New York Pizza Palo Alto — Restaurant in Palo Alto

As a displaced former resident of both NJ and IL, pizza and sandwiches are a sensitive topic for me. The pizza here is good. Not great, but decent. I don't say that often. For now, they have won my business till I find something better, presuming i'm in the mood for ny-style.

I tried a combination (pepperoni, sausage, olive mushroom and something else...) and a shrimp pesto pizza. Both were pretty good though if I go back i'll probably get lesser toppings. One thing i've noticed about all ny style pizza's here (ie, not in ny) is their crusts just aren't quite right. The problem is made worse by the grease in the toppings which saturates the thiner crusts. I don't really know why this never seems an issue out east... but i definitely notice this across the board here in CA. That said, this crust held up well, but still suffered the problem.

Their prices are great relative to the food volume, and it feels like a ny pizza place, small cozy and not really meant for you to stay in. Consider calling ahead and getting it to go. A pie takes about...

Another imposter.

Pros: Huge slices Great location Clean

Cons: Expensive Not quite the real deal

I see pizza places claiming to have New York pizza all the time out West. When I came in here to order a plain and a pepperoni slice and the cashier told me it would be $11.38, I had to ask him if that was correct. He said yes. I immediately knew this place was not the real deal. Great pizza in New York is about $3 a slice. Granted, this is Palo Alto so I get it, but $5 for a slice of cheese?! Come on!

When the slices came out, I was impressed by their size. They are HUGE. I wished I had only ordered one instead of two. See my reference photo. But still, it just isn't as thin as New York pizza. Too much cheese, too. Classic mistake. I will say the taste of the dough was pretty spot on, though.

Overall, just another meh pizza joint claiming to be...

It's ok ...? Pretty pricey,I wouldn't call it NY pizza. I'm born and raised from Queens NY. It be better hand tossed like real NY pizza. I like the air bubbles. I've ordered a few times to give it a chance. Reminds me more of a chain frozen dough pizza. I think it's premade food and not fresh. It's pretty doughy. Doesn't seem cooked. Kind of a disservice saying NY pizza. Service is good though. It's annoying when people use other states to try to justify their foods business name. NY pizza just has a regular business names.You're just a disappointment to the natives from those areas. I really hate the packets of fake Parmesan cheese and spices. Real NY pizza put the pizza spices/grated cheese in a small dole container. The ingredients and preparation makes a huge difference between OMG this amazing...