Pass the cranberry sauce, we’re having mashed potatoes!

I went to Seamless and got pizza about a year ago from a place near me and it was amazing and reasonable. Went to order it again a month later and the joint had closed.

 

We split time between NY and Philly. NY is where we want to be. Philly is where we have to be some of the time b/c of Ms. Ragu's work. I am so not a Philadelphia person, yet, that is where I am a lot of the time.

There is a neighborhood pizza place in our NY neighborhood that has been there for probably 60 years. I could eat it every day, even though I don't. In fact, pizza is such a weakness that I rarely eat it anymore. I just dream about it.

I think one tell about how good that neighborhood place in NY is,is that a lot of cops eat there. They seem to drive out of their way to grab their slice there. There is always a police car double parked out front. Aside from that, there are several other pizza places within walking distance that have respectable slices. And then, a couple of old brick oven or coal fired places that are reasonably close that have good sit-down, by the pie pizza. The area is pizza heaven.

Philly? The pizza is absolute shit (sorry, no other way to put it). I have found one or two barely edible slices (let's face it, even somewhat bad pizza is still pizza) and a couple of sit-down pie places that are OK (not great, just OK). But for a place that has a reasonable number of Italians, it boggles me how they have lost (or never found) that part of their heritage.

 

You and I are similar after all, see? I don't have much of a sweet tooth, either. I am mostly savory, not sweet. Cheese and salt are my weaknesses in life. You can tempt me with crappy desserts all day long and I will pass. But stick a pizza in front of me and I might go all cookie monster on it.

 

You will probably laugh -- and I know I deserve to be laughed at. But I never venture above, say, 36th Street, and the only reason I am ever up there is that UPenn went and stuck their campus there. But seriously, thanks for the tip. I just looked. ... it's not too far of a hike, and I honestly never have explored around there. I may give it a try.