And now — it's Grand Opening time this week here just west of Avenue A...
East Village Hawkeye, who took the above photo, ate here and noted that it was pretty tasty as far as 99-cent slices go...
Meanwhile, as everyone has noted, it does seem as if there are more and more cheap-slice shops here. One theory, per Pinch in the comments on the original post:
I'm starting to think this is some kind of reality TV show, like let's see how many cheap pizza shops we can gradually (or may not so gradually) put in one neighborhood and watch people's reactions.
