Well, here’s a special occasion where I can check another item off my list AND continue my search for NY’s best pizza.
I was eventually going to make my way out to Salvatore of Soho in Staten Island to try their coal-oven style pizza, but after the clam pie appeared on the list, it happened maybe a bit faster than I had planned.
I wrote a blog post here on their incredible Neapolitan pizza and amazing thin crust charred crusts.
I had a clam pie (that just sounds dirty, I’m sorry) once before at Lombardi’s, the first pizzeria in the city. It was a gutbomb of a pizza with amazing fresh plumpy clams, lots of garlic and cheese, and a garnish of fresh parsley.
Salvatore of Soho’s comes very close to reproducing the magic of Lombardi’s. Their clams are fresh and plentiful with buttery garlic flavors and an amazing charred crust. So if you can’t actually get to Soho (but you can somehow get to Staten Island), this clam pie is a pretty great alternative.
Would Salvatore of Soho’s Clam Pie make my Top 100 of the year? I’d probably put Lombardi’s up there first, but this is a more unique and less obvious choice. It gets an 8 out of 10because the pizza is great and the clam toppings delicious.
