Pizza by the slice is a
fast food
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sold by pizzerias and food stands, making it also often a
street food
Street food is ready-to-eat food or drinks sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or at other public places, such as markets or fairs. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and is meant for immediate consumption ...
. The
pizza
Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions ...
slices may be plain or have various toppings.
Some restaurants and pizza stands only sell pizza by the slice, while others sell both slices and whole pizzas. The
jumbo slice
A jumbo slice is an oversized New York-style pizza sold by the slice to go, especially popular in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. A circular pizza pie from which jumbo slices are cut may be up to in diameter, and individual s ...
is a large-sized slice of
New York-style pizza
New York–style pizza is pizza made with a characteristically large hand-tossed thin crust, often sold in wide Pizza by the slice, slices Take-out, to go. The crust is thick and crisp only along its edge, yet soft, thin, and pliable enough be ...
made in areas of Washington, D.C.
Pizza al taglio
Pizza al taglio or pizza al trancio (Italian for pizza by the slice — literally "by the cut") is a variety of pizza baked in large rectangular trays, and generally sold in rectangular or square slices by weight, with prices marked per ki ...
is a style of rectangular slice of pizza that originated in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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and is typically sold by weight.
Overview
Some pizzerias and food stands sell pizza by the slice and whole pizza pies, and some only sell slices.
Pizza by the slice is typically pre-baked and pre-sliced, and is characteristically kept warm under heat lamps.
Slices are sometimes re-heated or have toppings added before going back into the oven briefly. Selling pizza by the slice offers an economic and speedy dining option to a purchaser while optimizing profits for the seller, as the total value of a pie's slices typically is considerably more than selling a whole pie.
The price of pizza slices is also typically significantly less than the cost of a whole pie.
Pizza by the slice is prevalent in the United States.
There are over 1,000 pizzerias and "slice shops" in New York City
selling
New York-style pizza
New York–style pizza is pizza made with a characteristically large hand-tossed thin crust, often sold in wide Pizza by the slice, slices Take-out, to go. The crust is thick and crisp only along its edge, yet soft, thin, and pliable enough be ...
by the slice,
with
Sicilian pizza
Sicilian pizza is pizza prepared in a manner that originated in Sicily, Italy. Sicilian pizza is also known as ''sfincione'' (; scn, sfinciuni ) or focaccia with toppings.
This type of pizza became a popular dish in western Sicily by the mid-1 ...
slices also often available.
It is a common
street food
Street food is ready-to-eat food or drinks sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or at other public places, such as markets or fairs. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and is meant for immediate consumption ...
there,
and the most popular way pizza is ordered. There is a lively competition for which pizzeria sells the "best" slice in the city.
The dish is common in some areas of the
Balkans
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
such as Bulgaria.
Pizza by the slice is also manufactured
frozen, and is sometimes packaged in individual microwavable portions.
File:Slices of thin-crust New York style pizza.jpg, New York-style pepperoni pizza, displaying its characteristic thin foldable crust
File:Pizza By The Slice sign.jpg, A sign for pizza by the slice at a restaurant in San Francisco, California
File:Red Baron Supreme Pizza By The Slice.jpg, Red Baron brand frozen pizza by the slice, uncooked and cooked
File:Sicilian slice - Carmine's Original Pizza.jpg, A slice of Sicilian pizza
Sicilian pizza is pizza prepared in a manner that originated in Sicily, Italy. Sicilian pizza is also known as ''sfincione'' (; scn, sfinciuni ) or focaccia with toppings.
This type of pizza became a popular dish in western Sicily by the mid-1 ...
File:Pepperoni and chicken pesto pizza slices.jpg, Slices of New York-style pizza
New York–style pizza is pizza made with a characteristically large hand-tossed thin crust, often sold in wide Pizza by the slice, slices Take-out, to go. The crust is thick and crisp only along its edge, yet soft, thin, and pliable enough be ...
, chicken pesto on the left, pepperoni on the right
Jumbo slice
The jumbo slice is an oversized slice of New York-style pizza
sold in areas of Washington, D.C.,
especially favored as a late-night snack by bargoers after closing time.
Pizza al taglio
Pizza al taglio is an Italian pizza variety of rectangular pizza that is sold by the slice, typically by weight.
The dish originated in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, Italy, and is common there, as well as being sold elsewhere around the world.
The dough for Pizza al taglio is sometimes parbaked ahead of time, allowing sauce and various toppings to be added later and the pie finished in the oven when needed.
See also
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List of street foods
This is a list of street foods. Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink typically sold by a vendor on a street and in other public places, such as at a market or fair. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and me ...
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Pizzetta
A pizzetta (plural: pizzette) is a small pizza that can range in size from a finger food at around in diameter to that of a small personal-sized pizza.
Preparation
Pizzetta is typically prepared in the fashion of larger-sized pizza, using a dou ...
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