Cheap Pizza Champs

Wisdom has it, that pizza prices keep pace, more or less, with subway fares.

Not so at 2 Bros Pizza and 99¢ Cent Fresh Pizza, with three and four locations respectively in Manhattan.

Bite per penny, we choose 2 Bros as the best cheap slice in Manhattan. Plain slice costs a buck (tax included); two slices and soda are $2.75. Just as tasty and nearly as filling as Ray’s – for less than half the price. We’re partial to the branch at 543 Ninth Avenue (West 40^th Street), which offers  dollar items other than pizza: rice, French fries, yams, and fried chicken legs for $1, broccoli or string beans for $1.50, and jerk chicken for $2.

Unlike 2 Bros, 99¢ Fresh Pizza’s price does not include tax; actual price is $1.07. Slices,  while far from the worst (see Chicago Uno), taste undercooked.  Plus they are thinner than 2 Bros, thus less filling.  What we do like about 99¢ is the option of a 16” pie for $7.

Let’s not quibble. All seven spots are a cheap bastard’s dream.