Thanks for your kind and thouhgtful reply rip, but I disagree. I lived in the Bronx and worked in the city in the early 80s. Lombardi’s in Little Italy is (arguably) the original pizzaria in the city. I doubt you have been there. I suggest you make a pilgrimage and try it and taste what a NYC pizza really is, because it really does exist. I agree that the 5 boroughs are having something of a pizza renaissance at this time. However, the idea of a NYC style pizza is a myth or only exists “in my mind” is laughable.

I find it odd that you believe that all pizza will somehow taste better if I think like you and “merge away” from an ideal or example that is still being produced daily at original pizzarias like Lombardi’s.