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I'm not a food critic, or a proffesional critic. I'm just an ordinary guy that has an oppinion that you may not like.
This past weekend, we took a trip to NYC to see the x-mass window displays and to do the tourist thing, but we also wanted to check out Grimaldi's Pizza in Brooklyn.
My wife found out about Grimaldi's online, and the reviews were all the same. Grimaldi's was the best you could get. So, we planned it in to our trip. Why not, who doesn't want the best of anything, right? So we got the 6 train fom up town down to the Brooklyn Bridge. We walked over the bridge and down to Grimaldi's. The rain held off ling enough to cross the bridge, but soaked us on the short walk to the Pizzarea. But that did not matter, we were about to taste heaven!
All the bloggs and tips we read told us that the line for pizza would be long, around the block, no slices, and no seats inside. We kept all this in mind as we walked in the rain keeping our minds on the pie.
As we got closer, you could smell the pizza's cooking. We got giddyer with every step. as we got to the block, we saw no one. There was no line at all, not even in the rain. Certainly, we couldn't be the only ones that wanted the best pizza, there must be others?! There was not. we were told by a man at the door that the line started uner the scafold a half a block away. We told him we called in an order and found only one person could go in. In I went. The place was packed. Every table was taken> But this can't be! Every thing we were told said no seats. Well so far nothing turned out the way we were told, but the pizza is the best, so let go! The man at the counter took my money, cash only, and handed me a pie in a white paper bag, OK. I went back out side under the scaffold and we tore the bag opened. The pizza smelled great and looked good. Nice thin crust, hot and.......
We took a bite and expected to see angles. That did not happen. While Grimaldi's Pizza was good, it was not the best, or as amazing as it was made out to be.
Don't get me wrong, it was a flavorful brick oven thin crust pizza, but it did not blow us away.
Grimaldi's is a place you want to check out if you are in the area. But in my opinion, it was not worth the trek to Brooklyn from up town. NYC has lots of great pizza places, so if you are in the city you are a stones throw away from good food. If you are in Brooklyn, head to Grimaldi's
http://www.grimaldis.com/
