Pizza logic
It might be my inner Red Sox fan talking, but the best pizza we found in New York was in Boston.
This is completely unscientific but while in New York, I had to make a choice between burgers or pies and went with the former. Pizza stops were a bonus. Spills and all, Spunto was grand and Lombardi’s had fantastic toppings, but their crust must be an acquired taste.
Seeking a slice in Boston’s North End a few weeks later, we asked a Sox-capped local in front of a packed back street bar where to get a slice. The "slice'' part of the request gave him some trouble as he flipped through his mental Rolodex.
“Ah! Il Panino Express.”
Sold.
We ordered at the cafeteria-style counter, sat, bit, and stared at each other in amazement.
She said: “This is better than New York.”
He said: “Yeah.”
Crisp crust, sweet sauce, a good dose of good cheese.
We’ll get ‘em next year.
Il Panino Express - MAP
264-266 Hanover St.
Boston
617-720-5720
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Globe travel correspondent Joe Ray writes his own blog, Eating The Motherland and contributes to the English language version of Simon Says! the French food and lifestyle blog run by French food critic Francois Simon.
Photo by Joe Ray for The Boston Globe
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