One dollar pizzas are a treasure in New York City. Consider the high price of real estates, rents, brunches - it's almost too good to be true. Some are off by just 1 cent, that's right - 99 cents!
When you’re hungry, you’re hungry, no matter how little may be in your wallet at the time. Luckily, New York is a city that never sleeps and is serving up fresh slices at all times of day. 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, at one buck, you can enjoy pizza like it's 1969.
And when you don’t feel like street meats, where else would you turn for some tasty food at a wallet-friendly cost?
Your best bet may be one of the pizza joints that still offer hot slices for only a dollar, perfect after a long night out or a lunch on the run. We’ve listed some of the tastiest of them all so you can choose then have a couple of back-ups as well.
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Percy’s Pizza
190 Bleecker Street - Greenwich Village
If you happen to wander through Greenwich Village and are feeling a little peckish, make a beeline for Percy’s. You might be wary of anything that costs only a dollar these days, but true to it’s reputation, this eatery still offers hot, fresh and satisfying slices for less than it costs to get you 1/10th of a cocktail.
Of course it’s not gourmet, but try satisfying your hunger with something pretty delicious for less anywhere else.
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2 Bros. Pizza
601 6th Avenue - Flatiron District
You can’t miss the iconic front sign of Two Bros, found everywhere from the East Village to Chelsea to Brooklyn. Simple, no frills, it’s a fantastic place for a slice on the go between meetings or a spot to get some grub and meet friends before heading out.
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Joey Pepperoni's Pizza (Chinatown/Tribeca)
381 Broadway - Chinatown website
The quality of this place may be a little below the rest, but they may just be cutting corners to ensure they can still offer slices for a dollar. Pizza fan can find these joints in Chinatown and Tribeca, so no matter where you roam in Manhattan a hot, fresh slice will be waiting for you.
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99¢ Fresh Pizza
71 2nd Avenue - East VillageAs the Walmart of one buck pizza slices, you will not be going here for ambiance or an unforgettable slice of cheese pizza. However, it’s perfect when in a pinch and hankering for some basic sauce, dough and mozzarella to satiate that growling stomach. Look for the big red signs throughout the West Village, Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown East and more.
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Roll And Go Pizza
362 Broadway - Midtown WestAccording to @dollarpizzaslicenyc, this is the best $1 slice thus far in NYC. For Francisco Balagtas, 30 what began as a challenge from a friend turned into a mission in Aug' 2014 to eat at every single dollar slice joints in the city and meticulously review his slice by slice experience on his Instagram accounts.
His journey will cover over 300 one dollar pizzerias in estimated 2 years span (not counting places opens and closes throughout the year) so you can bet your pretty 99 cents that his opinions with this amount of cheap slice experience is worth noting.
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Port Authority Food Court
606 8th Avenue near Times SquareA notable dollar slice discovery as of Jan.' 2015.
