Comments on Blondie and Brownie: Co. versus Motorino Head-to-Head

Excellent. Thanks for the reports. I have heard ...

2009-01-16T00:20:00.000-05:00

Excellent. Thanks for the reports. I have heard similar reports from friends about Co.

went to Co last night. service was very good for ...

2009-01-14T10:10:00.000-05:00

went to Co last night. service was very good for us although it did take 45 mins for a table of 4. as pointed out above, hennepin on tap is genius and it blows my mind more places in NYC don't have this yet.

as far as the pizzas go I think the article is spot on. the ham and cheese was fantastic. the margherita was fine but i would try the other, more unique things. we tried the pie with sausage, mushrooms, onions, and some chili spices which was very good. i will definitely go back for the ham and cheese at the very least.

i look forward to trying motorino

We're hoping that Co. is able to iron out their is...

2009-01-08T22:37:00.000-05:00

We're hoping that Co. is able to iron out their issues mainly service and beer choices. We will be back.

And Motorino may have changed my mind about Williamsburg. I can live amongst hipsters if it means awesome pizza can be delivered.

Ha, I went to Co. last night and they had the same...

2009-01-07T15:32:00.000-05:00

Ha, I went to Co. last night and they had the same issues with table numbers. Eventually our waiter let us keep an extra pizza bianca, so, score. As for the beer, while I'd never order either, you can do worse at a pizza joint, even a particularly aspirational one, than Blue Moon and Stella. Hennepin's only $6 and brewed in New York (owned by Belgians, but Duvel, not InBev). Peak Organic is still independent, I think. It's fine.

I live 2 blocks away from Co. and I have to say I ...

2009-01-07T08:23:00.000-05:00

I live 2 blocks away from Co. and I have to say I was disgusted when I looked through the window and saw Blue Moon and Stella Artois (among other InBev products) on tap. There's no way they would work so hard to serve quality pizza and not want to serve quality beverages. Jim Lahey knows better. In my opinion, he was paid by their beer distrubutor (and probably given free beer) to have those on-tap for at least 6 months to a year. Maybe longer, depends on how big that pay-to-play check was. Realistically, it's a business and since it's taken them so long to get Co. up and running, they probably needed those incentives. I don't know if they have better beers by the bottle but hopefully they will. I can only imagine how horrendous the wine list is.

hey, thats the back of my head in the second pic.....

2009-01-05T17:38:00.000-05:00

hey, thats the back of my head in the second pic.. oo, i'm handsome..
seriously though, great pizza, tasty chicken liver toast, not so sure I'd pay $5 for bread and/or olive oil again though.
Hennepin beer choice is such a plus (I'm still dumbfounded why they have Blue Moon on tap, its crap).
Best plus is that we live steps away, looking forward to seeing how this place evolves.

My son and I showed up at Co. on Saturday at about...

2009-01-05T13:44:00.000-05:00

My son and I showed up at Co. on Saturday at about 6:30PM, spied the crowd in the vestibule and hopped back in my car (ceding a nice on the street spot) and headed to Motorino. Thanks to a bit of luck (all groups of four and one opened table for two) we were digging into one of those brussel sprouts and speck masterpieces before we would have sat down at Co. I still haven't sampled Jim Lahey's pies, but they couldn't possibly be any better than the woodfired beauties that Mathieu Palumbino's churning out at Graham and Devoe.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

The ham and cheese pizza looks really good. That l...

2009-01-05T11:04:00.000-05:00

The ham and cheese pizza looks really good. That line at Co. is no joke if you show up at 6:30. I had to leave, it was way too crowded.