today we are on a quest to find the best pizza in NYC each place we visit will be judged on a single slice it has to be triangular and there are no toppings allowed we'll be looking at crust sauce - cheese ratio and overall quality of ingredients now let's get started because I got a lot of heat that heat up first the famous Joe's [Music] Jose has been a West Village institution since 1975 with countless celebrity customers and spots in major Hollywood films Jose is the gold standard for a no-frills counter service slice delicious I'm excited first bite here we go in terms of press it's crispy on the bottom I'd say it is a hundred percent nailing it for sure cheese perfect amount of cheese this is an example of why this place has been around for so long and why it's always got a line the pigeons want the pizza pigeons mine all right next we headed to Brooklyn to try the legendary de fara pizza de fara pizza was opened in 1965 by Domenico DeMarco an Italian immigrant and known workaholic who's barely taken a day off in over 50 years today his kids handle most of the business but DOM is still there in the background keeping an eye on things Dom's pies are made with all imported Italian ingredients and cooked at an extreme heat until they blister making them more distinctly Italian in style than the other places on our list with fans like Leonardo DiCaprio and the late Anthony Bourdain you know it's worth the five dollar slice and infamously long wait times $35 for peds I understand by the olive oil the technique I mean it's all awesome [Music] it smells unreal okay first looks they've put some fresh basil on top they drizzle some nice and the olive oil a little sprinkle of parmesan so it definitely just looks a little more Italian than like a classic New York slice but I have to say in terms of smell alone this one takes the cake mmm right off the bat you got that tomato sauce it tastes like they just squished a beautiful tomato fresh off the farm and put it on this pizza and then cooked it up that's good sauce - cheese ratio the ratio is good it's the same amount of sauce as there is - cheese which is what you're looking for I think the distribution is a little off from my taste personally you have parts where you're just getting sauce and parts where you're just getting cheese but so far the flavor is undeniably good this crust is exactly what you want it to be you have that char from the oven it's a nice thin crispy crust but on the top you see that you have that chewy or dough your part on top which is exactly what we're looking for there's gonna be hard to interest once lecture this I probably could have finished off the entire pie but rules are rules and our day was only halfway through we hopped on the subway to make the journey back into Manhattan and headed uptown to our next spot coronet is known for one thing and one thing only it's ridiculously oversized jumbo slice located near Columbia University coronet was my pizza place of choice when I went to college with so many fond late-night memories I wanted to see if my college dive could compete against the heavy hitters on our list one jumbo slice please thank you let's got some way to it [Music] can you see how giant this slices now I know why I gained that freshman 15 [Music] mmm tastes like college want a slice I could break it down by category but at the end of the day coronets main appeal was the size alone I feel like I've been eating for an hour and I'm not even half the way through yet you know one time I wrote a musical about pizza they were star-crossed lovers star-crossed lovers I may have overestimated the amount of pizza I could consume in one afternoon I had to give it to coronet for the size alone luckily we had another long subway ride back downtown for the last stop on our pizza extravaganza scars might be relatively new to the pizza scene but the owners laid-back approach and use of all-natural ingredients have quickly launched him to the top of the pizza charts most pizza places are trying to cut corners and keep their their margins good and I don't think scar really cares about that I think he cares about putting out the best possible slice of pizza that he can [Music] this is the most unique slice out of all of the places we've been to today I don't know how they do it but they somehow got that thin crispy New York crust but they made it super light and airy I feel like this slice is secretive because you wouldn't know how fancy it is from the looks of it and that's kind of what I like about this place it's like a cool vibe you know it's a very chill spot good music and it turns out they're milling their own flour in the basement because they care about the quality of their ingredients I'm really happy with this life all right scar I see you right let's go [Music] I am stuffed welcome to the decision room for best of the best I can't believe I made it this far here's the thing all of these places that we went to today were killer for different reasons so get out there eat a ton of pizza and then find your favorite my favorite is what today is all about so without further ado let's talk crust the best crust from today's slices goes to DeForest I got to give it to them it was so good so props to you guys - Farah you are nailing it on the top of the crust it doesn't get better than that next up let's talk sauce - cheese ratio this one goes to Jose Jose nailed it on this front I mean no one else had that perfect balance sauce - cheese ratio beautiful for the category of overall quality of ingredients this one goes to scars it's the kind of slice that you can't put your finger on why it tastes how it does but you know it has to do with where they're sourcing their ingredients from finally it is time to announce the winner for best of the best pizza in New York City this one was so close this is a super hard decision to make and at the end of the day it was about what slice was my favorite to eat and there was one place that stood out from the rest the winner for best of the best pizza in New York City goes to Jones it's just that perfect place to grab and walk down the street and then carry on with your day now go out and find your pizza dreams I know I did I need a nap you

Channel: Food Insider

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Keywords: INSIDER, FOOD INSIDER, nyc, pizza, best of the best, new york, pizza slice, joes pizza, di fara pizza, koronet pizza, scarrs pizza

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Length: 9min 40sec (580 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 13 2019