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

[ChicagoConservative27]

That is one big slice

[montag813]

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

[nesnah]

Portnoy is a phag.

[GaltAdonis]

I’m not going all the way to NYC just for pizza.
I can get great enough pizza in Jersey!

[Orosius]

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

[ChicagoConservative27]

Isn’t this pizza place in Tribeca?

[packrat35]

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...

[mythenjoseph]

40 dollars for a whole pizza. Stupid.

[GaltAdonis]

Huh? What your talkin’ bout?

[ChicagoConservative27]

Where the pizza shop in the article is

[montag813]

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

[Revel]

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.

[Liz]

Ceres $9 slice.

[DAC21]

“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.

[Jacquerie]

Barf.

[dfwgator]

Could be worse...

[packrat35]

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

[HartleyMBaldwin]

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

[Dr. Sivana]

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.)

[atomic_dog]

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.