Now, can anyone tell me what happened to Vito of Vito’s Pizza on Vermont? I know he closed a few years ago, but a guy that good at making awesome pizza can’t be gone forever.

I used to go to Two Boots after a college buddy moved to Avenue A. It was a really good place, but much of the ambience was due to the surrounding neighborhood, which was still in its Iggy Pop/Joey Ramone heroin phase. I haven’t been there in a while. Hopefully The Gap hasn’t opened there yet. While they’re at it, maybe they can import the Pyramid Club and King Tut’s Wah-Wah Club from the neighborhood too.

As for pizza by the slice, Garage, Hard Times and Cheech’s (and, I think, Tomato Pie, but don’t quote me on that one) all offer slices in your neighborhood alone. If you’re up for a trip, Abbot’s Pizza Co. in Venice does slices that are worth driving for with a number of less hawsome but still good by-the-slice joints in between. It’s not like slices are a rarity around here.