August 14th, 2016
Austin, TX
When we finished our dinner at the Backspace, we still had one more pizza place to try in Austin. Since our flight back to NJ was early in the morning, we had our second dinner at Home Slice Pizza.
Home Slice serves New York style pizza, which was a nice change up from the Neapolitan pies that we’d been having around Texas. They serve pizza by the pie or by the slice, and since this was our second dinner, we opted for the latter. We ended up with three slices for a variety: a regular cheese, a spinach and ricotta, and a pepperoni with mushroom.
The slices were definitely NY-style and were just like any slice that we would have gotten walking around Manhattan. Our favorite was probably the spinach and ricotta. Just look at the globs of ricotta on that slice! We usually prefer fresh spinach on our pizzas, but ricotta makes even blanched spinach taste amazing.
Home Slice recently opened a second bigger location in Austin. The original location, on South Congress, is pretty tiny and gets pretty busy. We just grabbed our slices and sat outside at the counter, but we were lucky to even get a spot there. Apparently the new location in the North Loop also serves Sicilian slices. It also has a full bar.
Overall, we were really impressed by the pizza in Texas. We wouldn’t have thought that we could get such good Neapolitan pizza, let alone New York-style and more recently, Detroit-style, pizza so far away from New York or Detroit. It was a really nice surprise!
Also, don’t think that we just came down to Texas and only ate pizza. We also stopped at had donuts (we got the massive Texas-sized donut on our way up to Dallas) and some BBQ before we left. Breakfast tacos were also enjoyed. We were lucky that Austin has such a nice running path along the river. Otherwise, I think we both would have gained a few pounds.
To visit:
Home Slice Pizza
1415 S Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78704
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