Does Brooklyn really have the best pizza in the world? Go on a tasting tour withA Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour, the only guided bus tour that covers pizza…and Brooklyn…from one end to the other. Not just for tourists. It sounds fun even if you’ve lived in Brooklyn for evah!
From Grimaldi’s and their award winning Neapolitan style pizza in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn to L&B Spumoni Gardens and their award winning Sicilian style pizza in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn and everything in between including Coney Island!
The tour also includes an audio-visual historical tour of many of Brooklyn’s diverse neighborhoods, landmarks, points of interest and famous movie locations including Saturday Night Fever, Goodfellas, Annie Hall, Scent of a Woman and many more.
Since its debut, A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour has received local, national and international press from such outlets as CNN, the New York Times, the London Times, the Associated Press, Crain’s New York Business, the Lonely Planet guide, USA Today, SAVEUR, Food Arts as well as appearances on NBC’s Today Show and the YES Network’s “Ultimate Road Trip”.
the tour is great! even for brooklynites.. besides the pizza (which is delicious and no waiting on line at grimaldis) you get a whirlwind tour of the borough from dumbo to bay ridge to coney. the best part, besides the tour guide tony who is a true bk character, is that he plays clips from movies filmed in brooklyn right at the moment you drive by that exact location. recommended. it’s $75 but you won’t be hungry for dinner afterwards.
You wouldn’t be able to find out whether Brooklyn has the best pizza by taking this tour. It skips what are pretty widely acknowledged as the best four pizzas in the borough (Totonno’s, DiFara, Lucali, and Franny’s). I disagree with the “not just for tourists” comment.
whoever came up with this idea is a genius. no way i’m paying $75 to go on it when i can figure one out by myself (i’d hope), but it’s definitely the coolest thing i’ve heard of in a while.
This is an edited e-mail I received from a patient of mine who loves pizza:
“So the past month or so after my sessions with you l have been “treating myself ” to a relaxing meal at Enzo’s, the hot new pizza joint on the main drag in Windsor Terrace. l have found this time useful in many ways, l reflect and write about what just happened and literally nourish myself with food l enjoy. Hailing from in and around the Trenton area l like to think l know a little something about pizza or “tomato pies ” as we used to call them. Enzo’s does pizza right and for it l will endure poor service and an owner with a serious attitude problem. Bad News. The baby carriages are outside (because there are already too many inside!). The low roar of whining and fussing infants, toddlers and chatty Mom’s has drowned out the music, and the lovely smell of freshly baked, delicious, wood fired brick oven pizza is no competition for the stench of dirty diaper’s and similac. So, then, as Suzy is telling Janet about her sorority sister’s wedding in DC or what kind of granite her and Phillip are getting in their kitchen, little Emmet with his runny nose, dirty face and puzzled grin strays and enters my universe. ” Oh, sorry, he’s a handful, you know? ” Clueless! Just fuckin’ clueless. Since they were little girls l bet all they wanted to be was a “stay at home Mom.” So stay at home! lt’s what you signed up for. As l sat there, l noticed at least two Mr. Mom types walking briskly by, headed towards the park. Why aren’t they startin’ a sewing circle in the hip new pizza joint? The park!!! What a fuckin’ concept. The park! That giant fuckin’ park!!! Isn’t that why it’s there? So ladies, l know l might be a dick, so not only are you getting my honest reactions and a little peek behind the curtain, but l have an idea/solution for both of us. First, you let go of that baby book idea you all have because you were so inspired by your special little creation. Then a few or a bunch of you pool some of that disposable income, and OPEN YOUR OWN PLACE!!!!! Yeah, stock it with, tea’s, coffee, changing stations, yoga mats, workout balls, comfort food, diaper hampers, advice and plenty of carriage parking. Yeah, l know, l’m a jerkoff but let that go for now, cause l also know one of you lawyer/MBA types is going to run with this. Run!! l smell franchise through the baby shit, don’t you Suzy? Janet? Cindy? Jennifer? Like Mick Jagger says “get offa my cloud!!!” You’re welcome. Hey, Peter, obviously l still have anger issues to work out. How bout those Yankees!!! Looking good in the Bronx so far.
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