Become One With Tourists While Eating A Grandma Slice At Majestic Pizza & Calzone
After a disappointing slice experience recently, I’d kind of shied away from pizza for a while. One day that I didn’t have much time for lunch I headed over to Majestic Pizza & Calzone on Cortland (btw. Church & Broadway) on the intel that they had a good grandma slice with fresh basil. I have maybe eaten one grandma slice in my life (unless you count what those in the Midwest call pan pizza, of which I have eaten a lot), so I was happy to make this No. 2.
I had previously avoided this little pizza place since it sits next door to the tourist-ridden Century 21, and many of those people seem to eat at Majestic. That doesn’t mean the pizza isn’t good, it just means I don’t necessarily want to stand next to people wearing fanny packs while I eat.
I got lucky the day I went as it seemed to be mostly office workers inside as I ordered a grandma slice ($2.75) and a cheese slice ($2.50). It’s a little chaotic getting your pizza, but they seem to have some sort of system going that I just don’t understand.
The grandma slice was in my hands first and I was smitten at first sight. The crust wasn’t thick at all, which made eating it by hand a bit of a problem as it was covered in crushed tomato and sauce. I powered through and found not only tomato but chunks of garlic and the promised fresh basil so delicious that I regretted ordering the plain slice. If you are a cheese lover you might want to steer clear as this one was pretty sparse in the dairy department, but everything else on it was so delicious that I didn’t care.
The cheese slice was good, but nothing special. Mostly I noticed how tasty the crust was and that they seemed to do a good job with the cheese/sauce ratio. If you’re in the area this is a good standby slice (especially if you’re famished from protesting) but nothing I would go out of the way for.
THE + (What somebody who likes this place would say)
- They make a mean grandma slice (or any basic slice, really).
- I can go buy discounted socks next door after I eat.
THE — (What somebody who doesn’t like this place would say)
- So. Much. Eurotrash.
- I don’t like standing up to eat my pizza.
Majestic Pizza & Calzone, 8 Cortland St. (btw. Church & Broadway), (212) 349-4046
Posted by Andrea H at 11:30 am, October 14th, 2010 under Financial District, Italian, Majestic PIzza, Pizza.
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Definately not a destination slice, but it is the only place in that area that actually offers fresh basil. It would be even better if their tomato sauce had a smooth consistency. The pizza in the FiDi is junky, and until a place comes along that offers slices like Joe’s or South Brooklyn Pizza, the area will always be ladened with cheap pizza. With all of the food trucks spurring onto the scene, why doesn’t someone come along and start a pizza truck or a focaccia truck.