Bring back the dollar slice. @seamless
Summary
Bring back the dollar slice!" A straphanger shares the rallying cry for New York's endangered cheap pizza. The rider gets nostalgic, remembering how dollar slices sustained them through their first four years in the city and recalling the shock of finding pizza for a buck while smoothies cost $16. Kareem agrees it's criminal that the dollar slice disappeared without ceremony. No parade, no farewell. They debate toppings (straight cheese versus free red pepper and parmesan) and whether the dollar slice deserves its own category separate from New York or Chicago pies. The conversation shifts to other items that should cost a dollar, landing on bodega coffee, though they can't agree on current prices. The guest insists black coffee still goes for a buck somewhere. Kareem needs proof.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? Bring back the dollar slice. 100% agree. I miss the dollar slice. We need it. People always talk about how they miss the old New York. Nobody ever mentions the dollar slice. You know, when I first moved here, the dollar slice is what got me through the first four years of living here. It's what got all of us through living here. The thing about the dollar slice is it is what makes New York New York. One of the things.
Totally. End of night, unspoken rule, you're going to end up at the nearest dollar slice place. What do you put on your dollar slice to make it delicious? I have a couple hacks. I'm going totally straight cheese. No additions as the chef intended. But the accoutrements are free. It doesn't make it more than a dollar. Doesn't matter. It doesn't doesn't add anything for me.
Oh, no. No. You got to add the accoutrements. A little bit of red pepper. A little bit of parmesan. A parmesan. I'll throw on. The dollar slice is own category of pizza. Yes. People argue about New York slice versus a Chicago slice versus a Detroit slice. No argument. The dollar slice is not even included in the conversation, but it should be. It's its own category. When I first moved to New York, I called my mom. I was so surprised. I said, "You wouldn't believe it. This place has pizza for $1, but the smoothies are $16."
Don't even get me started on smoothies. Don't get me started. I don't want a smoothie that costs more than a dollar. That's for sure. Dollar smoothie. Like, I can't remember the last time I had a dollar slice. And I think that's sad. I feel like the whole city is on the same page. Like, everyone is like, "Where did it go? When did it go?" We don't even think about it. It was it was so sneaky. Wasn't right. They didn't it didn't do justice to how important the dollar slice was to them. They should have done like a parade something. Like it's the end of an era. I miss it so much.
I do miss it. I miss it desperately. The good news is that Seamless is bringing it back. Seamless has cured pizza flation. No more tariffs on pizza. Pizza flation solved. Solved.
What else should be a dollar? I mean, I need my coffee to be a dollar. My cup of coffee from the bodega. I need that to be a dollar. I'm going like $2.53 now.
It's oh, that's because you're probably ordering matcha latte. I am absolutely not. I'm ordering a cup of black coffee. Don't be ridiculous. I think the dollar coffee is still a dollar.
Okay. I don't know where you're getting your coffee. I need to go to where you're getting your coffee then. That guy doesn't agree with me. See, told you.
Everywhere, right? Everywhere. Everywhere. I want a dollar slice and I want a dollar coffee.