Lombardi's clam pie's still the best in the city. However, the best plain pie is Totonno's in Coney Island. Sure, their hours are irregular, there's zero atmo, and the staff is surly as hell. But the moment you sink your fangs into that chewy-thin, extra virgin drizzled brick oven crust, and inhale the heavenly garlicky marinara and gooey, mozzerella you could stretch clear across the Brooklyn Bridge, you forget all the b.s. you had to put up with. And folks - John's Pizza??!! No offense, but those pies cannot hold a candle to the three brick oven heavies: Lombardi's, Totonno's, and Grimaldi's (which, by the way, has been using sub-par mozarella of late, so steer clear of those punishing lines and head to Lombardi's or Totonno's).
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