New York pizza

So, as you know for the most part the various Rays are not related.

For my money, though, the Famous Ray's, which was at 11th St. & 6th Ave. and closed about 7 or 8 years ago was a killer slice. I really miss it.

It was everything I normally don't like in a slice of pizza, a doughy crust, a cow's worth of cheese on each slice, but I lived near there for a few years a long time ago, and I wasn't shy about stopping by. They also did a really good salad slice with lettuce, tomato, onion, oil and vinegar over their marinara, which made me feel a bit less guilty about eating one of those heart attack slices. I really had to put limits on myself in that place.

 

So this is just one opinion. ... There are better slices than Pizza Suprema. ... even though it feels like a lot of the best slice places have gone out of business over the last 10 to 20 years. And that isn't to rag on Pizza Suprema at all, because it's a decent slice of pizza, and I will stop in there for a slice if I am nearby. But for me, it is really good only in the context of the really shitty pizza places (which seem to be increasing in number) up and down 7th and 8th Avenue, including the 99 cent slice places that put melted plastic on their pies and call it cheese. You are right, the real beauty of this place is that it is right in the shadow of the Garden. You nailed it on when you went there with Rangers fans lined up to grab a slice before heading into a game. That is exactly what I think of when I think of Pizza Suprema. That and if you get there right before rush hour and see commuters who are going to be running to catch a Long Island RR train after they grab a slice.

 

You should definitely try to pick the pockets of dozens of New Yorkers, and see how well it goes for you.

Seriously, most people I know in NY (and I know a few), don't really spend a lot of time trying to rank the pizza places. I feel like I am an anomaly on this. Food isn't a huge deal to me, and I don't eat a lot of stuff. Food is a really big deal to V, and she will eat stuff (like French Bistro. ... blood sausage, rabbit, mussels type things) that I wouldn't eat with her mouth. We're so different. But pizza makes me happier than 95 percent of things in the world. I could eat it every day, like whole pies a day, if I didn't regulate myself. And I take it really seriously, to the point that I used to regularly travel to try the places with good reps. I'm like this with pizza places and really good Southern Italian restaurants in NY in general (red sauce, pasta, cheese is my weakness).