| Who says you can only have a taste of New York | | | | turnover. It is also made of pizza dough with typical |
| style pizza, pasta, calzone and stromboli in New York? | | | | pizza toppings used as stuffing instead. These consist |
| Now you can have your New York style pizza, pasta, | | | | of various cheeses such as mozzarella, ricotta, |
| calzone and stromboli in a pizzeria in Tampa. Of | | | | parmesan and provolone, meats such as ham and |
| course, it is fittingly called New York, New York Pizza. | | | | salami, vegetables such as tomato, and garlic. After |
| Not all pizza restaurants in Tampa can claim they | | | | the stuffing has been added, the dough is folded over |
| serve authentic NYC pizza, whether whole or sold by | | | | it in a crescent shape and sealed along the open edge. |
| the slice. Tampa residents will be glad to know that | | | | It is salted and then baked in the oven. Upon serving, |
| these brick oven pizzas can be ordered for delivery | | | | marinara sauce is offered on the side. |
| up to midnight. New York, New York Pizza restaurants | | | | Stromboli is another dish very similar to calzone. It is |
| in Tampa are also open from 11 in the morning all | | | | said to have been named after a popular 1950 film |
| week and close at midnight Sundays to Wednesdays, | | | | starring Ingrid Bergman. Like calzone, stromboli is a kind |
| and at four in the morning Thursdays to Saturdays. | | | | of turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with |
| New York style pizza is an old dish that was first | | | | various types of cheeses, deli meats, sausages and |
| popularized in New York City as far back as the | | | | vegetables. Strombolis are not folded over and sealed, |
| 1900s. Unlike other pizzas in the United States it has a | | | | though. They are instead rolled. Another difference |
| thin crust hand tossed from high gluten bread flour. | | | | between calzone and stromboli is the sauce. Calzone |
| Because of the thin crust which is often served in | | | | is served with the marinara sauce on the side while |
| wide wedges, New York style pizza has been | | | | stromboli contains the sauce within its filling. |
| popularly eaten folded in half. This is also in line with the | | | | Pasta, of course, is a widely known dish well loved by |
| New Yorkers' lifestyle which is usually fast paced and | | | | young and old alike. It can come in various types such |
| always on the go. In fact, New York style pizza has | | | | as spaghetti, fettuccini and ziti. Popular sauces are |
| been known as sort of a street food. It is also | | | | marinara and white sauce with various combinations of |
| because of this that New York style pizza has a light | | | | meat, seafood and vegetables. |
| sauce and basically comes only with cheese. Toppings | | | | So if you happen to crave New York style pizza, |
| are added on according to the customer's preference. | | | | pasta, calzone and stromboli, you can now have it right |
| The customer is also provided with a choice of | | | | here in a pizzeria in Tampa. In fact, there are two New |
| condiments such as grated Parmesan cheese, dried | | | | York, New York Pizza restaurants in Tampa, one in |
| red chilli pepper, garlic powder and oregano. New York | | | | Hyde Park and one in Ybor City. Both are open from |
| style pizza can be ordered whole or by the slice. | | | | 11 in the morning all week and close at midnight |
| Calzone literally means a drooping sack in Italian. It can | | | | Sundays to Wednesdays, and at four in the morning |
| also mean stockings or trousers. The dish called | | | | Thursdays to Saturdays. You can also order your |
| calzone is also Italian in origin but is very similar to a | | | | NYC brick oven pizza for delivery up to midnight. |