{"id":2583,"date":"2018-04-30T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.margotspizza.com\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2018-05-10T21:08:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T01:08:36","slug":"nicks-pizza-finally-brings-an-adriennes-esque-square-pie-to-forest-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/margotspizza.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/30\/nicks-pizza-finally-brings-an-adriennes-esque-square-pie-to-forest-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick’s Pizza finally brings an Adrienne’s-esque square pie to Forest Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nick’s Pizza’s grandma pie is a 12″ square proofed and cooked in a black, steel pan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My wife must be thankful that a grandma pie has made its way onto the menu at Nick’s Pizza in Forest Hills. Since moving to the Queens neighborhood in 2015 and becoming a customer there along with my family, I’d always pondered aloud something to the tune of, “They share DNA<\/a> with Adrienne’s Pizzabar\u2014why not crib that recipe and serve a killer square pizza? They’d do bang-up business on that pie!”<\/p>\n

A little more than a year ago Nick’s added this beauty to its repertoire, and I can finally retire this refrain and give my wife some peace during pizza\u00a0nights out at the Ascan Avenue mainstay.<\/p>\n

Last night was the first time I’ve had it, and it was fiiine<\/em>. Not sure if it was quite as stunning as Adrienne’s<\/a>, where Nick’s Pizza owner Nick Angelis is a partner<\/a>, but this was an initial tasting. I’ll try more in the coming months and report back.<\/p>\n

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Slice pizza review:<\/strong>Nick’s Pizza, Forest Hills, Queens<\/a> [April 2011]<\/em><\/p>\n

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On that note, now that I live walking distance from a destination-status pizzeria\u2014Nick’s, founded in 1993, has graced best-of lists since before I even started Slice (back in 2003)\u2014I find I’m not there quite as often as I would have predicted. It’s a great place, but we often make our pizza\u00a0at home these days.<\/p>\n

That said, and an aside here, it’s great to be at your kid’s friend’s birthday party and see them have Nick’s delivered as the party pizza. When you live in a neighborhood where Nick’s\u00a0is your default delivery pie, life is good. (And I’m happy to report that Margot\u00a0ate four whole slices of it at that party. I didn’t know whether to be proud or mortified at the thought that the hosts probably think we starve the poor kid ?)<\/p>\n

Until next post, folks, hasta la pizza.<\/em> ??\u270c<\/p>\n

Nick’s Pizza:<\/strong>\u00a0108-26 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills NY 11375<\/a>; 718-263-1126<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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