It’s definitely not “Ray’s” style.

It’s really superb, thanks for the tip!

The nonchalance of this comment made me curious, so I checked out Roma today.

It’s not my understanding of NY Style (I think NY style has a smooth bottom and tiny crust bubble structure - both due to the oil in the dough). This is WAY better. Light, airy, crunchy, chewy, tangy - everyone is chasing a style, they seem to have this one all to their own.

Holy crap this was good pizza, I’ve not had any like it.

Hotline Pizza on Broadway, or a Guy and His Pie on Mineral Spring in Pawtucket.

A lot of cheese (typically mozzarella mixed with cheddar), tomato sauce, and fried, oil enriched crust is bound to taste somewhat good.

https://www.seriouseats.com/new-england-greek-style-pizza

They are on Slice, the issue is Slice doesn’t have their correct hours so you can’t always rely on it - but sometimes it’s helpful.

I asked them point blank if ordering that way took away too much of their margin and they’d prefer I call - they were non-committal.

So many places claim to be NY Style - that clearly are not.

I think it’s just a name thing to get people in the door.

New Haven style just isn’t propped up by being in the center of American media.

Pizza Coin seemed interchangeable with Piemonte for me. It’s solid but not spectacular.

And if my choices were there, Big Tony’s or Milanos 👎🏻. They seem like the business I’d want to support most.

Of course as part of the original deal: the developer got to keep 2/3rds of the sales tax collected for at least 15 years, not sure if that was allowed to sunset or not.

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/17/business/real-estate-providence-ri-getting-375-million-shopping-mall-after-nine-years.html

You find any other gems? So far I’m pretty sad that my findings are precisely what the yelpgeist is.

Yes, at 6 you order cheese.

You become a teenager and start adding pepperoni, sausage, and maybe even extra cheese because you think Dominos is great.

You get to college form a belief with your friends that pizza is basically a platform for exotic flavors and start ordering taco, hamburger or Hawaiian.

You get into your 20s and decide you want to date seriously, so you ratchet it back to one meat and/or a vegetable to not look like a rube or a glutton.

Then at some point you recognize that the Italians (and your 6 year old self) were right all along, and cheese pizza by itself is perfection.

I don’t sense any oil in the crust like NY style, plus they’re a little more wonky shaped than NY.

Definitely feels more New Haven to me.

For a brief shining moment The Castle paired with Crazy Burger to serve the food there.

Tommy’s closed in Providence.

Marvin opened citing Sally’s as their model, and stated plainly that they were doing New Haven style (see below).🤷🏼‍♂️

And I never forget about Pepe’s, but it’s a 20 minute drive to their place in Warwick if you hit traffic right.

https://www.rimonthly.com/pizza-marvin/

Ya like what ya like, clearly there is a large market for this kind of pizza….but rarely are they cited as a destination pizza in food reviews like the OP asked for.

My vote is not technically in Providence, but pretty darn close if you’re on the East Side: Jeff’s in East Providence, (pretty much just over the Henderson bridge).

If it HAD to be in the city limits, it’s probably Roma on Atwells. That stuff is magic.

Then again, it depends what kind of pizza you like, Casertas is defacto Sicilian, Lost Valley is Neapolitan, Marvin is New Haven, Big Tony’s (near Pizza Coin) is legitimately NY Style, Sicilias is Chicago, Alforno is Providence grilled, Guy and his Pie is Detroit, etc…though you may really like New England Greek Style - which is most of them.

(The above list is not testimony that these spots are the best at their chosen style, just a rundown of styles).

Providence pizza places:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zYc7n5HfJVeGF2sZXU-IfItmUtri413GwilZSIEGJIU/edit

I’d have a Pied-a-Terre on Broadway, and a home on Loring Ave.

Then of course my clubhouse in the Geneva Mills pump house on the West River (Douglas).

The elite (dick) comment that I feel compelled to add (as a dick) is that Blue light combined with Yellow light (additive) makes something closer to white light.

Blue pigment/paint with yellow pigment/paint (subtractive) makes green, but not so with light.🤷🏼‍♂️

Ugh. It seemed a difficult equation with a large kitchen and a relatively small dining space.

Was hoping they would pull it off. :(

V-Mart is looking a little beaten these days, I think Good Fortune has had devastating affect. :(

The name is SO much better than it could have been. I mean, our state animal is the R.I. Red, so it coulda been the chickens or the cocks.🤷🏼‍♂️

Anyone spending any time in Central Falls, Pawtucket, or Providence simply can not miss the large Hispanic, Spanish speaking population.

Their cultural attitude towards soccer is different.

I wouldn’t be surprised if their matches routinely outdrew P-Bruin games.

Revenues had dropped over 50% from their peak, and the street car lines were all losing money.

It’s comforting to place the blame on car companies who bought out the lines, but truthfully, it was us (or at least our grandparents).

Providence Picture Frame (now on Mineral Spring in North Providence) has a whole section of Rhode Island (and naturally Providence) art that’s always fun to look at.

If I’m dreaming….it’s probably Prospect Street.

Though I’d take Benefit, especially if all this crazy stuff is happening:

Miracles From Benefit Street: A Trilogy of Thrillers with Arno's People by Doug Olsen https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26768522-miracles-from-benefit-street