Big Nick's serves the only passable slice in this neighborhood. Not the whole UWS, obviously, but the Lower Upper West Side. I have a few more places to go next week before I've eaten every slice West of Central Park, so hopefully I'll find some sleeper slice hiding out on 63rd St. or something. But seriously, in a land of mediocrity, Big Nick's shines like a beacon, like when you change high schools and you see a kid wearing an Operation Ivy t-shirt.
That website is going to be disconcerting, because they have like, a full, non-pizzeria menu, but don't be dismayed, the pizza here is good. Compare this picture to the previous few slices. Any discerning pizza-eater worth her weight in dough will be able to tell right off the bat that this is way better looking:
This slice was sweeter than I like, but not in a nasty, syrupy way. Not my jam, but totally legit nevertheless. The texture of this slice was perfect and the cheese was delicious. It tasted like cheese as opposed to tasting like plastic or tasting like nothing or tasting like "cheese." The ratios were superb. I think I may be insanely persnickety about sauce-sweetness, but Aaron agreed that the sauce was a little on the sweet side, and he thinks all pizza tastes the same. I'm looking at my notes on this slice, and I wrote three separate times that the texture was exceptional, which means it didn't lag at any point throughout the slice. This shit is solid as fuck and if you are anywhere near this horrible neighborhood, this is the ONLY Slice Harvester Approved slice.
Big Nick's
70 W 71st St
New York, NY 10023
Upper West Side sucks, most of the food is bland like the people who live there
ReplyDeleteWhen are you going to do the UES?
ReplyDeleteGet over yourselves. UWS fucking rocks. The kind of people who hate it (or call it horrible) are lame and insecure. You're probably right about the Pizza there, though interested to hear what you think of Rigoletto and La Traviata just round the corner from Big Nicks Too.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 2: whenever I finish with the West side of central park, probably in the next 1-3 weeks, I'll be starting at 110th street on the East side.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 3: this is all in good fun, quit acting like a big baby!
The pizza is very good at Big Nick's Too.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the best role of the very good slice is as an appetizer while you wait for your awesome Big Nicks burger. Up until recently this was the best burger, by far, in the UWS and is still in the top three.
Best burger I ever had was at Big Nick's Too. best pizza my wife ever had... same place. And we're burger/pizza folks.
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