Co Pizza – NYC
230 Ninth Avenue (@ 24 St)
New York , NY
(212) 243-1105
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VdV Rating: 2.5
Food: Pizza
Ambiance: Casual
PRO: Good pies, fresh sauce, good service, good beer selection
CON: Weird location, not as thin crust as we like our Neapolitan-style pies
Hmmm. I am uncharacteristically speechless. Company Pizza is…’good’. That’s it. Like I said up there in the PROs section. ‘Good’. Well dammit I want my pizza experiences to be f’ing awesome do you hear me?! We have only so many pizzas left to eat in our lives! Not to be morbid, but we will all take a dirt nap at some point so our remaining meals, once you put it in that respect, are precious.
OK though, there’s really nothing to knock that hard about this place. It’s nice. Y’know how someone asks you about the friend you want to hook them up with: “So what’s she like?”, and you’re all “She’s real nice. Pleasant personality (i.e. big butt)”. Kinda like that.
I mean, the place is nice. Nothing like a ‘joint’, Co is very clean, sleek and although I used this comparison the other day with Wexler’s in SF, kinda Momofuku-ish. White, light wood, very clean lines, yada yada. I think that look may be wearing thin. It’s starting to annoy me. Getting under my skin. Get the picture, all you restaurant designers? Get a creative brain cell or three and be unique.
And the service was nice, our dude behind the bar was attentive, friendly, someone you could take home to your mutha. And they had a really…good…Pilsner on tap and a…good wine list. I like that they serve wine in little tumblers like they do in Italy.
So we ordered up a Margherita pie. DUH! And no, we do not get tired of Margherita Pizzas, bitch! I heard that tone. Shut up! So we got the pie. Wanna hear about it? Lemme lay it down for ya:
Well, the crust…it was a bit doughy. Like the Pillsbury Dough Boy. I asked the guy behind the bar, he said ‘Neapolitan style’ so expected a more thinner (I know. Grammar.) crust. So, since when is anything not Sicilian-style deemed ‘Neapolitan’?! It’s not thin enough!! That said, the crust was well cooked, smoky and blistered just right with a decent crunch to it and overall flavor was fresh. It was just too doughy. Something they could change pretty easily if they wanted to. Are you listening, Co? Pound it out people. Actually, Toss it out. Tosser.
The sauce? Molto buono! Ha. Fresh, flavorful with just the right amount of oregano and salt. But still sweet from the quality San Marzanos. And the cheese? Well it’s Bufala Mozzy, and was creamy, tender with a very subtle tanginess…everything a Mozzy should be. And the all-important basil? Nice leaves (yes, not chopped up, coulda-been-from-a-spice-jar basil), but fresh, aromatic basil. Good job. There coulda been a little more , but it was fresh and really helps make a margy pie a margy pie.
And what we call Key Ingredient Distribution (damn is that phrase ever gonna catch on?) At least we’d like to hear Guy Fieri put it out there. I mean, we don’t need a Bobby Flay nod yet, we’ll be happy with Guy. Wait, doesn’t Guy bear a slight resemblance to our Pillsbury Dough Boy?
Anyhoo, KID means both the ratio of sauce to cheese to toppings to crust, and also the strategic placement of the 
aforementioned ingredients. Key Ingredients, in fact. Hence our KID benchmark, which will be the industry standard someday. You just wait. But don’t hold your breath.The KID for Co Pizza is pretty damn good. Look above. A decent distribution of sauce, cheese and basil on the pie. Hey overall this is…say it with me, people…a GOOD pie. And if you don’t get your knickers in a bind about the crust not being thin enough, you may even award it a 3.5 or so on a scale of 5. If so, it’s definitely worth checking out.
VdV Rating: 2.5
Hours:
Mon. 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Tue-Sat. 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Tue-Sat. 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Co Pizza
230 Ninth Avenue (@ 24 St)
(212) 243-1105
