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Great Square Slices in NYC
Nonna's L.E.S. Pizzeria is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

1. Nonna's L.E.S. Pizzeria

105 Clinton St (btwn Delancey & Rivington), New York, NY
Pizzeria · Lower East Side · 52 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Go with the Grandma Slice at this LES pizzeria.

Adrienne's Pizza Bar is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

2. Adrienne's Pizza Bar

8.2
54 Stone St (Mill Ln), New York, NY
Pizzeria · Financial District · 230 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: This rectangular, thin-crust, grandma-esque pizza is worth traveling for.

L&B Spumoni Gardens is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

3. L&B Spumoni Gardens

9.1
2725 86th St (at W 10th St), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Gravesend · 432 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Sicilian pizza at L&B is an essential NYC rite of passage.

LoDuca Pizza is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

4. LoDuca Pizza

7.9
14 Newkirk Plz (Foster Ave.), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Flatbush · 19 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Lo Duca offers cheap, good slices with no pretension.

Pizza Cotta-Bene is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

5. Pizza Cotta-Bene

291 3rd Ave (Carroll St), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Gowanus · 26 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: This Gowanus shop does old-school pizza--New York slices, crisp Sicilians, and chewy grandma slices--really well.

Artichoke Basille's Pizza & Brewery is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

6. Artichoke Basille's Pizza & Brewery

8.0
111 Macdougal St (btwn Bleecker & W 3rd St), New York, NY
Pizzeria · Greenwich Village · 139 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Skip the artichoke-dip-on-a-pizza, and opt for the Grandma Slice. It's oily, crisp, and nearly deep-fried on the bottom with a triple play of cheese, but be sure to ask for a corner piece.

Artichoke Basille’s Pizza is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

7. Artichoke Basille’s Pizza

8.1
321 E 14th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Pizzeria · Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village · 567 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Go for the crisp, fresh-sauced Grandma Slice at this late-night East Village haunt; we're not into the artichoke-dip-on-a-pizza slice.

Artichoke Basille's Pizza & Bar is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

8. Artichoke Basille's Pizza & Bar

8.0
114 10th Ave (btwn W 17th & W 18th St), New York, NY
Pizzeria · Chelsea · 300 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Skip the artichoke-dip pie and go for the Grandma slice, which is cooked to a deep char and topped with fresh tomato sauce and plenty of basil and garlic. Ask for a corner piece!

Famous Ben's Pizza of SoHo is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

9. Famous Ben's Pizza of SoHo

6.3
177 Spring St (at Thompson St), New York, NY
Pizzeria · SoHo · 87 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Plain slices here are disappointing, but don't miss the Palermo, a thick, awesome Sicilian slice topped with bread crumbs and onions. Great Italian ices, too.

Best Pizza is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

10. Best Pizza

9.0
33 Havemeyer St (btwn N 7th & N 8th St.), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Williamsburg · 200 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: For Best Pizza's Pickled Vegetable Pie, onions, fennel, broccoli, sprouts, and cauliflower all get the brine treatment before being generously deposited on top of a pizza.

Di Fara Pizza is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

11. Di Fara Pizza

8.5
1424 Avenue J (at E 15th St), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Midwood · 351 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: This legendary Brooklyn pizzeria garners two hour waits for $5 slices. And yes, it's worth it. Just read up on the rules.

Prince Street Pizza is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

12. Prince Street Pizza

9.1
27 Prince St (btwn Mott & Elizabeth St), New York, NY
Pizzeria · NoLita · 368 tips and reviews
Rose & Joe's Italian Bakery is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

13. Rose & Joe's Italian Bakery

7.4
22-40 31st St (btwn Ditmars & 23rd Ave.), Astoria, NY
Bakery · Astoria · 24 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: If Rose & Joe's Italian Bakery wasn't already a fairly well-known quantity among pizza hounds in NYC, you could be excused for thinking you'd walked in on a sort of secret pizzeria there.

Antika Restaurant & Pizzeria is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

14. Antika Restaurant & Pizzeria

3924 Broadway, New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Washington Heights · 39 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Whole pies only at this Washington Heights pizzeria. Stick with the Grandma pizza for the best experience.

Casa Buena is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

15. Casa Buena

1702 86th St, Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Bath Beach · 5 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: This hole-in-the-wall pizza joint offers a stellar Grandma slice with a crisp, cracker-like crunch and fresh, tangy sauce.

Tony's Pizza & Pasta is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

16. Tony's Pizza & Pasta

6.8
355 Graham Ave (btwn Metropolitan and Conselyea), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Williamsburg · 32 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: While the round New York–style pizza at Tony's on Graham Avenue is very good, the Sicilian is even better.

Grandaisy Bakery is one of Great Square Slices in NYC.

17. Grandaisy Bakery

7.9
250 W Broadway (at Beach St), New York, NY
Bakery · Tribeca · 97 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: A destination for square slices, great sandwiches, and bread.