In another Life, I was probably a Ninja Turtle.

by Jed

Pizza.  I love it.  It would probably be the one thing I would bring with me on a deserted island.  Thus, I was quite happy to be in NYC, one of the pizza capitals of the world.  Caitlin and I decided that for one of our dinners in NYC, we would just eat pizza...lots of pizza.  Since there are literally pizza places on every block of NYC (sometimes multiple pizza places), we just strolled around and went into any place that looked halfway decent.  Here is our Pizza review.  Do not read if you are hungry.  

Most Famous Ben's Pizza
Cost: $2.75 per slice
Caitlin's Score: 7
Jed's Score: 6.5
Overall Impression: Not sure this deserves the moniker of "most famous", but it was pretty good.  Crust was a little too burnt, yet the pizza was also not hot enough at the same time.  I would still probably eat it every day for the rest of my life.

.99 Cent Fresh Pizza
Cost: .99 per slice
Caitlin's Score: 5
Jed's Score: 7
Overall Impression: For a dollar a slice, the pizza was pretty damn good.  Definitely the best deal of the bunch. At this price, you could either buy an Ipad, or eat dinner here every night for a year.  That's an easy decision for me.

Artichoke's Pizza
Cost: $4.50 per slice
Caitlin's Score: 6
Jed's Score: 6.5
Overall Impression: Despite it's name, we stuck with the plain slice in order to be able to compare places fairly. Coming in at a whopping $4.50 per slice, we had high expectations.  Unfortunately, the pizza was pretty average and didn't justify the 4.5X price tag of the better-named .99 cent Fresh Pizza. If I ate this pizza everyday for a year, I would probably need to get a job again.

Ray's Pizza (famous original)
Cost: $3 per slice
Caitlin's Score: 7
Jed's Score: 7
Overall Impression: As many New Yorkers know, and I learned from one of the many Food channel shows I have accidentally watched, there is a battle between which "Ray's pizza" is the true Ray's pizza.  There is Ray's, famous Ray, original Ray's, famous original Ray's, and other such brilliant combinations.  I do not claim to know which was first or which is the best, but for a tourist trap, this Ray's was surprisingly decent.  Not the best pizza we had, but not the worst either.  If I ate this pizza every day for a year, I would probably be pretty satisfied...and morbidly obese.

Fiore's Pizza
Cost: $2.50 per slice
Caitlin's Score: 8
Jed's Score: 9
Overall Impression: The semi-sweet sauce, the cooked -to-perfection dough, the delicious cheese...ladies and gentlemen, we have an undisputed winner.  Fiore's in Greenwich Village, well done sir, well done.  If I ate this pizza every day for the rest of my life, I'd be...in heaven. I'm hungry.

Lastly, and a complete non sequitur, special thanks to my high school friend Jim for hosting us in NYC and for talking us out to a party where I got to catch-up with some old high school classmates. It was great, and very weird, to run into Bethlehem kids in NYC. Go Eagles!?