Lucia Pizza

Location: 136-55 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY
Cuisine: Italian, Pizza
Phone: (718) 445-1313
Prices: $6/person
Credit Cards: Cash only

Food: 9
Service: 8
Value: 8
Environment: 4

Frequency: All the Time

Lucia Pizza is one of the oldest businesses in the downtown Flushing area... possibly the oldest on Roosevelt Avenue. It's a family owned and operated pizza joint and is the only place to get NY style pizza in the area. Ifore ate there a lot while he was studying in NY, so he makes it a point to eat there at least once each time he visits. It's the same as what I do with Jollibee in the Philippines.

The pizza is so good that everyone tends to get impatient when it comes out of the oven and burn their mouths from the hot cheese! Many people stop by after work and get a quick cheese slice that they eat in the restaurant standing up or on diner-style stools.

The service is efficient and everyone is friendly. One great thing about Lucia Pizza is that they don't collect the money until you get your food. That's the right way to do business and more fast food places should follow that.

The environment is the only negative. After all the decades of business, they haven't renovated much. With the money they made, they should've done something or even expanded the place! On the other hand, you can look at it as a classic dining place that represents real NY pizza... a slice of the old NY!