Bailey B.
Yelp
Glory, glory, hallelujah!! This place rocks!!
Okay, first: I don't know if this is "authentic" NY style pizza. I've had pizza in NYC and this seems like that to me, but I'm no expert and I honestly don't care one way or another.
Second: I think of pizza as akin to barbeque -- everyone has very different opinions of what makes the food "great," and if you don't like this style of pizza...well, that's gonna be a problem for you.
But for me, I can finally say I've found pizza in Huntsville that I genuinely love.
Did you ever beg your parents to take you to Chuck E Cheese as a kid so you could play games and eat pizza with your friends? That pizza tasted like the best ever back then, though I doubt that was a perspective rooted in reality.
But the pizza here captured that ooey gooey cheesy wonderful nostalgia I have, and it made me super happy.
This newish restaurant is in the old space of Taqueria El Palomino. It shares a shopping center with MK Wings off Jordan Lane. The parking lot is small and needs repaving, and the word about this place has clearly gotten out so it's likely crowded. It's worth it.
The inside is sort of hole-in-the-wall Italian -- nothing fancy, checkered tablecloths, lots of seating -- but they do have the distinction of being one of the only spots in Huntsville to offer slices of pizza instead of whole pies.
The restaurant is owned and operated by a family from Guatemala who grew up in NYC. Some of the staff don't speak a tooooon of English, but everyone I encountered was very friendly and welcoming and worked hard to make sure I got what I wanted.
They have a fairly large menu with other Italian options like calzones, too. But I was here for pizza and it didn't disappoint!
I ordered a slice of pepperoni, a slice of cheese, and a Coke, and had a delicious, fast, filling lunch for pretty much right at $10. The pizza slices were huge and hot. The crust is thin and crispy but maintains some nice chew instead of becoming crackery. There's ample cheese and fairly minimal sauce -- my preference -- and if you really wanted to, you could probably fold one of the slices, haha. I actually liked the cheese pizza better, as the pepperoni was a little greasy (unsurprising, and nothing a quick dab with a napkin couldn't fix), but both were outstanding.
So excited to finally have a pizza place I'll agree to go to when everyone else is craving pizza. Thanks, Mozza!