Wednesday, February 20, 2008

3 Boys vs. Peppino's- White Plains Road Slice Off 2008


In the first installment of Howfresheats local epicurean jousting, we have Peppino's, the Wakefield legend in the red corner, matched up against the Williams Bridge heavy hitter, 3 Boys From Italy, in the blue. This is strictly a pizza battle, pitting a plain slice from each establishment up against one another.

The tale of the tape:

3 Boys
Peppino's
$2.15 Cost $2.25
Larger Side of Average Reach (size) Average
Light Heavyweight Weigh In Middleweight


The size of the 3 Boys slice might give you the impression that this will be an easy contest, but the lightness and quickness of Peppino's causes some problems for 3 Boys.




Peppino's cheese to tomato sauce ratio didn't meet the standard I was looking for. Just by looking at the slice, it's evident how the sauce overpowers the cheese. Not always a bad thing, though I would have preferred more cheese. The sauce is a bit too sweet for me, but not over the top. The crust was thin and crisp, the way a slice should be. It folds well and was easy to eat. Definitely an on the go slice. As a side note, the condiments are chained to the table. Slightly telling about the neighborhood. I didn't mean to put that much hot pepper on the slice, but the holes were a centimeter in diameter and the flakes made a mad dash for it.




3 Boys allotment of cheese and sauce is on point. As you can see in the photo, the cheese covers the entire crust, with tomato sauce permeating at various points throughout. Sauce is more spicy and savory, lacking sweetness. It is thick and chewy, almost too thick. It's a heavy slice, very capable of filling you up. Years ago, a vet in the pizza industry who I will leave nameless- though we all know it's Googs, taught me about the concept of a slice being raw. By this he meant that the cheese was brown and cooked, and the crust had some crisp to it, but what lay between was chewy and uncooked. At times 3 Boys suffered from this problem. This is more of a sit and shoot the shit slice. Not as mobile as Peppino's.

I would like to commend both pizzerias for participating in this fierce competition. They each have the heart of a champion, which was clearly conveyed in each bite. While I preferred the size and bite of the Peppino's slice, 3 Boy's taste was more to my liking. After all, this is about taste, not which is easier to eat, and with that I crown 3 Boys the winner.



Three Boys From Italy
704 Burke Ave. at White Plains Rd.
Bronx, NY 10467
(718) 882-2009
2/5 Train to Burke Ave.



Peppinos Pizza
4701 White Plains Rd. at 241st. St.
Bronx, NY 10470
(718) 994-7543
2/5 Train to last stop Wakefield/241st. St.

7 comments:

P-Matik said...

Son, please. Nothing effs with Adams Morgan slices in DC.

HowFresh said...

The only thing DC got on NY is murder.

buckemdown said...

While I've never eaten Peppino's pizza, I always thought they must've had the best pizza in the Bronx. Jimmy Fama used to ask me on a regular basis to take him there for pizza in the wee hours, and while he never got back in the car with a slice, it only took moments for his eyes to roll to the back of his head. I guess that pipe hanging out of his lips wasn't a straw for his soda either. Yeah, I'm not at all surprised about the condiments on lock-down.

thekid10705 said...

Yo, My Pops used to take me and brothers there on sundays when we were kids..I remember monster slices with that fresh hot-ass cheese hangin' off..That shit was the bomb .Plus the rattling of the the bombed subways outside mad that shit even fresher.As a teenager and whenver I get down to the ol' hood I fucks' with Gino's on South Broadway, right of Radford St., in the beautiful ol Y O ...Definitely worth a slice if you're in the area...

HowFresh said...

In regards to Buck's comments, and in defense of Wakefield, I think the neighborhood has cleaned up a bit. Raising a fam there's a different story. I'm sure Mac & Cheese can enlighten us further.

Sais said...

LMAOOOO at The only thing DC got on NY is murder.

CARDIGAN STEWS said...

How long's 3 Boys been around? I never heard of it.