Old School NY Pizza adds authenticity to Norton Commons

[Robin Garr]

Old School NY Pizza adds authenticity to Norton Commons

The small pizzas at Old School NY measure 12 inches; that's plenty for two with this delicious, thin-crust veggie pie.



If you can’t make it to Southern Italy to indulge in traditional Neapolitan-style pizza at the source, New York City’s take on pizza is arguably second-best: And you won’t find a better slice in Louisville than at Old School NY Pizza.

A round of thin, crisp crust bearing portions of spicy sauce, melty cheese, and toppings discreetly applied so all remains in balance, fired in a high-temperature gas or wood oven until the cheese bubbles: That’s the recipe for Gotham’s finest, and Old School does it right.

I loved the original shop on Factory Lane, although it was quite a hike out there. Now there's a second location, and it's out in the far East End too, filling a storefront in Norton Commons that looks a lot like ... well, a Brooklyn pizzeria.

Actually, as I perched on Old School’s sunny patio looking out over Norton Commons' New Urbanism melange of houses and buildings built in random designs from all over the world – here a Craftsman-style bungalow, there a faux Southern mansion, over there a row of two-story brick apartments that would be at home in Queens, almost – I realized that Old School’s honest Italian-American fare may be one of the most authentic things in the neighborhood.

We chose to dine on the patio more because it was a beautiful, sunny spring day than out of any pandemic concerns. For the record, servers were carefully masked, although if I weren’t vaccinated I might have been a little uneasy about what looked like rather close spacing among the black mesh tables and metal chairs.

The menu offers a broad selection of mostly standard pizzeria fare. A dozen-plus pre-built pies come in two sizes – 12-inch and 18-inch – and range in price from $10.50 (for a small cheese and tomato-sauce pizza) to $31 (for a large pizza topped with Philly cheesesteak ingredients, something that sounds strangely delicious yet might get one banned from Brooklyn). ...

Read the complete article on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/old-s ... thenticity

You'll also find this review in LEO Weekly's Food & Drink section today.
http://www.leoweekly.com/category/food-drink/

Old School NY Pizza
10600 Meeting Street
Norton Commons
882-3000
http://oldschoolnypizza.com
Facebook: http://bit.ly/OldSchoolNYPizza
Another location: 12907 Factory Lane, 882-1776

I wish them well . . .

We also liked it, but they replaced another NY style pizza place we also liked, but didn't make it! No idea why (we don't live there, and don't get there too often), but I've got my fingers crossed for them.

I wish them well . . .

We also liked it, but they replaced another NY style pizza place we also liked, but didn't make it! No idea why (we don't live there, and don't get there too often), but I've got my fingers crossed for them.

I'm guessing they will do quite well, at least in our opinion their pies are much better than Brusco's.

That headline gets me thinking... which storefronts which would *subtract* authenticity from Norton Commons?

[Robin Garr]

That headline gets me thinking... which storefronts which would *subtract* authenticity from Norton Commons?

I'm going to have to think about that. Maybe that new bank in St. Matthews that looks like a bad imitation of Independence Hall could open a branch there?

That headline gets me thinking... which storefronts which would *subtract* authenticity from Norton Commons?

I'm going to have to think about that. Maybe that new bank in St. Matthews that looks like a bad imitation of Independence Hall could open a branch there?

It would look better in Norton Commons than it does in St. Matthews. In addition to the style it's located way too close to the street.

That headline gets me thinking... which storefronts which would *subtract* authenticity from Norton Commons?