Maxi's Luncheonette

I’ve definitely been around town and have ate the best slices no question and if you wanna recommendation without reading an entire review… Pauly’s is solid! I’ve been stopping by this place ever since I can remember working in MiraMar and the classic slice has always filled my belly and made me happy! The flop - none The cheese to sauce ratio - perfect The quality of the cheese - good The crust - good The over all rating on the Portnoy Scale I give this pizza a solid 7.5 I will always stop in for a slice if I’m in the area! 🍕 🍕 🍕 🍕 🍕

It’s fast and delicious. However, I may need to ask for a side of marinara because last time I checked. Pizza usually has sauce anytime I’ve ever bit into a slice. But this place was lacking in the sauce department, there’s multiple slices to choose from. But I either got unlucky or this is the way it is. The crust isn’t too bad but I can tell the slices have been laying there for awhile. So for 2 big slices and a can of soda ( $10 ) isn’t too bad

I've been trying to get out to try all the various independent pizza places in SD, and found this place after scouring some reddit posts regarding good NY-style pizza in the city. I was super pleased to find they were open on a lazy Sunday afternoon, and were relatively busy given the time of day. When I got there, they assured me they were working on my order as fast as they could. I made sure to let them know I was in no hurry, and that I had heard the pies were worth waiting for. Brought the pie back to my buddies house in PB where we had our traditional Sopranos Sunday(we just throw on a season and let it play in the background while we hang out). The pizza is close to what I consider perfect. Crust is NY-thin. Chewy, and crispy (not that square-cut Chicago "thin" stuff). The cheese is a good quality, whole milk mozzarella that is very light on the grease compared to some other places(practically no drips at all), and the sauce was sweet and mildly tangy, with a strong, fresh tomato flavor. A good raw red sauce all around. No overpowering spices like oregano or cheap Full Red canned flavor. The evening culminated in finishing some still-delicious cold slices during the Talking Sopranos podcast. I've found my favorite so far! Better than Luigi's, Landini's, Milo's, Bronx, and all the other ones I've tried! I'll definitely be back to support this place! "These people ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine" -Peter Paul Gaultieri