Pin Up Pizza
Margherita Slice
Garlic Knot
…with my opinions on traditional New York “slice shops” varying from terrible to merely decent but having found some improvement in the style since relocating to Las Vegas, largely as a result of superior ingredient quality at both “Secret Pizza” and Pop-Up, it was with cautious optimism that I approached the newly minted Strip-side Pin Up Pizza at pH’s Miracle Mile Shops for a late afternoon bite. Truly a “slice shop” featuring a small counter with standing room only dining both inside and out plus a half-dozen pies served by a staff of four including two servers, a cashier, and a pizzaiolo hand-tossing gargantuan crusts it was to warm smiles and pleasantries that I was greeted and taking my time to peruse the options and inquire what was most fresh an order was placed – a seemingly steep $6.76 after tax, but on closer inspection a price well justified by a baseball sized garlic knot and locally sourced heirloom tomatoes on what I’d argue to be the city’s best electric (or gas for that matter) crust, though purists may beg to differ given a lack of “foldability”…or perhaps “fold-necessity” as relates to greasy, flavorless ‘tradition.’ Subtle with semolina but largely a lightly yeasted flour base with just enough spring and char to support the ingredient weight from rim to a center approximately one foot away suffice it to say that single slices at Pin Up will eat like a meal to some, but with dollops of fresh mozzarella playing against fresh sliced tomatoes and a drizzle of olive oil on such an impressive backbone with only pre-filled $3 cannolis for dessert I’d say that’s just fine…besides, knowing what I know now I rather wish I’d have stuck around to try a slice of the housemade pepperoni with shredded fresh mozzarella and hand crushed tomato sauce instead of schlepping to MGM for dessert anyhow.
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