{"id":1236,"date":"2013-10-23T23:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T03:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.famousoriginala.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2013-10-23T23:30:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T03:30:29","slug":"pizza-lunch-pizzetteria-brunetti-opens-location-in-greenwich-village-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/margotspizza.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/pizza-lunch-pizzetteria-brunetti-opens-location-in-greenwich-village-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Lunch: Pizzetteria Brunetti opens location in Greenwich Village NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left: the San Gennaro (tomato sauce, onion, peppers, ricotta) and the pizzeria’s signature Vongole pizza (a white clam pie).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Yorkers are known for leaving the city in summer to visit the Hamptons. Here is a case of a Hamptonite visiting, and settling in, New York City.<\/p>\n

Pizzetteria Brunetti NYC<\/a><\/strong> is the Greenwich Village outpost of the original Westhampton Beach–based Neapolitan pizzeria that my wife and I visited in May 2011<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"Pizzetteria<\/a>
You know Myers of Keswick? Yeah, this is like 3 doors down from there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Pizza Lunch<\/a> excursion coincided nicely with my friend Sean Taylor<\/a>‘s 31 Days of Pizza<\/a> project, in which he eats pizza for at least one meal a day each day in the month of October (which is National Pizza Month). The lunchtime company was great, and it was a bonus that neither of us had been to this pizzeria yet.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a>
I didn’t realize Sean was an avid baseball fan. I probably insulted him with a joke along the lines of “the Mets are almost a form of improv comedy.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As you can see in the photo at top, the pizzas at Brunetti are marked by a decidedly puffy, almost cartoonishly puffy, rim. I’m guessing this is the lasting influence of co-owner Jason Brunetti’s having apprenticed at Motorino, which too is known for its outsize cornicione<\/em>. (Jason Brunetti and his father, Michael, own and operate the original Westhampton Beach location. For their Manhattan branch, they’ve taken on two partners.)<\/p>\n

Of the two pizzas we had, I liked the Vongole most. It’s one of the best clam pies I’ve had in the last couple of years and is itself clearly influenced by Motorino’s own clam pie. I was lured by the sausage, pepper, and onion combo of the San Gennaro, though, truth be told I am not a huge fan of ricotta on pizza. While the flavors were good on this pizza, I think I would have preferred mozzarella.<\/p>\n

\"Pizzetteria<\/a>
Not a bad trick indeed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The crust here. Look what they’re doing. See above? See the salt on the rim? Yeah, it definitely makes a difference. I hadn’t noticed it right off, but as I was eating I was like, “Damn, this crust is good. Salty. Nice!” And then I looked closer. Ah ha! I see what you did there, Brunetti. Smart.<\/p>\n

Anyway, these pizza lunches are not so much “reviews”* as they are just a snapshot of pizza I’ve eaten recently. So I’m not getting all that technical here. I will however encourage you to try this place. They’re doing something good here. And “good” may be an understatement. Time and future visits will tell the whole tale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Yorkers are known for leaving the city in summer to visit the Hamptons. Here is a case of a Hamptonite visiting, and settling in, New York City. Pizzetteria Brunetti NYC is the Greenwich Village outpost of the original Westhampton Beach–based Neapolitan pizzeria that my wife and I visited in May 2011<\/a>. Continue reading Pizza Lunch: Pizzetteria Brunetti opens location in Greenwich Village NYC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,23],"tags":[123,222,223,225],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blah-blah-blah","category-other-peoples-pizza","tag-neapolitan-in-nyc","tag-weekly-pizza-lunch","tag-wfo","tag-wfo-in-nyc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t