We spent the better part of the last week visiting family and friends in New York. We drove the 500 miles in about 8.5 hours - not bad. And with 2 hour delays at the NY airports the day we arrived, we probably didn't spend a whole lot more time on the trip than we would have had we flown.
As per usual, our first meal in NY was pizza! This time, our half-meatball, half cheese pie came from Mario's, on Larkfield Road in East Northport.
Mario's offers a typical Long Island pizza - delicious! Another fun fact about the East Northport location is that it was a Carvel Ice Cream store for years before becoming a pizzaria. Unfortunately, this was the only pizza we got to enjoy on this trip.
Love that slightly crispy char on the bottom - you can only get that if you let the pizza cook right on the oven floor and NOT in a pan.
Look at how thin that is! And why oh why is it so hard to get this kind of pizza outside the tri-state area?? I have been rather amused by a recent EGullet thread dissecting the "best" of NY pizzarias - I'd take ANY of them if they were within a 20 minute drive of my house.
As per usual, our first meal in NY was pizza! This time, our half-meatball, half cheese pie came from Mario's, on Larkfield Road in East Northport.
Mario's offers a typical Long Island pizza - delicious! Another fun fact about the East Northport location is that it was a Carvel Ice Cream store for years before becoming a pizzaria. Unfortunately, this was the only pizza we got to enjoy on this trip.
Love that slightly crispy char on the bottom - you can only get that if you let the pizza cook right on the oven floor and NOT in a pan.
Look at how thin that is! And why oh why is it so hard to get this kind of pizza outside the tri-state area?? I have been rather amused by a recent EGullet thread dissecting the "best" of NY pizzarias - I'd take ANY of them if they were within a 20 minute drive of my house.
