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Lombardi's Sued by Former Deliverymen
Ãœr-pizza weblog Slice goes all Smoking Gun on us today, posting documents from a lawsuit brought last week against Nolita pizza legend Lombardi's by several former deliverymen. Reports Slice:
The suit claims that the pizzeria never paid the plaintiffs the Federal minimum wage, instead paying "$20 shift — resulting in an hourly rate ranging from approximately $2.86 an hour to approximately $3.05 an hour." (The Federal Minimum Wage as of September 1, 1997, is $5.15 an hour.) Moreover, the lawsuit claims that the pizzeria lowered the wages of five of the plaintiffs when they asked the defendant for pay increases.That last little touch there—that's style, people.
· Former Deliverymen Sue Lombardi's [Slice]
Slice Gets on the Google Map
Here's a goodie that hit the web last month: pizza blog Slice has mapped its reviews of its favorite slice spots on a Google Map. (Google Maps, people. It's all about Google Maps.) Works in Firefox browsers.
· Pizza Map [Slice]
Previously: NYC Restaurants Get on the Google Map [~E~]
On Grilled Pizza (Or: The Attempted Alfornication of NYC)
One-half of the Eater team spent four educational years in Providence, RI, which explains how we came to discover, and then fall in love with, Al Forno. Regularly cited as one of the best restaurants in the country, Al Forno boasts a casual-yet-upscale vibe not unlike that of Union Square Cafe (or, if we're feeling particularly bold, The French Laundry). The entire menu is sublime (best bet: the off-menu dirty steak), but the place is justly famed for one very special appetizer that changes nightly: wood-grilled pizza.
Even long blessed with living in New York City, this metropolis of glorious cheese, we've still never tasted a grilled pizza that matches up with that served at Al Forno. Several years back, when word leaked that the chefs behind then-new West Village eatery Gonzo boasted an Al Forno heritage—and were serving grilled pizza—we were justly intrigued. Raisfield and Patronite waxed rhapsodic. And so we went. And tasted. And... enjoyed.
But. But it wasn't Al Forno. Not even close, really: the crust was wrong. Too thick; too much like a regular pizza. And the toppings: too numerous, too clever. One key to Al Forno's genius is what is not on its pizza. (Watermelon, for one. Please.)
Comes this week's $25 and Under, which documents NYC's latest attempt to clone the Al Forno DNA, this time at a Bronx pizza joint called Coals. The photo that ran with the piece (above right), offers hope that they may be on the same page with Al Forno's creations (above left). The chef? Yes, inspired by Al Forno. So is this The One? Dare we dream?
We've been hurt before. But we haven't given up hope. We'll get back to you on this.
· Pizza on a Grill in the Bronx [NYTimes]
· Al Forno Restaurant [alforno.com]
· Crust For Life [New York]
The Borough's Best Pizza (Daily News Edition)
With New York pizza blog Slice temporarily closed for renovation, we emailed proprietor Adam Kuban to gauge his reaction to the Daily News's impressive NYC pizza survey. Gentleman that he is, Adam promptly responded:
A nice roundup, I think. A lot of it is old hat to me, but there were some nice surprises in there, particularly a couple Brooklyn places (Graziella's, Laura's) that have been lurking one or two neighborhoods over from Slice HQ.Top marks, by the way, went to John's on Bleecker, Luzzo on First Avenue in the East Village (above), and Sal & Carmine's at Broadway and 102nd. Oh, and Adam adds that Slice's closure "for renovation" is not a euphemism for "bankrupt and running from creditors." The site will relaunch with a new look next week.Irene Sax knows her stuff, and I agree with most of her assessments, although I don't know why she rated a chain Patsy's on the UWS instead of the original in East Harlem. What's nice here is that they've really done a comprehensive roundup of the best places in each borough instead of picking, say, a top-five or top-ten list. It's a nice piece that's actually useful to anyone in any of the five boroughs.
· Best of New York: Upper Crust [NYDailyNews]
· Slice [Slice, "Closed for Renovation"]
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