City Food Find: SLICE

How much do you love a fresh slice of pizza? There is nothing like a fresh out of the oven pizza, oozing with cheese and other tasty toppings. In the world of celiac disease and gluten intolerance there are some choices for gluten free pizza (Pizzeria Uno on a national level and numerous local establishments across the country). Here in New York I know of at least a dozen Italian restaurants/pizza places. Besides being gluten intolerant, I also am dairy and tomato intolerant, which definitely can be a challenge when it comes to enjoying pizza.

I recently had the opportunity to eat at a restaurant in the city called Slice, a magical pizzeria that caters to the vegan,vegetarian, wheat-free and gluten-free communities. Now you are probably thinking how I ate pizza if I am allergic to tomatoes! Lucky for me Slice has 2 non-tomato sauce options; homemade hummus and pesto (which happens to also be vegan and nut-free). The biggest dilemma for me was which one I should put on my slice. I chose to do one with hummus and one with pesto. Let me just say, WOW!!

Slice is located on the Upper East on 2nd Avenue between 73rd and 74th street, and in the west village on 535 Hudson Street (Perry/Charles).  All of their slices and pies are made to order so you can eat as crazy or simple as you want. My pie of choice was half hummus, half pesto with mushrooms, broccoli, goat cheese and arugula. Don’t worry if you are not gluten free, there are several whole wheat pizza options as well. All meat options are free-range. Vegans can delight in rice or vegan mozzarella.

Even the menu is fun at slice. You can choose appetizers from the “prerequisites”, pizzas from the “core curriculum or “honors” sections. Feeling daring, become a “genius by building your own pizza. If you are looking for “extracurricular” activities how about ordering one of their egg and dairy free desserts. Are you ready to customize your slice but don’t live in the area? Not a problem because Slice offers a homemade pizza kit online www.healthypizzakit.com. Slice really does offer the perfect food! For more information on slice visit their website www.sliceperfect.com

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