Day 2, 2023: Cuts and Slices (Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn)

 

Exterior

 

DAY 2: OCTOBER 2nd, 2023

LOCATION: Cuts & Slices (93 Howard Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233)

GUEST(S): Kurt Cruz

ORDER: 1.5 slices of Brown Oxtail Stew

REVIEW: 

A good kick in the oxtail. Call it a "game changer" or your "new favorite slice joint," but don't call Bed-Stuy's Cuts and Slices a "typical" Brooklyn pizzeria, Starting with a pizza menu that includes Curry Shrimp, Jerk Chicken, and Sweet Chili Oxtail (to name a few) and ending with the fact they have their own sneaker line, Cuts and Slices is making their own rules as they reinvent the pizza game. Check the hours before you go as they too are not typical.  Expect a line as word has spread far and wide since their 2018 opening. The pizza is sold by the slice (exclusively) and the premium ingredients come at premium prices but after tasting it, I think you'll agree that it was worth it. I had the Brown Oxtail Stew slice fresh out of the oven that was delicious at first bite and just kept getting better. I marveled at the sturdiness of the crust and its ability to support the generous portion of slow-roasted savory shreds of oxtail. Had I not arrived just before closing, I would have ordered one of everything. That is what I intend to do when I return to Cuts and Slices.

PHOTOS:

Sign out front

underside

outside after dark

Brown Oxtail Stew slice

Interior

Day 2

VIDEO:

MISCELLANEOUS:

Kurt Cruz, Sean Taylor

1. I met Kurt Cruz today. We both share a love for Tex-Mex food and are on the lookout for the best rendition NYC has to offer. 

2. Kurt Cruz also met his significant other doing improv. 

Kurt checking out the lighting grid at the Magnet

3. Kurt Cruz knows everything about lighting and audio equipment. Not one but four NYC improv area theaters have benefited from his expertise - including the Magnet (where he helped us today)

RATING:

 4.44/5

• VALUE:
   4/5


• AMBIENCE:
   3/3


• TASTE:
   9/10


• SERVICE: N/A

16/18 = .889 x 5 = 4.44