#patsy's pizzeria

Yesterday’s NYC Pizza Bus tour group had the pleasure of meeting Stanley Ederheimer at the original Patsy’s Pizzeria in East Harlem. Since the late 1940s, Stanley has been visiting Patsy’s for their incredible thin crust pizza. His son Josh told us he grew up thinking pizza wasn’t available anywhere besides Patsy’s because Stanley would take the kids on monthly trips to East Harlem just to get a cheese pizza. Josh didn’t even realize he could get pizza in his own neighborhood because he only at it at Patsy’s. 

About a year ago, Stanley’s health hit a road bump. His son told him that just as soon as he was on the mend, the two would ride up from Maryland to visit Patsy’s Pizzeria yet again. Yesterday was that day and our group had the great privilege of meeting them. 

Stanley told us his memories of the pizzeria from decades ago. It was absolutely incredible. He says the pizza hasn’t changed a bit. That’s something you don’t hear very often these days. Josh emailed me that his son will be moving to NYC, living about a mile from Patsy’s. Truly amazing. 

Our Patsy's Pizzeria experience

Two days ago, we treated our dad to Patsy's Pizzeria (yes, the one featured in A Quiet Place: Day One) for Father's Day (Happy belated Father's Day to all the daddies out there!). It has five branches around New York City. This particular one is the Upper East Side location. It's our first time dining in—previously, we've only ordered takeaway from here once.

The restaurant occupies two floors and its ambiance is impressive. They also play wonderful music—at one point, they even played "Yesterday" by The Beatles (one of my favorite songs)! It wasn't that busy when we arrived, but since we were a big group (our relatives from another state came with us), we were seated on the second floor, right next to a wall full of images of famous people (like Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley).

And now, for the food. Being a pasta lover, I decided to try one of their pastas (prior to this, I've only tried their pizza). I went for the Pennette & Shrimp. The shrimps were perfectly cooked. On the other hand, the pasta is kinda mushy and the sauce is very mild. Though, it didn't disappoint, and it still tastes beautiful. As for our pizzas, we ordered their Old Fashioned Margherita Pizza with pepperoni and prosciutto, as well as a Square Cheese Pizza with pepperoni. Their pizzas are incredible and well crafted—they are very tasty and keep you coming back for more. Since I already had the pasta, I only had a serving when we got home (then again, I've already tried it once before anyway).

As for the service, the pasta came to our table quickly, while the pizzas took a while to arrive. The servers were very friendly, though, and they even boxed up the leftover pizza for us.

Fettuccine Carbonara with spinach pasta and chicken