Quote Originally Posted by dannyboy420
As a former Brooklynite, I must say that Ben's Focacciaria on 5th Ave. near 75th St. has the best fresh mozzarella pie on the planet.

That's in Bay Ridge (you know, home of Saturday Night Fever and Tony Micelli), btw.
I lived in Bay Ridge during the filming of that movie, and later.

I remember that Ben's was a medium size pizza place/Italian food place originally, that had other very good dishes, in addition to their pizza. We used to eat dinner there. It was totally renovated and expanded into a larger restaurant -I passed by it a couple of months ago, and it looked like it was doing really well. I'd say that the renovation/expansion was within the past 10 years, or less.

I never tasted Grimaldi's Pizzaria, another Brooklyn place, which Zagats says is the best in New York City. I'd take that with a grain of salt, though, until I've tried it myself (which I cannot do at the moment because of my special diet).
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