Sam’s Famous Pizzeria

NYC’s Top Pizza Slices, Mapped - Eater NY

"Sam’s is a throwback to the ’60s, when East Harlem was one of the city’s most prominent Italian neighborhoods. Now it and Rao’s are two of the few surviving institutions of that era. The place is narrow and efficient, and turns out a bigger range of products than seems possible given the small space. The pizza crust is especially thin and crisp (the dough is made on premises), and the regular slice is on the cheesy side with a big thick “bone” (circumferential edge). Among specialty slices, the three meat (pepperoni, bacon, Italian sausages) is especially fine and greasy, and the chicken parm slice a nice invention. Garlic knots A+." - Robert Sietsema