Lunch Special: Small house salad + 1 slice

by Celia Sin-Tien Cheng
March 19, 2005

POSTO
310 2nd Ave
@ 18th St
New York, NY 10003
212-716-1200

Posto is the sister restaurant of Pizza Grupp in Alphabet City, specializing in thin crust pizzas. The restaurant is small and cramped with diners at night and the thin crust pizzas are good.

The lunch specials are a very good deal, with options like small house salad + 1 slice, or soup and slice, or ravioli and slice, all ranging under $10, including a drink (soft drink, espresso or bottled water). The price does not include toppings, but even if you order three toppings on your slice, it should still come in under $10.

This is a good deal as the salad and the slice are fairly copious. Unfortunately, the problem with ordering a slice with toppings of choice, especially when it is a thin crust pizza, means that the pizza is reheated, so it doesn’t taste as good as a whole pizza coming fresh out of the oven. The toppings are fresh and plentiful, but the slice just doesn’t hold together as well as a freshly baked pizza would.

Ultimately, while the lunch special is a good option, I think it is still better to go to Posto and order a whole pie so you know that every part of the pizza is fresh.

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