A very airy square slice. So light. Really one of the best slices in New York City
right now. We are in the Golden Age of pizza right here folks in New York City
Golden Age of New York City pizza straight up
Today's pizza day. Pizza. Pizza. Pizza. New York City's going through a pizza renaissance
right now so we're gonna show you in this multi-part series some of the best
new slice shops here in New York City. Starting here in Manhattan we're actually
gonna start with a place that's really impressive
It's called Scarr's and Scarr's they actually mill some of their own flour
in the basement. That is truly next level so they blend that in with some other
flour they source from upstate New York. And Scarr's is named after the owner, Scarr
Pimentel who's a native New Yorker. He wanted to take the old school slice shop
and modernize it a little bit with higher quality ingredients. First up we got
regular and square slice. Start off with the classic New York slice. Already got the nice New
York fold. Look at it - no flop. It's very sturdy - let's take a bite.
The bite of the back of the crust by itself too
It's crisp but has a nice chew to it. A lot of oregano in the sauce which I
personally really like. The mozzarella is really nice and they also top it with a
little Parmesan cheese for a little extra funk to it. Try out their
square slice. So this one looks really nice they top it with basil, Parmesan and
also drizzled some olive oil. This one came fresh out of the oven so let's
take a bite it looks really good.
Sauce is on top so you really get to taste it. Very nice zesty tomato flavor. Let's
take a bite with the basil. A very airy square slice. So light. This slice epitomizes
new school New York pizza and this new golden age.
Classic New York right here. Absolutely.
This area, Little Italy, in Manhattan has changed
a lot over the years. It's much smaller than it once was and you wouldn't
normally come here for pizza, but there's actually a new school place that opened
up late in 2019 called Manero's.
First slice we got from Manero's is the
margherita and the first thing that stands out right away is how fluffy this
cornicioine is. So that's the edge of the pizza for those who don't know. It's very
fluffy look at that but it's also really dark brown it's got a really nice bake
to it. Kind of reminds you of say a Neapolitan style the way it's puffy on
the edges but with the New York twist. This really is a perfect fusion of the
two. This looks delicious this margherita. So you have the fresh mozzarella. There's actually
thin slices of garlic so if you're a Goodfellas fan, it looks like they cut it with
the razor. And then they got the big slice of basil right here. Oh it's a
really nice...I can't even talk about it anymore, I need to take a bite. It's just calling my name.
So let's fold it. That sliced garlic adds so much flavor to it. You don't often see whole
slices of garlic on margherita slice like this. Wow now with this puffy cornicione,
I wanna take a bite of the back edge too. Excellent. It's a perfect char on
the bottom. Mmm what a great slice. We also love burrata, so we saw you
can add burrata to a slice, we figured why not? So we got a regular slice
that has the sauce on top and the fresh burrata look at that. Looks so
creamy and it looks so creamy - fold it up and take a bite. That is ridiculously
creamy and the burrata is so cool to contrast the warm slice. We love burrata
on pizza it's so decadent. Kick of garlic in there too - wow. Love that they don't
hold back on the garlic at this place. Big fan of garlic.
We're outside Gotham West Market at Corner Slice.
The reason why it's called Corner Slice because all they sell here are square
slices. So you know they call it the corner slice it's the one at the edge of
the pan that's the one you want - it's desired. Extra crust. And what's awesome about
this place they only sell square slices. Gonna start off here with a tomato slice
A very unique slice. It's very thin there's no mozzarella, so it's fresh
tomato there's a lot of herbs and Parmesan. There's also sliced garlic on top.
So let's take a bite. Mmm crunch right away. This is one of the
airiest slices I've had in New York City and being this thin it's even more
impressive. So you really taste the flavor of those herbs. The oregano is very strong that
Parmesan cheese really comes in and gives it a nice a little bit of saltiness
to it then you have that garlic but the tomatoes are so nice and tangy it's a
really good slice. Now we got our corner slice. This is the pepperoni. This has the fresh
mozzarella, has a little bit of sauce on top you see some basil but it has those
extra special what we call "roni cups," that's the pepperoni with the natural
casing that crisps up when you cook it like this so get those little puddles of
oil inside. And this one also has some oregano as well so let's take a bite
That crust is just so airy. That's what makes these spots like these specials is
just the attention to detail on that crust it's so airy delicious and the
pepperoni cup it's so crispy on the outside
You can crunch this too.
Can't wait to eat mine. Mmm wow. Just want to nibble on these roni cups. They're like pepperoni chips.
Mmm wow. So airy!
Alright so we are outside
Upside Pizza and a cool story about Upside Pizza - we're actually in like a dead zone
for good food - we're actually in a wasteland for good food right blocks away from
Times Square. So the owners are Two Bros. They actually own this place. So Two Bros
is a famous dollar slice joint here in the city. So they opened up a place
called Upside Pizza that has focus on more high quality ingredients and it's a
little pricier for slice but they use sourdough starter so no commercial
yeast everything is much lighter, sits well in your stomach.
We got sausage and it also has two types of peppers. They make the peppers
in-house too. It's spicy and sweet peppers. So it's those ground sausage chunks that
we love let's take a bite
The sauce on top of the cheese the sausage is really meaty juicy but what really makes
this slice stand out is those spicy and sweet peppers. You get that spicy kick
that takes this slice to another level. And look how thin and crisp this crust is.
Gonna take a bite of the side.
Along with Louie and Ernie's in the Bronx, this is one of the best sausage
slices in the city. Wow! And of course we had to get a square
slice here and their square slices are very special. So if you saw our Detroit
style pizza video, we'll put a card up here, they do a similar style here. So it
gets those caramelized cheese edges from the special pans and they put the sauce
on top like a racing stripe. So we're gonna take a bite. Mmm very light airy most
importantly I take a bite of the crispy cheese edge
It's very rare to get a Detroit style cheese edge on a single slice here
in the city so definitely check them out.
We're at our last stop, which is Mama's Too. That's right.
Mama's Too - it's not the number two at the end it's actually t-o-o like "too"
And that's because this spot is owned by the son of the other Mama's which is down
the block it's an old-school Upper West Side pizzeria. So this is a new school twist
Mama's Too. They're known as one of the best pizzerias in the city. One of the best
new spots exactly why we wanted to highlight it. They were actually written
up in the New York Times. It got one star a couple of years ago which is a big deal for
just a neighborhood slice joint. Our final stop of the day and we got this beauty
right out of the oven. This is the house slice. The house slice is like the regular
slice and the first thing you notice is how puffy the cornicione is on the
outside that it's really fluffy kind of like Manero's, but look at that hole
structure there. It's very light crisp. It's covered in basil. So much basil. We love
it. There's sauce on top of the cheese and you have the grated Parmesan there's
olive oil this is like a classic slice just taken to another level
Let's take a bite. Looks so good and the bottom is just perfectly cooked look at
that
Oh my god
This is incredible. This is really a classic New York slice taken to a whole
other level. If you are a lover of basil like we are and fresh parmesan and olive oil
this is your slice right here. We also have sopressata slice with hot honey and
the vodka. Vodka slice. Ooh it's hefty. There's a lot of basil on top, grated
Parmesan vodka sauce
Very rich this one. The sides of the caramelized cheese kind of like Detroit
style, but not as heavy, not as much of a rise as Detroit style, but we do have
a nice little frico edge the crisp cheese. Sopressata with hot honey look at
that. So the sopressata is the big slices they curve up like the Roni cup
pepperoni that you saw at Corner Slice. So you see there's that oil that's in there
hot honey let's take a bite.
The sopressata's so good. Sopressata's like pepperoni on steroids you know you got
the big slices and it's really crunchy like that pepperoni from before. It's
salty and a little sweet from the honey but you also get that spicy kick from
the spicy honey this is good stuff too. This was my pick
Oh god sopressata with honey is my pick I need to fold this thing