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Dave Portnoy just gave this buzzy new NYC pizza spot a 9.2 rating, and now it’s selling out like crazy — here’s what real New Yorkers think
NY Post ^ | 05/16/2025 | Marissa Matozzo

Posted on 05/16/2025 12:37:11 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Dave Portnoy just handed out one of his highest pizza ratings ever to a newly opened pizzeria in Little Italy – which is now causing impatient lines and sold-out pies.

The Barstool Sports founder is known for his viral — not to mention controversial — one-bite pizza reviews. And he recently gave Ceres — a three-month-old-or-so pizzeria at 164 Mott St. run by two former Eleven Madison Park chefs, Jake Serebnick and Julian Geldmacher — a whopping 9.2 out of 10 score.

Portnoy showered it with praise, calling it “spectacular” and “must-have, top-of-the-list Manhattan pizza … as good as it gets.”

Does he have a new NYC favorite? That glory at least puts it thin-crust close to a trio of his fight-inducing, top-tier Gotham greats Portnoy revealed to The Post last fall: “John’s of Bleecker, Lucali and Luigi’s. Those would be three that are all up there.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: buzzy; crazy; david; new; newyorkers; nyc; out; pizza; portnoy; rating; real; selling; spot; think

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That is one big slice
1 posted on 05/16/2025 12:37:11 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Looks more like New Haven style pizza - less cheese and charred - than the NY variety.


2 posted on 05/16/2025 12:45:07 PM PDT by montag813
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Portnoy is a phag.


3 posted on 05/16/2025 12:47:28 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I’m not going all the way to NYC just for pizza.
I can get great enough pizza in Jersey!
4 posted on 05/16/2025 1:03:04 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: ChicagoConservative27

John’s on Bleeker Street is the best I’ve had.


5 posted on 05/16/2025 1:04:09 PM PDT by Orosius (A“Wake America Up Again )
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To: GaltAdonis

Isn’t this pizza place in Tribeca?


6 posted on 05/16/2025 1:05:36 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: montag813

I like charred but less cheese is NEVER the answer.

As I like to say, two words should never be used in front of cheese and those two words are “too much”...

Too much cheese can never happen...


7 posted on 05/16/2025 1:07:11 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

40 dollars for a whole pizza. Stupid.


8 posted on 05/16/2025 1:08:44 PM PDT by mythenjoseph (Thats a good line there!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Huh? What your talkin’ bout?


9 posted on 05/16/2025 1:16:25 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: GaltAdonis

Where the pizza shop in the article is


10 posted on 05/16/2025 1:17:12 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: packrat35

$6 a slice for bread, and tiny amounts of cheese and sauce. Massive profit margin.


11 posted on 05/16/2025 1:23:14 PM PDT by montag813
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It looks like your typical total crap Italian pizza. Very thin crust with some food coloring sprinkled on top. No thanks. I grew up with Thick crust, Thick Gooey cheese, Good layer of tomato sauce, and juicy toppings. Which is very hard to find now. But nothing else satisfies.


12 posted on 05/16/2025 1:26:21 PM PDT by Revel
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Ceres $9 slice.

13 posted on 05/16/2025 1:39:44 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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To: montag813

“Looks more like New Haven style pizza - less cheese and charred - than the NY variety”

Yeah, having just made a home made pizza last night which the wife complained was too cheesy (is that possible?) This pizza looks like it has just a smidgen of finely grated hard cheese. Undoubtedly a great sauce and crust to pull off that rating.


14 posted on 05/16/2025 1:39:54 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Revel

Barf.


15 posted on 05/16/2025 1:45:37 PM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: Revel
Could be worse...


16 posted on 05/16/2025 1:46:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: montag813

I would never buy pizza with a tiny amount of cheese...


17 posted on 05/16/2025 1:48:01 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: dfwgator

I was just about to inquire if pineapple was one of the toppings offered at Ceres. If it’s not, I’m not going.


18 posted on 05/16/2025 1:55:10 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: GaltAdonis
I’m not going all the way to NYC just for pizza. I can get great enough pizza in Jersey!

I grew up in New Haven, and feel the same way about Wooster Street. I have heard nothing but good about some NJ pizza. (There is also some bad pizza in New Haven. York Street Pizza is popular with Yalies, and not very good. They try to compensate for a bad crust with too much cheese.)
19 posted on 05/16/2025 2:16:06 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: montag813

One of the many lessons of life I have learned is “Better is the enemy of good. I’ve eaten pizza of all types all over the world and now I stick with Costo Pepperoni. It’s good and it’s $9.95 a pie.


20 posted on 05/16/2025 2:39:49 PM PDT by atomic_dog
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