Years ago, after living in Boston for 3 years, I had yet to find a new york style slice that I found at all satisfying. One night while stuck on a date at California Pizza Kitchen, I noticed our server's nametag said he was from Brooklyn. So I asked him where he ate pizza (my date, being from Alabama, didn't understand how this wasn't rude, but dude totally knew where I was coming from), and he told me about Pino's. I've been a regular now for 10 years. To be honest, I've only ever gotten the pizza -- I have good sub shops closer to where I've lived. The pizza, however, is the closest thing this city has to the excellent new york slice shops (which are becoming rare even in that city). For what is essentially just a counter, the service here is still notable for being extraordinarily competent and quick even when being slammed by a mob of drunk BC kids. Not really a date place, as its a brightly lit room with loud teens / college kids, sparsely decorated in faded posters of the Amalfi Coast. But, if your date takes you here because you told them you can't find good pizza in this town, put a ring on it.