Stop #4: Veloce Pizzeria

August 22nd 2:30pm
After waiting out the rain, the sun came out in full force and beat down upon us and we walked uptown to Veloce Pizzeria.
The group scores were as follows:
Cheese to Sauce Ratio: 4.4 out of 5
Crust: 4.18 out of 5
Taste Per Price: 4.08 out of 5 ($15 for a large)
Assorted Comments: "Sweet sauce, bubbly soft crust." -Ilya Kushnirsky "The wettest one yet." -Emily Young
Rated #7 by New York Magazine: Veloce Pizzeria, 103 First Ave., nr. 6th St.
Not only has Sicilian-style pizza taken a decided backseat to its Neapolitan counterpart in the current pizza craze, but it turns out that it doesn’t even exist in Sicily—or so Sara Jenkins learned when seeking inspiration there for this new East Village joint. Their contribution to the new pizza landscape is a sophisticated stunner of a twelve-inch pan pie, distinguished by a shallow crust that’s at once springily tender and crisp (an unusual touch of potato in the dough sees to that).