Vinny Vincenz pizza truck and stupid dbags
After seeing Jonathan's post last week, I really wanted pizza. Last time I had pizza, it was at Artichoke with Steph. We tried their Sicilian slice and it was a mighty fine slice. Never have Sicilian slices caught my attention, but for the time being, I prefer those to regular slices. Also last week, there was a post about the Vinny Vincenz pizza truck on Midtown Lunch. Of course this meant that I had to try the Sicilian slice at the Vinny Vincenz pizza truck. They're parked in various locations in Manhattan and there's one by Union Square. When I walked by yesterday, the special of the day was two Sicilian slices for $4. Perfect! I plopped down four dollars and gave it a shot.
When I had my first Sicilian slice at Artichoke, I was really satisfied with taste, and also because it was a filling slice. One slice at Artichoke is good enough to be a meal. This should be deterred me from ordering two slices at Vinny Vincenz, but it didn't. Can't stop a fatty yo. As it turned out though, two slices at Vinny Vincenz did not equal a meal. It left me wishing for more filling slices.
Sicilian slices remind me of the Pizza Hut pan style pizza. I used to eat that a lot a kid, but these days? Not so much. Somewhere along the lines, I started to prefer thin crust instead. In New York, thin slices are the rule, not the exception. So for the most part my pizza experience has been with thin crust. The Artichoke Sicilian slice reminded me that my thick crust love was only dormant and could be resuscitated.
Vinny Vincenz Sicilian slice had a balanced sauce that wasn't too tart or sweet. I really liked that aspect of the slice. It feel short because the crust didn't provide the kind of crunch that Artichoke's had. Maybe one implementation is more correct than another, but I know that I prefer a Sicilian slice with a crunchy crust. Without a crunchy bottom crust, each bite is just soft and doughy. It just... could be better. But at $2 dollar per slice yesterday, I couldn't complain too much. And of course, anything from a food truck gets novelty points in my book.
So the NBA Finals start this Thursday. The Los Angeles Lakers will be matched up against the Orlando Magic. All throughout the playoffs they've been playing this really annoy ad by Dos Equis. It's called the Most Interesting Man in the World. Check it out on Youtube if you don't know what I'm talking about. This commercial though, is getting super super old. They keep playing it. There are variations like the douchebag will talk about the Two Party System, then hold up a Dos Equis and say "The afterparty is where you want to be." And I just want to say to him, "Your eye socket is where my fist wants to be. Now, shut the fuck up already and go retire in Florida." Clearly I have anger management issues when it comes to d-bags.
Vinny Vincenz Pizza Truck
1 Union Square W.
New York, NY 10003
Lol. I am gonna make sure my GF reads this so she can see that I'm not the only angry person who wants to sock people in the face cuz they irritate me.
FN
June 1, 2009 2:35 pm
you did NOT just compare sicilian pizza to pizza hut! AAAHHHHH!
oh and in boston, they don't know what sicilian is. I point and they say 'square?'. yes, this is first grade geometry. give me the fucking square pizza. and don't try to order a pie. cause to them pies are only fruit filled pastry, not a unit of pizza.
oh dear, now I'm really mad at boston.
Janice
June 1, 2009 3:26 pm
I guess being a food truck, it's difficult to install a stove hot enough to create a crusty pizza bottom. They pizza guys tried. :) I agree that $2 is hard to beat.
kim
June 2, 2009 8:59 am
I don't know. I want to hang out with the Dos Equis guy. At the after party.
Eric
June 2, 2009 10:23 am
@FN,
We should start a fight club, instead of fighting ourselves, we can beat up people who call themselves the most interesting. Ah..
@Janice,
haha, um... It just *reminds* me of Pizza Hut, but obviously it's very different!
@Kim,
That's a great point. It's probably hard to get the oven to the desired temperature in a food truck.
@Eric,
He probably washes his hair with regularity though. That might bother you.
Danny
June 2, 2009 11:00 am
Pizza Hut pan pizza is so good. Love all that grease. Too bad everyone is worried about their weight.
Jack
June 2, 2009 12:26 pm
Y'know, the more I read your blog, the more I realize you're a very angry person, which intrigues me bc you didn't seem like a very angry person that one time we met. *shrug*
Anyways, totally agree that the crust must be crispy. Have you tried Jiannetto's yet? Super crispy but it isn't awfully thick either. And it's from a truck :P
Yvo
June 2, 2009 4:27 pm
@Jack,
Mmmm... grease. Pan pizza is kinda delicious. And you're worried about your weight too!
@Yvo,
Oooh, I haven't tried the Jiannetto's truck yet. Crispy and not awfully thick sounds pretty delicious to me. And you're probably right, I'm an angry person. There's too much variance between my online persona and my real life personality and my personality with people i meet from the internet. haha
Danny
June 2, 2009 5:10 pm
that makes me glad i'm not a basketball fan. 2ndly, i feel like sicilian slices are pretty ubiquitous (scrabble word) in NYC, no?
blondie
June 2, 2009 8:20 pm
only one place to go for the sicilian in this city...its a trek but my god its AMAZING
its called a grandma slice there
SPUMONI GARDENS!!!
Justin
June 3, 2009 5:20 pm