Prince Street Pizza

Having lived long enough to see “New York-style” pizza styles and preferences evolve, we’re not going to wade into the debate over what “real” NY pizza is or should be; truly, there’s room for every variation to thrive. That said, the increasingly famous and rapidly expanding Prince Street Pizza (stylized Prince St. Pizza) promises guests a “NYC slice shop experience,” even making dough with water filtered to replicate New York’s, a trick used elsewhere for bagels.

If any of this intrigues you, the chain’s first OC shop – ironically located at Costa Mesa’s Triangle Square – gives you the choice of two types of pizza, oversized triangular Neapolitan slices, as well as square Sicilian “SoHo” pieces. Try both: The triangular slices are thin-crusted and thankfully not as greasy as NYC’s classics, while the squares have thicker dough with crispy edges.