Upside Pizza — Restaurant in New York

The best regular slice on the UWS, as of 3-7-25. Bold? Gurl, it’s my review & you’re just a 🐿️ … Is it the best overall pizza spot though ?

Pros:

It’s an 8.3 One Bite crust crisp factor. Didn’t even need to tell them to cook it well done. Good chew. Thinnest crust.

The cheese is low moisture mozzarella and their topping options are of high quality- Gina.

Pepperoni, mushroom, vodka…basically you can’t go wrong with most…

They deliver & open late.

Cons:

The Detroit style slices are disappointing. Dense and nothing like the real deal, even Jets is better.

They only sell pizza & garlic knots, nothing else. Get your beef Pattie fix across the street, Ricky.

Lots of seating inside for a pizza spot… even more outside, weather permitting.

Friendly staff.

The got Mexican Coke & Fanta. Double Bonus.

It’s a destination. I’d walk from CPW to Broadway for a slice because it beats all other pizza joints in the Morningside/...

If you only try one pizza shop in NYC, make it any of Upside Pizza’s locations; and if you try just one slice, make it their Cacio e Pepe slice.

The humble white slice is often overlooked across the city however, I believe any pizza shop need be judged by their basics. If simple slices like their standard cheese or white slice aren’t up to snuff, then what’s the point?

Upside Pizza changed how I view white slices in the city. All of their stuff is great, from the pepperoni used to the crust on all their pies. But the fresh ricotta and shaved parm on the Cacio slice as soon as it leaves the oven? It is truly a chef’s kiss moment 🤌 the slice itself is salty, cheesy, dense, garlicky….all without being oily or one-note. It’s a slice that lets the ingredients speak for themselves, much like every pie that Upside makes.

You just can’t...

When i walked in, i asked how much the Sicilian pizza was. Guy says 5 bucks and holds up 5 fingers. I felt this price was slightly expensive but out of curiosity and hope for a newly opened location, still decided to try it out. To my surprise, when i went to pay, i was informed the price was 6 dollars. “What 6 dollars, i was told 5!” I say bewildered. However, instead of trying to remediate the situation, i was told condescendingly “it’s just another dollar.” In reality it was just another dollar, but the attitude in which the cashier was conducting business left me with a foul taste in my mouth, much like the pizza did.

Im sure upside pizza will add an apology under this review, but after being there in person, it’s clear any apology will just be cope and...