Here is one of best pizza's I have ever eaten!!
Lars and I took a trip out to Greenpoint to visit Paulie Gee's-and the one hour wait was worth every moment.
The place from the outside looks like any other aluminum sided building in the area. But once inside it may have been an old carriage house or barn it is cavernous with the huge wood burning white tiled oven in the back-a oven so hot 1000 degrees, 900 on the bottom. The pizza's are in the oven for 90 seconds or less.
We sat at the bar and had drinks-and Paulie comes around with pizza on trays so you can sample, which makes the wait fun and also just a nice thing to do.
There are quite a few pizzas' to choose from we decided on the "In Ricotta Da Vita", http://www.pauliegee.com/home.php. I have noted the website so you can see for yourself.
I think going with a crowd and then ordering and sampling 4 or five different pizzas, would be the way to go.
The crust is thin and crispy it has scorch marks from the oven heat, the dough is made with Caputo flour from Italy, the sausage was perfect the fennel did not overpower. The sauce was simply done with San Marzano tomatoes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marzano_tomato. The Ricotta and arugula put on just before serving. The taste was balanced you could taste it all and nothing out shone the rest.
It leaves all the other pizza places in the dust frankly. For friends who come visit and love pizza It is a must-for those who are seeing NYC for the first time Grimaldi's will have to do for location and views. But Paulie Gee's is our new #1.
Next on our list is Totonnos in Coney Island! http://www.coneyislandfunguide.com/EatAndShop/Totonnos.htm
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