Maybe just some slow-week renovations? Anyway, I rarely see anyone inside here, though I heard the pizza is quite tasty .... The owners are also behind the cheapo 2 Bros up the street...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Totale Pizza looking closed on St. Mark's Place
Totale Pizza opened on St. Mark's Place near Second Avenue back in May... The place has been looking a little closed of late...
Maybe just some slow-week renovations? Anyway, I rarely see anyone inside here, though I heard the pizza is quite tasty .... The owners are also behind the cheapo 2 Bros up the street...
Maybe just some slow-week renovations? Anyway, I rarely see anyone inside here, though I heard the pizza is quite tasty .... The owners are also behind the cheapo 2 Bros up the street...
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Oh nooooooooooo.where will I get my $5 pie?
ReplyDeleteI tried this place once though looking back I'm not sure why. I live around the corner and that 2 Bros pizza is a scourge. I feel really bad for its neighbors. Say you wanted to attract the worst scum and losers in the whole area to one place -- well its super easy, just sell pizza for a dollar a slice.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, totale pizza. It sucked. It was a limp, insipid, uninspired pie. A simulacrum of a hand-crafted artisanal pizza you might find at a place like Lil Frankies. SOggy in the middle, overcooked around the edges and bland through and through.
When Totale first opened, it was awesome. Then the management started getting lazy, started bringing over 2 Bros employees to work there and it went down hill. When the pizzaiolo isn't there, 2 Bros people make the food and it's borderline gross.
ReplyDeleteNever went back a few months after going regularly. A shame.
last night i dreamt that totale had reopened and somehow extended all the way to the corner of 2nd ave. collective unconscious and all that
ReplyDeleteI was so excited for this place to open, thinking I'd have an alternative to Luzzo's, but the pizza was too oily and the sauce was too bland. So sad. Also, not a very good idea to open a Neapolitan pizza place on St. Marks...or a pizza place in general in this area (looking at you Plum Pizza or whatever you're called!).
ReplyDeleteDon't bash 2 Brothers on Saint Marks--firstly the pizza is good for the price and the people who go there are diverse--from models-actors-musicians-street artists, students,etc. Sounds like a nice mix to me.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised at the Totale-bashing. I haven't tasted a better deal for 5 bucks anywhere. The pizza could be a little more consistent (and if they were charging $10 or $12 for a margherita pie, I'd be more demanding too), but in my experience it's usually been fantastic and a great value. I hope the place is still open!
ReplyDeleteI will miss Totale. It was a good addition to the neighborhood - affordable margherita pizza (the continuous special of $5 for a pizza!) that I found quite tasty.
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, I hope there will be a trend to more affordable brick-oven pizza spots.