DAY 29: OCTOBER 29th, 2008 - SI Pizza Circuit 3 of 3 - Joe & Pat's

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(c) Sean Taylor 2008

DAY 29: OCTOBER 29th, 2008

LOCATION: Joe & Pat's (Manor Rd. and Victory Blvd., Staten Island)

ORDER: 1 slice of cheese

GUEST(S): Charles Gussow, Kelsey Beckner


PIZZA REVIEW: What's golden brown and red all over? If you float some mozzarella cheese cubes on it, the answer is Joe & Pat's pizza. Focusing on their rich tomato sauce recipe, they cover nearly the entire pie with copious amounts of sauce before evenly distributing just enough mozzarella cheese chunks as to enhance, not overpower, the final product. Beneath every Joe & Pat's creation count on a thin, toasted crust that is firm yet chewy. Joe & Pat's pizza guidelines are a blueprint for ideal pizza emphasizing my favorite part, the sauce, and using the rest of the ingredients to accentuate the natural flavor of everything else. Although you can have it delivered or order for take-out, I suggest eating in. There are plenty of seats and with crust this thin, it is important to get it out of the oven and into your mouth as soon as possible. Otherwise it gets cold. Of course, Joe & Pat's pizza is delicious at any temperature.

MISC.:
1. I met Joe & Pat and talk to these Naples born brothers about pizza and Italy.


2. We narrowly beat closing time to get to Joe & Pat's. I had to call ahead so the pizza would be ready as we arrived. When all was said and done, Charles, Kelsey and I had consumed 25 slices of pizza between the three of us.

VIDEO CLIP:
edited by Sean Taylor

RATING:
4.67/5
VALUE:
4.5/5

AMBIENCE:
2.5/3

TASTE:
9.5/10

SERVICE:
3/3

19.5/21 = .929 x 5 = 4.64

Category:

Entertainment

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• Goodfella's
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• Pat's
• Lee's
• Tavern
• pizza
• Staten
• Island

[nytmstr]

4 and 2/3 WTF! You non Italians make me laugh you wouldnt know a good "abeetz" if you got slapped in your face with one!

[spotlightsean]

@nytmstr Thanks for your comment. I will be on the lookout for good "abeetz," especially now that I know it might slap me in the face.

[NyYankees1985]

@spotlightsean dont listen to that idot and his "abeetz" first off its "apizza" and unless your from 1907 brooklyn noone says that.....thats what somone who thinks they are italian and wants to sound like he is italian would say

[skizzo192]

staten island has the best pizza because we actualy have italians that make the pizza