It's pretty depressing when you just look at a photo of a slice or a pie and you think "Yeah, that looks awful" but to normal humans, it looks and probably tastes delicious. Growing up on Long Island has truly spoiled me. With that being said, Via Napoli is edible and it tastes fine but you're silly if you can compare any pizza outside of NYC-metro area to the real deal. It's just not realistic. Having moved to Philly, I go in with extremely low expectations and occasionally I am delighted by the outcome. I'll also add that the room delivery pizza is pretty gross but it's a great late night snack, like a Dominos booty call.
And if we're adding our favorite pizza on LI, I'll throw my two in : Leonardo's on Motor Parkway in Hauppauge directly off of exit 55 on the LIE. This was my lunchtime go to when I worked in that area. My second is closer to my parents in Port Jefferson, Vincenzo's on Main Street. Pizza is pretty good, their signatures like the Grandma, chicken bacon ranch, bbq chicken, sooooo incredible. After a night on the town, they'd throw in a few of their knots with two slices and I'd be in drunk girl heaven.
