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With the plethora of top-notch pizzerie in NYC, we are not surprised to be the home of the best pizzeria in the U.S. But a new study puts our joints on top of a different ranking, one that we might not want to be a part of: New York has been crowned the city with the priciest pizza in the U.S.
According to a report released by Clever Real Estate earlier this year, the average price of a large cheese pie in the Big Apple is $28.60, about double what it would cost you in Richmond, Virginia, where, according to the survey, the food is cheapest across the nation ($14.75 per pie). That number is also significantly higher than the average cost of a pie in the United States as a whole, which is $19.34. According to the study, that’s about 4% more than last year.
To come up with the results, which also delve into the nation’s favorite cities for pizza and more, Clever Real Estate compared the 50 largest metro areas in the United States by population, analyzing data across a number of categories, including average Yelp rating for local restaurants, local Google search volume for pizza-related terms, the cost to buy a large pie each week as a percentage of median annual income, the local price of a large pepperoni pizza and more.
Based on all that information, the company also found that (surprise, surprise… not), New York pizza is (once again!) considered the best in the country.
Below, find the ten most expensive U.S. cities when it comes to pizza prices:
1. New York, New York: $28.60 2.Chicago, Illinois: $27.66 3. Orlando, Florida: $25.35 4. Los Angeles, California: $25.05 5. Las Vegas, Nevada: $24.85 6. San Jose, California: $24.40 7. San Diego, California: $22.70 8. Seattle, Washington: $21.70 9. Austin, Texas: $21.50 10. Kansas City, Missouri: $21.49
And here are the ten most affordable U.S. cities when analyzing for the cost of a pie:
While Reggae is a true import from Jamaica, it really gained a global footing in England. It and Punk both arose out of the economic depression and social inequality in the late 1960’s and 1970’s.
Many Reggae songs of the time like Bob Marley’s “Punky Reggae Party” and “Concrete Jungle” were overt commentary on life in London, while many Punk artists adopted some of these traits and spreading a message of rebellion against the Establishment.
The Clash, The Police, and others used reggae beats in the early tracks. “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais” tells he story of The Clash’s Joe Strummer, Don Letts and others attending an all-night reggae showcase that was headlined by Dillinger, Leroy Smart and Delroy Wilson.
He was not the only one to see that punks and Rastas shared a same idea of freedom and of rebellion against social norms and the setting of said norms.
Hope you enjoy this free-wheeling collection of songs celebrating the intersection of Reggae and Punk. As always, stay, safe, sane, and kind.
I’ve included tracks for the “Second Wave” of ska where bands like The Specials, English Beat, and Selector combined traditional ska song and grooves with a sped-up rhythms of punk music, introducing ska to new generations.
I’ve also included tracks from “Rocket To Kingston” credited to Bobby Ramone. It is a melding of the isolated vocal tracks from Bob Marley dropped over edited Ramones backing tracks. It shouldn’t work, but it does.
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Seen all over social media and by many considered to be home to some of the best bagels in NYC despite its out-of-the-ordinary business model (more on that later), PopUp Bagels has officially opened its second NYC location, this time invading the Upper West Side at 338 Columbus Avenue near 76th Street by the American Museum of Natural History.
In addition to its address by the West Village at 177 Thompson Street, PopUp Bagels has garnered a local fanbase through a slew of collaborations that it has set up around the city in the past year or so, including one with Dominique Ansel, another involving caviar and a third in association with iconic brand Cup Noodle.
The sentiment seems to be the same no matter what form PopUp Bagel takes: some people absolutely love the baked goods it sells, even though the business started off as a pandemic project by one Adam Goldberg in his Connecticut backyard, while others consider them too far from what an “authentic” New York bagel should look, taste and feel like.
Photograph: Courtesy of PopUp Bagels
Those critics aren’t exactly wrong: PopUp Bagels’ creations are smaller than what New Yorkers are used to. They are also crisper and feel more like a French baguette than the sort of more dense local creations that everyone is used to. There’s more, though: the bagels here are sold unsliced and meant to be “ripped and dipped” in whatever schmear you choose to order them with, which sounds like actual blasphemy.
To make matters even odder, customers here need to abide to a three-bagel order minimum. You read that right: you cannot order a single bagel with cream cheese, but have to grab at least a trio on your way out.
Although all the particularities would lead average New Yorkers to just wave off PopUp Bagels as a fleeting trend, the lines outside the new Upper West Side location this weekend prove the opposite: the bagel shop clearly knows what it is doing.
That isn’t a surprise for owner Goldberg, who owns up to every business decision he’s come up with.
“We are PopUp Bagels,” Goldberg said to West Side Rag recently. “This is what we think is a great bagel. We make it size appropriate with enough chew and no lead in the belly.”
To drive the point further, the company is also gearing up for the opening of yet another location, this one on the Upper East Side. PopUp Bagels is here to stay.
