Steaks New York New York

12/01/09

The BEST NY style Pizza on the West Coast!

by lesliewine at Citysearch

As a native New Yorker living out here for 10 + years, we got tired of "NY Pizza" claims from the other pizza joints in Portland. So we kind of gave up and just made our own, which still wasn't close since we don't have a proper pizza oven. Then a friend suggested New York, New York on Barbur. We live about 3 minutes from here. I will never eat another pizza in Portland other than the great pizza that owner Pat and his lovely daughter Deena serve. This is the real deal. Authentic NY-style pizza needs to flop, drip with a bit of grease and have a crispy crust (but not crunchy) - they get is right here. I've also eaten "NY Style" Pizza in San Francisco, LA and Seattle - and nothing comes close to the mouth-watering pizza here! Thank you for allowing me a little piece of NY here in Portland! I've already put the word out to my NY network here in Portland!

• Pros: Real NY Pizza - other 'imitators' should just give up!

10/11/09

Very good pizza, homey joint, but not gourmet

by carlson_b at Citysearch

I haven't found much NY style pizza in Portland and there's no doubt this place is good - the crust has a nice crispness and the standard ingredients are available. The restaurant itself is homey but don't expect gourmet service or food here - good solid food is what you'll get. Definitely not the best restaurant nor the best pizza in Portland but worth a try if you're in the neighborhood and like this kind of place.

• Pros: Good NY style pizza w/ crispy crust
• Cons: Good, but not great

04/27/09

Authentic NYC Style and perhaps THE BEST Pizza in Portland

by DoubleNutz at Citysearch

I can overlook that Pat will not allow garlic salt into his restaurant (garlic salt... it's a NY'r thing) because this is the kind of pizza I remember getting as a kid growing up in Rockaway Beach, Queens. When you fold the pizza in half the bottom crust cracks just a little bit (the way it is supposed to). If you don't fold the pizza the cheese slides right off the pizza, perfect!

I also got a italian sausage sub to take to work... it never made it! I started to nibble on it just a little and slammed the whole thing on the spot, it was so good!

This is Italian food with all of the character and tastes of NYC. I will be found here FREQUENTLY.

• Pros: Hands Down the Best NYC style pizza in PDX- no question!
• Cons: I wish the place were a bit bigger