Comments on: New Pizza Truck Serving Up Artichoke Pie in Midtown

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:36:00 +0000

Got food poisoning from the rice ball.

By: Bossman

Bossman — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:14:16 +0000

Truck MIA the last two days (no great loss).

Still no progress on Obika mozz bar in the 56th/Mad atrium

Still no sign of the lady with Indian food in shopping cart

Should this interest you

By: Jay P

Jay P — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:33:27 +0000

Please don’t forget we will be closed for vacation from July 31 to August 10 we will be back on Monday August 11 . Look for our latest creation the Prosciutto balls . Thank You Jay P

By: jla

jla — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:25:54 +0000

Just had the artichoke pie, and yummmmmmmy! I will definitely be back to try more!

By: Papa Perrone’s « Zagatfoodie’s Weblog

Papa Perrone’s « Zagatfoodie’s Weblog — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:48:37 +0000

[...] Pizza off a truck? Sicilian RICEBALLS? WTF? midtownlunch.com comes through for me once again with a great lunnch recommendation. http://midtownlunch.com/blog/2008/07/24/artichoke-pizza-pie-papa-perrones-truck-riceballs-arancini-n... [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:19:30 +0000

1:15 Sold Out of Pizza and only Spinach Rice Ball left. A few other dishes available like Stuffed Shells and Chicken Parm

By: Brownie

Brownie — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:37:39 +0000

@paul: I think the confusion arises from the fact that the sign outside Artichoke Basille just says Artichoke. I always forget that the real name is “Artichoke Basille.” Blondie is a regular reader of Slice–it’s in our blog roll–and I’ve even dragged her to Artichoke or Artichoke Basille or whatever once for pizza.

Any way, my first thought upon hearing that Papa Perrone’s would serve artichoke pie was would it be a creamy slice like Artichoke Basille or a pie with roasted artichokes, which is one of my favorites from Di Fara’s (http://flickr.com/photos/nycblondieandbrownie/2429920140/in/set-72157603974712771/). I was surprised to find that his pie was neither, but it’s pretty cool that he’s striking out into new territory–I certainly haven’t seen that type of pizza rustica or pizza ghen much outside of the Easter Season. Haven’t tasted the pizza or riceballs there yet, but I’d definitely like to try the riceballs with spinach.

By: Skeater

Skeater — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:25:59 +0000

There There Blondie I agree 100%(Dom’s a Pizza god)… I actually took a trip to Artichoke after work yesterday and was a bit disappointed. As I arrived I found it open with no line so a big smile ensued. I quickly ordered an artichoke and regular slice to see if they had changed at all. I couldn’t even finish the artichoke slice, it tastes basically like store bought spinach/artichoke dip placed on a crust and thrown in the oven with a couple pieces of whole artichoke thrown in for good measure (nothing special). I ate the regular and it had almost all the great attributes I remembered, except the crust was a bit thicker which was still tasty but changed the dynamic of the slice I had come to know and truly love. Since I saw a pie come out moments later with a thinner crust I will assume this was an anomaly.
P.S. Rads that “want to come gets some Rads” comment was a little creepy.

By: Blondie

Blondie — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:03:15 +0000

Paul, i was kidding. I am a big fan and have great respect for Adam and the services he does on the world wide web. I just don’t think i will ever, ever understand the hype around a pizza shop, that A) only serves three kinds of pie, B) has no where to sit (I’m sure the neighbors enjoy the people sitting on their steps), and C) doesn’t respect its customers enough to have regular hours. I don’t mind a mom and pop place that closes for 10 minutes while the only worker goes out to get some lunch, but they go way beyond that, where it has literally become hit or miss with whether or not they’ll be open. If Dom DeMarco can show up to work on time, than those cats can too.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:16:38 +0000

Blondie, you don’t read Adam Kuban’s slice blog enough.