NYC: Keste

The Goldins LOVE pizza and every trip to NYC we try a new pizza place. Last year (2009), we enjoyed the "Luzzo" pizza at Luzzo (East Village)--a tiny place with a huge pizza oven in the back. Their pizza cooked in about three minutes and it was absolutely outstanding. I (Jess) had been on a mission this time to find a pizza that was equally as good--or better.

Sure enough, Keste topped Luzzo. Keste is a Neapolitan Pizzeria located at 271 Bleeker Street (West Village). We arrived at 5pm as soon as the place opened. We were all hungry since we didn't have any lunch that day and we walked in the 95 degree heat.

Our Italian waiter was very friendly and encouraged us to order multiple pizzas. We ordered three: the "Keste", the "Padrino" and one other I'm forgetting the name of. We also ordered table wine to help us wash down our pizza. I think the four of us agreed it was THE best pizza we've ever had. The crust was 'spongey' and had a slight burnt taste. All of the ingredients were very high quality. Pictures don't really do it justice.
YUM.