NEW YORK – Look, we’re not saying this is the highest quality slice, but it’s a bargain that’s hard to beat. Or at least it was.
The famous New York pizzeria 2 Bros. Pizza, with a slew of locations across the city that appeal to cash-strapped youngsters, no longer offers the deal it was perhaps best known for: the $1 slice.
At its original location in the East Village, the cost of a slice is now $1.50, according to local news blog EV Grieve. The site also reported that the cost of two slices and a can of soda, a staple lunch at many slice stations in the five boroughs, is now $4 at the grocery store. St. Marka dollar more than before.
“For the past few years, we’ve done everything in our power to keep $1 cheese pizzas going and we refuse to compromise on our quality,” said co-owner Eli Halali. New York Post. He told the outlet that the restaurant could no longer break even and attributed at least some blame to rising cheese costs.
It was unclear whether each 2 Bros. would see a price increase, although some had already raised prices long before Tuesday.
That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise though, because pizza inflation is real. Our sister channel NBC New York spoke to freelance journalist Liam Quigley earlier this year about his findings after tracking the price of every slice of pizza he’s eaten since 2014.
His finds? The average standard slice of pizza now costs $3, and you can trust your numbers: you ate over 460 slices and spent over $1,200 on pizza during that time.
This average cost would eliminate the so-called “pizza principle”, which stated that the cost of a slice would remain the same as the cost of a subway ride. But with subway fares still frozen at $2.75 (for now), it looks like the theory won’t hold true for long.