Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop
Pizza restaurant · Washington Square West
412 S 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Highlights
Retro slice shop with pool & bar, serving Sicilian & NY-style pies
Retro slice shop with pool & bar, serving Sicilian & NY-style pies
"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 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
"It takes a certain amount of humility for a team of Philadelphia writers to name something from New York the top in its class (especially when we’re talking about pizza). But that’s just how f*cking delicious the Hellboy Squared is. The square, upside-down pie comes loaded with sweet tomato sauce, mozzarella, pecorino romano, piles of Ezzo pepperoni, and hot honey, all on a sesame seed crust that gives it a nutty boost. It’s dense yet airy, making each bite a cheesy, crunchy, sweet and spicy revelation. We like the 80's basement vibe of this Washington Square spot–complete with a tube TV and duck hunt–but it’s the Hellboy that we just can’t quit." - alison kessler, candis mclean
