PENMART01 wrote:

In article , "Lucas, Peter"
writes:

I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned
when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a
lot,
but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world?

Please, let me know. Thank you, Margaret


Not up on the current prices, but I can let you know that back in '94 on
Venice Beach I was paying $1.10 (inc tax) for a slice. So a $1.80
increase over nearly 10 years isn't too bad :-)

Brooklyn, 1958:

Neopolitan-
large pie cost 75¢... one slice (1/8 of a large pie) cost 10¢.

Sicilian-
large pie cost $1.40... one slice (1/15 of a large pie) cost 5¢

Sheldon

I remember when I lived in Washington Heights, around 1963 and the local
pizza place raised the price of a slice to 25 cents. After seeing their
business diminish, they included a medium sized soda or coffee or tea in
the price. It took a long time for all the customers to return. MS

come to think of it, there's a pizza shop on 6th street in Austin, and I
think a slice was almost $4. but it was a HUGE slice on a thick crust. I
think the thin crust was about $2-3 depending on toppings. But it's been
years since I went there, and I had been drinking so I could be quoting the
total price for both me and my friend...But other than mall pizzarias, it's
hard to find a by the slice place round here, I'm in new braunfels.

--
Paula Drennan
In Memory of, Tenzing the Kitty, May 4 - August 1, 2003
He lost his short battle for life, and is now in peace.
"Margaret Suran" wrote in message
...
: jmcquown wrote:
:
: I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned
: when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a
: lot, but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world?
:
: Oh heavens, Margaret! I have no idea the cost of an individual slice of
: pizza. (I'm sure *someone* will slam me for this reply). I can tell
you,
: the price seems exhorbitant to me, but then, things are much less costly
: down here in Tennessee than they are in Manhattan. I would however,
expect
: to pay at least a dollar for a slice of pizza at a pizzaria simply
because
: they are mostly (down here) hoping to sell the entire pizza pie, not
single
: slices.
:
: I hope at least it tasted good
:
: Jill
:
: I was really good, Jill. I ordered it as a take out. It was crisp,
: with good cheeses and very good fresh mushrooms.
:
: The kind of Pizzeria I went to, mostly sells pizzas by the slice. The
: pies are huge and the next time I go there, I will count the slices inn
: each. The slices are rather large. When the pies come out of the oven,
: they are sliced into individual portions right away. There seems to be
: more money in slices than in whole pies.
:
: These pizzarias attract people who will buy a slice or two all through
: the day. Some people go there for breakfast, not necessarily for pizza,
: of course, but some do. Next comes the lunch crowd, especially the
: children from neighboring schools. Whole pizzas are mostly delivery
: orders, but after school and after work, there is a big crush for more
: slices, to eat there or take out. From then on, the place is busy until
: after the last movie in the neighborhood closes and everybody goes
: home. Until a couple of years ago, the hookers on 86th Street kept some
: of such places busy until much later, but I think the Giuliani cleaned
: up the street. It's several years since I noticed any hookers accosting
: men who passed by.
:
: This is not the only pizza place there, but this is a very popular one.
: Their thin crust pizzas are very good, but they are only sold as whole
: pies, albeit in three sizes, small, medium and large. If I am too busy
: to cook, Marcel will bring a small one home for dinner. That, with a
: green salad, is enough for two people. I have never asked how much it
: costs.
:
: MS

"Margaret Suran" wrote in message ...

Today I had several early appointments and found myself on the street
around two in the afternoon, hungry and not able to go into a coffee
shop, because I wanted to be at home when the first trick and treaters
rang my bell. I had not eaten anything except half a mango for
breakfast.

I went into a small Pizzeria from which I have ordered whole pizza pies,
but never a slice. I asked for a slice with mushrooms, which was just
coming out of the oven.

I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned
when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a lot,
but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world?

In L.A. One dollar at Little Caesars for a medium size slice with cheese & pepperoni which is all they offer and OK quality for a chain. Two dollars at the Costco snack bar for a much larger slice of much better pizza with either the works or with just cheese & pepperoni. Other places it the price can be all over the board.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:04:19 -0500, Margaret Suran
wrote:

I went into a small Pizzeria from which I have ordered whole pizza pies,
but never a slice. I asked for a slice with mushrooms, which was just
coming out of the oven.

I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned
when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a lot,
but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world?

Too many variables to include -- your location, the quality, the price
of an equivalent 'snack', etc. A slightly more relevent comparison
would be to quote the price of the *whole* same-size pie and the
number of slices extracted for individual sale. If an entire pizza ia
$6 and a 1/6th slice was almost $3, it's pretty pricey. If the whole
is priced at $15, $3 seems reasonable. That's only $3 "profit" over
whole pie, and the overhead of 6 separate transactions (*if* they can
sell all the slices) is probably more.

The price of pizza is a scandal, anyhow. :-)

"PENMART01" wrote in message
...


Brooklyn, 1958: (Amazing, where and when I was born)

Neopolitan-
large pie cost 75¢... one slice (1/8 of a large pie) cost 10¢.

Sicilian-
large pie cost $1.40... one slice (1/15 of a large pie) cost 5¢



And your paycheck was, what, $100/wk?

Jack Retro

In rec.food.cooking, "Jack Schidt?" wrote:

And your paycheck was, what, $100/wk?

If he was lucky. His neighbor, Ralph Cramden, made $50/wk around the same
time period.

--
....I'm an air-conditioned gypsy...

- The Who

Frogleg writes:

The price of pizza is a scandal, anyhow. :-)

Actually considering the alternatives nutritionally and price wise pizza is the
best prepared food buy out there... and no one ever contracted a food borne
disease from eating freshly baked pizza.


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"Jack Schidt®" writes:

"PENMART01" wrote:

Brooklyn, 1958: (Amazing, where and when I was born)

Neopolitan-
large pie cost 75¢... one slice (1/8 of a large pie) cost 10¢.

Sicilian-
large pie cost $1.40... one slice (1/15 of a large pie) cost 5¢

And your paycheck was, what, $100/wk?

Back then $100/wk would have been very good pay... minimum wage was $1/hr...
average wage was $1.84/hr - about $75/wk gross or about $50/wk net.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~rdavis2/minwage.html

Hmm, this could well be where you were conceived. LOL
A brand new '58 cost about $2K.
http://store3.yimg.com/I/classic32_1762_2960533


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In article , "Lucas, Peter"
wrote:

Melba's Jammin' wrote in news:barbschaller-
:

(Sausage and mushroom would be nice.) Do they have TaB? "-)

You want to run up a tab on your pizza slices??

I knew they did that in bars, didn't know about pizza places though!! ;-)

grin TaB is my beverage of choice -- the original diet cola, made by
the Coca Cola folks. :-) (It's on sale this week 3 cartons for $8.88.
I'll be stocking up.)
--
-Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab, too.)

"Margaret Suran" wrote in message

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I went into a small Pizzeria from which I have ordered whole pizza pies,
but never a slice. I asked for a slice with mushrooms, which was just
coming out of the oven.

I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned
when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a lot,
but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world?

Please, let me know. Thank you, Margaret

Well, I stopped at a chain pizzeria in the local mall and bought a slice of
pepperoni (from a pizza which looked a little tired) plus a diet Coke and
paid about $4.25.

The pizza was as tired as it looked - in fact, it may have died already, but
I was hungry. The only helpers in that Italian eatery were Indian, Mexican
and Asian, which I thought was pretty funny.

Dora

limey wrote:


Well, I stopped at a chain pizzeria in the local mall and bought a slice of
pepperoni (from a pizza which looked a little tired) plus a diet Coke and
paid about $4.25.

The pizza was as tired as it looked - in fact, it may have died already, but
I was hungry. The only helpers in that Italian eatery were Indian, Mexican
and Asian, which I thought was pretty funny.

Dora

Very few pizzerias in New York City are run by Italians any more.
Mostly middle easterners own them now and I think that most of the ones
from where I have eaten pizzas, are doing a credible job. Some Italian
pizzerias are still around, but the help is from all over. My favorite
Italian restaurant has Italian owners, but the chefs, the waiters and
the busboys are from such places as Ecuador, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia
and the good old USA, but not with Italian roots.

I guess that the $2.90 was a fair price for the slice of pizza I had.
Since it was really good, I may even have gotten a bargain. )

Barbara said already that she wants to go to the same pizzeria and have
a slice there when she comes to New York next month. I hope that she
will like it, too.

Frogleg wrote:

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:04:19 -0500, Margaret Suran
wrote:


I went into a small Pizzeria from which I have ordered whole pizza pies,
but never a slice. I asked for a slice with mushrooms, which was just
coming out of the oven.

I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned
when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a lot,
but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world?

Too many variables to include -- your location, the quality, the price
of an equivalent 'snack', etc. A slightly more relevent comparison
would be to quote the price of the *whole* same-size pie and the
number of slices extracted for individual sale. If an entire pizza ia
$6 and a 1/6th slice was almost $3, it's pretty pricey. If the whole
is priced at $15, $3 seems reasonable. That's only $3 "profit" over
whole pie, and the overhead of 6 separate transactions (*if* they can
sell all the slices) is probably more.

The price of pizza is a scandal, anyhow. :-)

Pizza is the "sweetheart" of food service. Somehow the operators have
been able to convince the American public to pay up to 6 times the
cost of the raw materials for a pizza. Of all major food types, pizza
is far and away the most profitable. The majors manage to get finished
food costs in the low 20+% range even after all their promotions and
discounts. Selling it by the slice is really desirable (assuming you
sell almost all of it) because the unit profit is still higher.
Finished pizza is kept at room temperature and warmed upon order in
ovens that must be on anyway. Typically, a drink (very profitable)
goes with the pizza. Above a minimum threshold of volume, it's a very
good business for the owner.

Pastorio

In article , Margaret Suran writes:

Very few pizzerias in New York City are run by Italians any more.
Mostly middle easterners own them now

Manahattan is not all of NYC. There are still lots of pizzerias operated by
Italians in Brooklyn, Queens, and especially Staten Island. Of course American
style pizza has little resemblence to anything called pizza in Italy.

None better: http://www.spumonigardens.com/photos.asp

There's no such thing as "real Italian Pizza":
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0335/sietsema2.php


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"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

"Margaret Suran" wrote in message
...

Today I had several early appointments and found myself on the street
around two in the afternoon, hungry and not able to go into a coffee
shop, because I wanted to be at home when the first trick and treaters
rang my bell. I had not eaten anything except half a mango for
breakfast.

I went into a small Pizzeria from which I have ordered whole pizza pies,
but never a slice. I asked for a slice with mushrooms, which was just
coming out of the oven.

I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned
when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a lot,
but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world?

I went to an independent Pizza place, not to a fast food chain
restaurant, what we used to call a "Pizza Parlor". The slice was
delicious, fresh mushrooms, good cheeses, crispy crust, everything the
way it should be.

Please, let me know. Thank you, Margaret

Not being a big fan of pizza, I don't spend alot of time at the pizza
shops....that being said, there is one shop here that I adore. They make
what is, to my eyes (and tummy) the quintessential, perfect pizza. There, I
only eat the pie when we order a whole one for dinner or whatnot. But I do
know for $5 you get 2 slices and a beverage. Not sure what it is for one
slice, though, and I've never seen anyone in there order just one!
The pizza, by the way, sounds like you'd like it (judging from your post!).
Crisp crust, fresh tomato sauce (made on premises), good fresh cheeses.

kimberly

Melba's Jammin' wrote in
:

In article , "Lucas, Peter"
wrote:

Melba's Jammin' wrote in
news:barbschaller- :

(Sausage and mushroom would be nice.) Do they have TaB? "-)

You want to run up a tab on your pizza slices??

I knew they did that in bars, didn't know about pizza places though!!
;-)

grin TaB is my beverage of choice -- the original diet cola, made
by the Coca Cola folks. :-) (It's on sale this week 3 cartons for
$8.88. I'll be stocking up.)

I don't think we have TaB here anymore. I know we did when I was young -
maybe the 70s - because we used to have it in the fridge.Mum used to drink
that and a lemon flavoured one - Fresca, maybe or something like that.

--
Rhonda Anderson
Penrith, NSW, Australia