Paulie Gee’s Soul City Slice Shop
Pizza restaurant · Washington Square West
412 S 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Highlights
Retro slice shop with Atari, pool table, and hot honey pizza
Retro slice shop with Atari, pool table, and hot honey pizza
"Part-neighborhood slice shop and part-bar where you can play Duck Hunt on an old tube TV, Paulie Gee’s has the classic pizza hangout thing down to a science. All the slices at this NYC-based spot are good, but it’s their Freddy Prinze that sets them apart from other pizza places in town. The square, upside-down Sicilian pie comes loaded with sweet tomato sauce, mozzarella, pecorino romano, and a sesame seed bottom that ensures each bite has just the right amount of char and nuttiness. Bring a group of friends to the Wash West shop to shoot a round of pool, look at some vinyl records, and split a square pizza in the vintage orange booths." - candis mclean, alison kessler
"This Center City pizza place can be your go-to for lunch, gameday, or when you want a plant-based slice that doesn’t taste like cardboard covered in sauce. The parlor is all about nostalgia—you can play Nintendo games on a tube TV and buy vinyl records—and you can get the New York-style or doughy square pizzas topped with vegan parmesan, Italian “pepperoni”, and crispy caramelized onions." - candis mclean
"Paulie Gee’s Soul City Slice Shop is so good that even Philadelphians have gotten on board with this Washington Square West export of a famous New York business. White-and-black-tiled floors, wood paneling, and a vinyl ’70s soundtrack set the scene for a nostalgic place to play pool and eat pizza until 2 a.m. on the weekends. The Freddy Prinze, a Sicilian pie that inverts the standard sauce-then-cheese math on a sesame-seed bottom, is a perfect order, and the shop sells several round pies and vegan varieties, too." - Annemarie Dooling
"With orange tables and someone tossing dough in the air like it’s a frisbee, Paulie Gee’s Soul Slice in Center City looks like a classic pizzeria you could find in any East Coast city. The difference here is the slice shop has a full bar with multiple TVs, a pool table, records for sale, and a little area where you can play Duck Hunt on an old tube TV. Get a Hellboy Squared—the upside-down Sicilian pie comes loaded with sweet tomato sauce, mozzarella, pecorino romano, pepperoni, and hot honey—and try to tune out the one Cowboys fan who somehow made it through the door. " - candis mclean
"With orange tables and someone tossing dough in the air like it’s a frisbee, Paulie Gee’s Soul Slice looks like a classic pizzeria you could find in any East Coast city. The difference here is the slice shop has a full bar, a pool table, records for sale, and a little area where you can play Duck Hunt on an old tube TV. And they’re open until 2am. Get a Hellboy Square—the upside-down Sicilian pie comes loaded with sweet tomato sauce, mozzarella, pecorino romano, pepperoni, and hot honey—and try to tune out that guy next to you talking about hitchBOT." - candis mclean
