Last
Friday I went on the Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour with Tony Muia. I
really thought the tour was awesome! I learned a lot I didn't know
about Brooklyn, and enjoyed the two styles of pizzas on the tour.
Tony really knows a lot about Brooklyn and explained so many things
most people don't know. I enjoyed seeing cobble stone streets,
learning about the history of Brooklyn, and seeing how much Brooklyn
is changing into more like Manhattan with all the high rise buildings
they are constructing in Brooklyn now. Tony also explained a lot
about the mob and what went on in Bensonhurst. Tony took the time to
take each of the tour peoples photos under the Brooklyn Bridge. I
enjoyed seeing where rich people live in the Bay Ridge part of
Brooklyn. Tony explained how Coney Island has changed a lot and who
started those changes. I also enjoyed driving through the Bowery and
learning how that has changed. I saw some pizza men in the Bari
Restaurant and Supply shop and sure would have like to go in and look
at them. When we got back to Union Square I asked Tony what would be
the best way for me to get there. Tony told me to just walk down the
same street until I got there. I Googled how long it would take me
to get there and it said it would take 55 minutes. It was already
4:00 PM so it was too late to walk there since they closed at 5:00
PM. There is a restroom on the bus and also good screens to watch
what Tony is talking about. The seats were really comfy and there
were wide windows so you could see everything. I sat next to a lady
from Australia. There were a lot of people from other countries and
the US on the pizza tour. I didn't take any photos while driving
through the one area of Brooklyn but it was interested to see how the
blocks had so many different nationalities and seeing the foods and
other things they offered. From one block to the next few blocks
things can change a lot. Tony is from Besonhurst and still lives
there.
http://www.asliceofbrooklyn.com/our-tours/pizza-tour/
These
are some of the things that were seen on the tour.
Come
with an appetite because you’ll be eating pizza! You’ll have a
tough time deciding which slice is your favorite between the award
winning, Neapolitan-style pizza at Grimaldi’s under the Brooklyn
Bridge (where’s there’s NO waiting on line!) and the legendary
Sicilian-style pizza at L&B Spumoni Gardens.
You’ll
see movie locations from favorite films like Saturday Night Fever,
Goodfellas, The French Connection, Scent of a Woman, Annie Hall and
more!
You’ll
love watching movie clips on our TV monitors as we drive up to the
locations!
Visit
Brooklyn Bridge Park for spectacular views of the iconic Brooklyn
Bridge and great photo opportunities!
Walk
around Coney Island’s world-famous amusement park and
boardwalk.
See
incredible views of the world famous Brooklyn, Manhattan,
Williamsburg and Verrazano-Narrows Bridges.
See
the Brooklyn Army Terminal where Elvis shipped off to Germany in
1958.
View
million dollar homes along breathtaking Shore Road in Bay Ridge,
including the famous “Gingerbread House.”
Learn
about your favorite Brooklyn-born celebrities!
Experience
parts of Brooklyn you won’t get anywhere else! As Brooklynites,
we’ll take you off the beaten path.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN_DPXgJ7nA
I
really enjoyed going on Tony's Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour and would
highly recommend it for anyone that wants to try two styles of pizzas
and also learn about Brooklyn. I thought the Pizza Tour was
awesome, and always will recall the memories of going on Tony's pizza
tour. Tony and I talked about different style of pizzas after
the pizza tour. Tony told me he tried to help a man start
another pizza tour in Staten Island, but that pizza tour never really
was successful. Tony did show me though the logo on shirts of
where that pizza tour went. I was lucky to have tried two of
those pizzerias on my trip to Staten Island. I still want to
try Joe and Pat's someday.
Included
in the photos of Tony's Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour is photos of the
ferry ride back and from Staten Island and Manhattan.
I would highly recommend The Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour!!! :) Congrats Tony on your 10th Anniversary!!
Norma
