Anna Maria Pizzeria
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CUISINE: Pizza
ADDRESS: 179 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn 11211 (right by the L stop)
PHONE: 718.599.4550
CARDS: None
HOURS: Daily, 11am-5am
BOOZE: none
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DELIVERY: Yes, S. 6th St. to McGuiness Blvd., Kent Ave. to Brooklyn-Queens Expy.
NY MAG SAYS: For Williamsburg hipsters who are slowly being priced out of their hood, Anna Maria's provides a taste of the old days when thing were still cheap and authentic under the L train. Two dollars will buy a thickish slab of cheese pizza--slightly oily but better than average, and large enough to keep a hipster's jeans safely around his hips. $3.50 will buy some more vitamins, in the form of a specialty slice topped with a veggie and/or meat combo. A soggy $4 calzone is worth it only if you need to fulfill your RDA of grease, but 8 smackers will buy a bona fide hot meal, like chicken cutlets or tortelloni, albeit on a disposable plate. All of this affordable nourishment is available late into the night, so starving artists, as well as crowds of drunken bar-goers, can fuel up whenever inspiration strikes
Comments
Possibly the worst pizza in all of nyc. The sauce is tangy enough to burn a hole in your tongue. Although modestly priced for a special slice, the bread is bland and stale, and the cheese is something to forget about. Try the new La Nonna down the street, their slices to go are superb. Save Anna Maria for the late drunken nights when your pallete is already scarred from all the alcohol intake.
Posted by: jbaird | August 19, 2007 06:25 PM
i used to think this was the BEST pizza ever, but it consistently has gotten worst and worst. the ppl working look diff though so maybe that has something to do with it.
Posted by: m | July 28, 2007 06:21 PM
the pizza gods have been slighted. only somewhat edible if yr blackout fucked up.
Posted by: burp | July 14, 2007 10:27 PM
gross, both the pizza and the atmosphere
Posted by: Leti | June 6, 2007 09:26 PM
When you go to Anna Maria's wasted you will burn your tounge, sorry. But you will always go back 'cause they're open late.
Posted by: maria | April 4, 2007 06:30 PM
great pizza, but very oily
Posted by: rr | November 20, 2006 12:15 AM
SWEET, SWEET, SWEET tomato sauce. most excellent. everybody has an opinon about pie, in NYC, and we all know about how opinons are like ... well, everybody has one.
i love anna maria pizza. the shop is a good and noble enterprise, and puts to shame many of the 'fabled' brooklyn pizza joints. too much cheese for my taste, but i just peel some off and give it to champ. the crust and that divine sauce are all that i need. "sometimes, all i need is the air that i breathe, and to .. "
YUM.
Posted by: SUZY | August 24, 2006 06:23 AM
Best NY style pizza in the neighborhood, and even better when it's delivered. I heart Anna Maria's.
Posted by: pizzaface | July 12, 2006 11:30 PM
This place should be re-named Desperate Measures. Only go there in Desperate Times.
Posted by: Erin | June 4, 2006 06:49 AM
This place sometimes seems the only relief in an overpriced world. The slices are great sized for a great price. Its location, right next to the L train, makes this place perfect for just grabbing a great tasting pizza that won't coast you an arm and a leg.
Posted by: kella | February 18, 2006 07:58 PM
Everybody resorts to this place when it's late. The grossest part, that made me avoid it though, is the fact that they use and unsealed piece plywood to make some of the food on(look to the right). The other thing, which is almost unavoidable and should be enforced, is people handling money the touching the pizza... this is so friggin' disgusting. And on top of THAT - take a gander at their cash register, it has the oldest plastic cover in the universe sitting there rotting. They touch it in between touching money and your food.
In the end, you can't win though: The driggs tratoria looks like it would be cleaner but then I noticed the guy was sticking his spatula(the one he picks up your slice with) in a crack between two pieces of wood in the counter. THere is absolutely no way possible to clean in a split piece of wood. gross
Posted by: DOO | August 28, 2005 10:39 PM
super greasy. it's ok. but unless it's 3 in the morning and no other pizza place is open, it's not really worth it.
Posted by: al | June 6, 2005 01:34 AM