Comments on: NYC Dining: Arturo’s Coal Oven Pizza (UPDATED)

By: Michael Shafran

Michael Shafran — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:26:39 +0000

I’m way behind the times on this post, but even though I’m now based here in Sydney Australia,, I’m a pizza purist, and my favorite NYC pies are still at Arturo’s, and I’ve been happy that the tourists have been going elsewhere. The meatball is my pick, you just can’t beat it, and I was happy to see a little variety in the sopressata/meatball combo. I was last home in February, so I made the mandatory pilgrimage to Arturo’s and the to Di Fara spin-off just down the street. Both were delicious, but Arturo’s continues to occupy the top spot, save Peppi’s and Sally’s in New Haven.

Oh, and if you ever make it to Australia, the artisan pizzas at Lladro in Melbourne’s FItzroy are worth checking out.

By: NJ Dining: A Mano « Off The Broiler

NJ Dining: A Mano « Off The Broiler — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:37:43 +0000

[...] by a place like Trattoria Sorrentina, a NYC anthracite coal oven pizza like Patsy’s or Arturo’s, or even a high quality steel-deck gas pie such as the venerated DiFara in [...]

By: sturgo

sturgo — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:29:22 +0000

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By: R Washburn

R Washburn — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:50:33 +0000

But have they solved there rodent problems? Last time I was there a mouse caromed off my wife’s foot while we were enjoying our pizza. Our waiter assured us that we had mistaken the cat for a mouse.

What is really surprising is how easy it is to make good pizza, yet how few places bother to do so.

By: offthebroiler

offthebroiler — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:05:52 +0000

Inconsistency appears to be a huge problem with all of the coal oven places. I find Arturo’s to be the most consistent, with Patsy’s following. I like Patsy’s pizza better when it is fully “on” but its possible to get a substandard pie at Patsy’s. The other places I mentioned, such as Grimaldi’s and Lombardi’s and Totonno have similar issues with consistency.

By: Bux

Bux — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:26:06 +0000

“I happen to think that when Arturo’s is -on-, their pies are as good or better than some of the other places.”

Inconsistency will lose fans as fast as mediocrity sometimes. If you don’t know a place is going to be on, if you can’t be sure of getting excellence before you go, you’re not likley to go very far out of your way. I haven’t been to Arturo’s in a while, but on the whole, I’ve enjoyed their pizza more than Lombardi’s.

By: Elmer

Elmer — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:50:30 +0000

Good call. I’ve been saying that Arturo has had great pizza for years, but no one would believe me.