SLiCE

Knee deep in cheesesteak land, SLiCE offers a welcomed freshness to the typical pizza slice. This tastefully-styled pizzeria at the corner of 10th and Federal Streets opened about a year ago and serves up some of the best Napolitano (Neapolitan) style pizza around. 

Neapolitan pizza originates from the city of Naples, Italy where the crust is thin, the tomato sauce and cheese are used sparingly and the pizza is baked for only a few short minutes at very high temperatures. This results in a thin and crispy crust, light and delectable.  Naples also happens to be the birthplace of the pizza.

The first thing we noticed was that the sauce tasted incredibly fresh 

We sampled their plain and pepperoni slices.
The first thing we noticed was that the sauce tasted incredibly fresh. It was more like a pasta marinara sauce than a pizza sauce. The sauce was on top of the cheese if you can believe that shit.

The cheese definitely takes a backseat on SLiCE’s pizza although the parmesan sprinkled on top was a nice touch and saved it from tasting overly tomatoey. The slices tasted like they were baked in brick oven but in fact they were not.

The pepperoni’s were little and unimpressive at first sight but they were thick and full of spicy flavor. They were growers not showers if you know what I mean. The crust had absolutely no sag. Like the sign says, this is definitely gourmet slice status. I felt all fancy eating it. Although SLiCE management touts “We are known for our pizza and not for our slices.” 4 out of 5 of the slices we ate were perfectly cooked with no brown spots on the underside which may be caused when reheating.
Question: If you aren’t known for slices why in the fuck would you name your business SLiCE? Huh?

$2.75 a slice may seem steep but each slice was a quarter of the pie. One slice proved to be reasonably filling.

The employees were really friendly and asked how the slices were multiple times but the sauce was the superstar.

Next time you are in the neighborhood before 10pm, instead of clogging your arteries with cheeseteak, try cloggin’ up those bitches with a pie from SLiCE. Bring your own booze and cash though because they don’t serve or take plastic. They also deliver if you can’t pry your lazy ass away from Guitar Hero.

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SLiCE
1180 S 10th St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 463-0868