by Geoff Cobb 
It takes someone with a lot of self-confidence to open a pizza restaurant not far from the legendary Paulie Gee’s in Greenpoint, but Mike Bancale, a restauranteur from Naples, Italy believes his new restaurant, Salsa (40 Clifford Pl). will succeed. Of course, it is easy to believe in your pizza making skills when you have grown up in the city that invented pizza and already own a popular Brooklyn pizzeria.
Bancale, not yet thirty-two years…
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Bravo Michele, sei un grande vai avanti così ti auguro il meglio dalla vita ogni cosa fatta con amore, e passione, porta a risultati meritevoli. Credi in quello che fai e raggiungi i traguardi che ti posto davanti. Dio ti benedica. “Con affetto tuo zio CarmineBancale
Bravo Michele,sei un grande vai avanti così. Ti auguro il meglio dalla vita, ogni cosa fatta con amore, e passione, porta a risultati meritevoli. Credi in quello che fai e raggiungi i traguardi che
Ti sei posto davanti. Dio ti benedica. Con affetto tuo zio……. Carmine Bancale
Bravo A babbo sempre così cheDio ti benedica e fai sempre attenzione ai falsi e ai ipocriti ok fai sempre cose che puoi
Sei sempre Un passo avanti ti auguro tutta la fortuna che ti meriti ti voglio bene un forte in bocca al lupo
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Paulie Gee sold out to the bridge and tunnel crowd years and years ago. My cousin from Center Moriches on Long Island thinks Paulie Gees is the coolest place ever invented. Yikes.
Remember takeout from the Greenpoint Ave. location? And then the staff would be like “nah, we’re too busy for that tonight” and then Paulie was like “who said that?” But it turned out all his staff turned us away.
Remember when Paulie himself would drop a few boxes of pizzas off at Brouwerij Lane for whoever was there?
It’s been forever.
Slice joint aka long lines for pizza that’s only 60% as good as the real stuff? No thanks.
We long-term Greenpointers welcome the competition. Those who use the real estate for their own gain? Well, they’re winning the $$ game but who gives a fork?
$ave your $$ and $pend where you love.