A new Greenpoint pizza joint, Chrissy’s Pizza (142 Nassau Ave.), has taken over the storefront that was most recently home to Poetica Coffee, which lasted only a year and a half.
Chrissy’s Pizza has been incredibly popular since owner Chris Hansell launched the business out of his Bushwick apartment in December 2021. Last year, Hansell left his “off-brand home oven” behind and started cooking pies out of Superiority Burger’s home in Manhattan, later moving…
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What kind of pizza joint doesn’t serve a slice of pizza???
the kind that doesnt want to serve a slice
johns pizza, Grimaldi`s pizza, etc etc. all the best pizza restaurant do not serve slices. you need to start going to these, the others do no compare !!!!
Good luck to Chrissy. At $30 for a 16 inch pie he’s going to need it. Unless the newly transplanted and trend following people will be out in numbers to support him. The neighborhood is loaded with more traditional old school places offering excellent pies in the low to mid $20’s. And that’s for an 18 inch pie.
The three most common things in Greenpoint.
3-Rats.
2-Extreme left wing pols.
1-Pizza joints.
PS: Overpriced coffee shops, outrageous rents, honorable mentions.
We really needed another pizza joint, especially one that only serves $30 pies.
^ Haters gonna hate.