Their sausage and mushroom pizza is to die for.
I have had great pizza all over the world. This place is not only unique, it is damn good pizza.
Posted on 02/11/2016 4:11:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
It's a double treat today for two New York culinary staples -- not only is it National Bagel Day -- it's also National Pizza Day.
So which one of these iconic New York City foods reigns supreme among locals? CBS2's Emily Smith took to the streets to find out.
In honor of National Bagel Day, Smith stopped off at Bagel Boss -- one of the oldest bagel chains to open on Long Island.
Benny LoPiccolo, of Bagel Boss in Roslyn Heights, says It costs about 30 cents to make it homemade, and they sell it for $1.25.
According to LoPiccolo, plain bagels are their top seller.
"We can't keep up with them," LoPiccolo said.
But it's far from the only option.
"Lox, tomato cream, cheese -- toasted," Gabriel Leviav said.
"I don't toast it -- I like it the way it is," Joe Cino, of Cino's Hot Bagels in Bethpage, said.
So if it's National Bagel Day and National Pizza Day in the same day, doesn't that make it 'National Pizza Bagel Day' too?
Joseph Pappalardo, of Pappalardo's Pizza Cove in Massapequa, has been in the pizza business for 43 years. On Tuesday, he shared some of his tips:
"It starts out with making your pizza dough fresh every day," Pappalardo said. "You've got to buy the top ingredients -- tomatoes from Italy, pizza cheese from Wisconsin."
Pappalardo says it costs about 95 cents to make a slice and it sells for $2.25.
The long-time pizzeria owner also shared his love for Lombardi's, on Spring Street. The Manhattan pizzeria was the first in America, established in the early 1900s.
"They had a great calzone and slice of pizza," Pappalardo said. "And they really are the original and the first."
Brooklyn's Spumoni Gardens opened in 1939. Fourth-generation owner Louis Barbati says people travel from all around the world to have one of their famous squares.
"We put the cheese on then the sauce it's a different style," Barbati said.
But which is better -- pizza, or bagels?
"I did both for a long time, and I think bagels is the king of New York," LoPiccolo said.
"I like the pizza, I like the pizza," said Dan Cheshire of Shirley.
However you slice it, bite it or top it, there's clearly room for both here in this big city.
When did Bialy become nationally known?
Beer and pizza?
Beer and bagel??
Uhh..
Next question. ;-)
pizza from chicago (deep dish-1978), bagels from NY and diner lemon meringue pie 6 inches high (probably around 1963), philly cheesesteak, Alaskan King Crab legs shipped in 1 day from Oregon and grilled,...
good stuff USA. Let me know what to have when I go south or west.
My dentist told me once she gets the most patients because of bagels.
Thanks I saved that.
I would have to say pizza. I really miss real NY pizza. I have to stay away from enriched wheat so that puts me off almost all pizza.
Although there is nothing like a fresh onion bagel spread thickly with cream cheese, sprinkled with capers, then topped with nice slabs of wild Alaskan smoked salmon. (Cheap lox is often farmed and thus not too healthy)
Their sausage and mushroom pizza is to die for.
I have had great pizza all over the world. This place is not only unique, it is damn good pizza.
You can keep the pizza.
I’ll take an everything bagel toasted and smothered with veggie cream cheese and a potato kinish on the side . I don’t normally eat bread but I love a good deli bagel .
“Ant Bloomberg tobacco flavored pizza available?”
Not in large size, but you can have 2 small ones.
Hard to find quality examples of either these days in New York.
Chiles rellenos. Mmmmm.
I never tried them, but H&H Bagels on Broadway on upper west side were fantastic. Had long lines every day in a very wealthy, largely Jewish area. They were forced out of business around 5 or 10 years ago.
+1*10
Gulf Shrimp and grits with cajun crawfish topping.....not there....game over
Have developed an additon to poblanos. I grill about 30 early in the week, and use them with almost everything else we cook.
addition = addiction
I've seen enough articles from Salon, NRO, Blaze, etc., etc., to make my head spin. (ENOUGH ALREADY PEOPLE)
This is a wonderful diversion, and YES, it's PIZZA for me !
Sacrilege! A "pizza bagel" is neither.
Bagels and lox!!!
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