Alligator Lounge

The Free Pizza at Alligator Lounge in Brooklyn Is Better Than It Should Be | Eater NY

"Despite soaring menu prices, I still extol Alligator Lounge for its free pizza with any drink purchase: the bar — a local legend that even appeared in an HBO show from Nathan Fielder earlier this summer (general manager Lisa Graziano said she’d signed an NDA and couldn’t discuss the show) — has a brick oven that dispenses hundreds of pizzas each night. Its Wi‑Fi password, "$4fireballshots," doubles as a drink special, and the space features two Skee‑Ball machines, a pool table, a photo booth, a karaoke stage, and a bar area where trivia is hosted on Mondays. The system is simple: order a drink, ask for a pizza ticket, take it to the brick oven at the back, wait about ten minutes, and receive a pie — you can do this as many times as you like and add toppings like basil, pepperoni, bacon, and pineapple for a dollar each. The pies often come out doughy and misshapen (the crust can account for as much as a third of the surface), yet somehow remain edible, and on slower nights the crust will bubble and pick up a little char. Graziano says the bar hands out roughly 1,700–1,900 pizzas a week (an employee said they were on track to make 600 pies one recent Friday), and the improbable special hasn’t budged despite rising ingredient costs because the bar would rather raise cocktail prices to keep beer low and the pizzas free — “Where else can you get a beer and a shot and a pizza for six dollars?” she asks, nodding to the “Low Life.” You might think you’re at one of the city’s best pizzerias; you’re not — you’re at the city’s best pizzeria bar." - Luke Fortney