October 20th, 2018
Brooklyn, NYC
We first went to Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop last October. It’s located right around the corner from the original Paulie Gee’s in Greenpoint, which we’ve been to now a couple of times. They serve traditional New York slices, both round and square pies, which is very different from the Neapolitan pizzas served at the original.
The first time that we went, they hadn’t yet unveiled the square slice. So we ended up with a cheese slice, and a sausage. On our second trip, we went with the pepperoni with Mike’s hot honey (the Hellboy). These slices are just as good as any NY slice that we’ve had. We’d compare them to the best slices at Williamsburg, Best Pizza, or Joe’s. Perfect amount of sauce and cheese.
The slice shop has since started making square slices – the Freddy Prince is an upside down Sicilian slice with fresh mozzarella. It’s not a reference to the actor, but references both the square slice at Prince Street Pizza and Freddy’s, another pizzeria in Whitestone that was the inspiration for the sesame seed.
There aren’t any unique pizza topping combinations yet at the slice shop. They’re obviously sticking to what they have perfected. But, we’re thinking that they will eventually start offering some more interesting combinations on their slices, as they do at Paulie Gee’s original.
We’d recommend doing what we did last time we went to the slice shop – have dinner first at Paulie Gee’s, and then walk down the street for some extra slices at the Slice Shop. We promise, it’s all worth it.
To visit: Paulie Gee's Slice Shop 110 Franklin Street Brooklyn, NY
