Joe’s Pizza
“Williamsburg may have several really good pizza joints, but none of them are so quintessential "New York" as Joe's. It's a no brainer.”
“The crust is a perfect balance of chewy and crusty, and everything always tests fresh.”
“I used to trot down to the carmine st location to break my fast after Yom kippur or food poisoning.”
Joe’s Pizza
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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I was really happy when I figured out Joe's Pizza had a location in Williamsburg open late. So with this one and the one in Union Square….Ive been to 2 out of 3 locations!!! Got to hit up that last spot.
Pizza is always good. I go between a regular slice and fresh mozzarella when I visit. Sometimes both to get the different flavors!
Get the cheese slice.
The spinach pizza was a bit meh. For $2.75 a slice you cannot go wrong.
Get the cheese slice.
lol wut theres a joe's za in williamsburg? not mad about it but like lol wut? obviously a great place to grab a slice. tastes the same as it does at the other locations (shocking).
The first time I went here i was drunk, and I spent 30 minutes going on and on about how ridiculously good Joe's Pizza was. So THEN, I came back a second time completely SOBER, just to test it out again with the right state of mind and taste buds and guess what, STILL amazing.
I LOVE Joe's Pizza. After visiting New York Lovin' City so many times and then finally moving here, I still had yet to find a pizza joint that lived up to the "New York City Pizza Hype". Finally, Joe's pizza raised the ever so hopeful bar for me! The classic pepperoni pizza is DELISH. I'm still trying to pinpoint what it is, the water in the dough? The thin but crispy crust? or is it the cheese that oozes and strings off connecting the pizza in your mouth to the uneaten one in your hands (uhm, YUM?). Either way, I can't wait until the next time I'm eating Joe's Pizza again.
Items to note:
– cash rules everything around me (CASH ONLY)
– They have Mexican soda with legit sugar
– Limited seating
you just do it for yourself, oh you're my sweetheart.
Joe's, you have my heart. Thank you for having multiple locations. For being there during my drunk nights. For comforting me and feeling me with love.
Perfectly crisp, cheesy and oh so delicious.
You are the definition of New York Pizza.
A few weeks ago I went in New York for the first time. I spent 5 amazing days there and ended up walking 72km around Manhattan, Brooklyn and Williamsburg. Before my trip I made a list of some places and restaurants I wanted to try. Joe's Pizza was one of them.
Opened in 1975, Joe's Pizza became an institution in Greenwich village by specialising in authentic New York style pizza and now has three different branches across New York. It's also featured in some movies and counts some celebrities as their loyal customers.
While we were walking down Bleecker street, we tried to go to their Carmine Street's branch which is their 'flagship' but it was too busy so instead we went on a different day to Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
The service was pretty efficient, when you get to the counter you only need to tell them which slice you want and they call your name when your slice is ready.
My boyfriend and I tried a lot of different slices, we ordered the white, the fresh mozzarella, the pepperoni and the any topping's special.
We both added some extra grated parmesan and oregano on each of our slices. My boyfriend's favourite was the any topping's special, mine was the white slice.
What I liked about Joe's pizza slice was the quality of the crust. It was stretchy and chewy at the same time, which made it easy to fold without being to floppy. The tomato sauce was great and each slice had the right amount of cheese.
It was a really good value meal. The slices at Joe's Pizza are priced from $2.75 to $3.50 (equivalent to £1.88 to 2.39). It is a huge bargain if you consider the fact in London, places like Voodoo's Ray, NY Fold or Paradise slice sell NY Style pizza at twice the price (between £3.50 to £4 for a slice).
I won't say Joe's Pizza is the best pizzeria in New York because I tried only one other pizzeria in the lower East side when I was there so I can't really judge. However if you love pizza, Joe's pizza should be on your to do list if you are in New York, and it tasted better than the ones I had so far in London.
After my first set of friends suggested a terrible pizza place PROMISING it would be a New York style slice, I was very wary of asking anyone else for pizza suggestions. I was jaded and heart broken, completely betrayed and tricked into eating the worst slice of pizza in my life.
After spending a lovely morning with a good friend in Brooklyn she suggested Joe's. She promised me it would be amazing, so I decided to trust her and I'm so glad I did.
This was a gigantic slice of cheese pizza. The crust was so crispy, I folded my pizza in half and took a bite. I think angels started singing, I might have started crying. I can't really recall, I just finally understood why New Yorkers rave about their pizza: it truly is superior.
The cheese was melted and messy, the crust chewy and flavorful. The sauce was unlike any other sauce I've ever had. The pizza was piping hot, I'm sure I burned the entire roof of my mouth, I didn't care, I couldn't stop eating the pizza.
I am very sad though that now pizza has been spoiled for me as there's only a couple restaurants back home that offer anything close to this slice.
Good pizza. My slice is a little bit on the thin side and I wish there was a little more cheese under my mushroom slice but overall good. It was a good place to stop after having a few drinks for a quick bite to eat.