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Photo Cred: Emily and Compass + Twine
Usually, when someone does one thing really well, they focus on it, perfect it, and it becomes what they’re known for.
“Betsy makes the best chocolate chip cookies.”
“Steve’s tacos are TO DIE for.”
“The onesies my granny knits are so cozy.”
Well, we don’t know who the real Emily is, but we’d like to give her a big smooch. Not only does she make one of the best burgers we’ve ever bitten into, but she nails the pizza pie too. Both are her specialty, and both are sensational. Emily’s burgers or pizzas have made it on to just about every ‘best’ list you can think of. Most recently, the Village Voice voted the burger as the best in NYC for 2015. Not a small feat.
Let’s get down to the details. Nestled between the perfect crispy-on-the-outside and pillowy-on-the-inside pretzel bun, the Emmy burger consists of a succulent dry-aged beef patty, a mound of melting Grafton cheddar cheese, savory caramelized onions and their special Emmy secret sauce. No substitutions are allowed because you can’t mess with perfection. And that sauce?… oh my lord.
On the other side of the menu lies a long list of specialty pizzas, which are defined by the sauces types – reds, pinks, greens, and whites. We dare you to attempt to narrow it down to just one selection. Upon flipping a coin, we went with the Colony Pie. The red sauce fan-favorite invigorates both your salty and sweet taste buds with fresh mozzarella, spicy pepperoni, pickled chilies and honey drizzled atop thin crust pie. The flavors are bangin’ and it’s a pizza for the record books. It certainly sailed to the top of our rankings.
(What else made the list? Click here for the best ‘za around town)
When there is a line outside of any establishment, you can typically gauge the true quality of the place by the number of returning patrons willing to wait in that line. If you’ve be to Emily’s once, it’s a pleasure to wait in that line again. A few bites into that first meal and you’ll decidedly wait an hour for a single bite, walk 10,000 miles for another slice, and perhaps sell a kidney for a swig of that Emmy special sauce. What? No, really. Emily, we can’t wait to see you again
GET THE: Emmy Burger, Colony Pizza and Vodka Pizza
