Joe's Pizza
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Joe's Pizza

New York, New York

Photo: Joanna Szalankiewicz

A slice shop on Carmine Street that has been serving the platonic ideal of a New York cheese slice since 1975. Thin, foldable, properly greasy, with a char on the bottom that crackles. No gimmicks, no artisanal toppings, no precious sourdough crust. Just pizza the way this city invented it, executed perfectly for fifty years.

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A plain cheese slice, folded. That's it. Eat it standing on the sidewalk. This is the experience.

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