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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Slice of Fresca Style Pizza from Famous Famiglia

Item Purchased: Slice of Fresca Style Pizza
Location Purchased: Famous Famiglia / LaGuardia Airport / Flushing, NY
Price: $3.99 + tax
Purchased on: 02/03/07

Review: I'm not quite sure what all the fuss is about regarding Chicago vs. New York style pizza. The thick gooey blocks of buttery dough and layered cheese thicker than a February snow that you get in Chicago is far more preferable to the crisp, tortilla-like thin slices that New York offers up. Don't get me wrong, they are both tasty, but when it comes to rich flavor and substantial filling that doughy Midwesterners like myself enjoy, Chicago wins hands down. We may not do much right, but hot dogs and pizza are the two things that the school of Chicago can teach.

When in New York, however, I have to say that the best choice of thin crust concoctions that I have seen has to be the Pizza Fresca. It is a minimalist slice which begins with the dry and dusty crisp crust that New Yorkers love so well and continues only a few millimeters upward with a thin brushing of tomato sauce and a uniform platform of mozzarella cheese. Atop this is nothing more than a few tomato slices and a dusting of torn or chopped basil. The oddest thing about this style of pizza is the way that the mozzarella is compacted together to make one flat slice-like layer of cheese that is white and resembles a crayon's wax.

Sometimes the simplest flavor combinations are also the best. The minimal tomato-cheese-tomato reminds me of a Caprese on a cracker.

Famous Famiglia does a great job with the minimal. If I've learned anything, it's to not expect much from airport eateries. Sometimes, however, when you aim low, the outcome surprises you. That's exactly what happened here.

Rating: 4 / 5

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