Bostone Pizza FD

[9lives]

This place opened on Friday and I stopped in for a slice today. I've never been to the 1 on Newbury and had no idea what they were like. They had 6-8 different Sicilian pies and 3 regular cheese pies.

I had a pepperoni Sicilian..not bad; but I don't see them breaking into my regular downtown rotation. Haymarket, Regina's and Umberto's.

Not a particularly great slice and at $3+..probably twice the cost of the other 3. I'm not a penny pincher and I know FD rents are high and there is a convenience factor, but particularly in the nice weather, I'd rather take a short walk.

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Bostone Pizza
225 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116

Haymarket
Blackstone St, Boston, MA

[nsenada]

I had a remarkably good Sicilian-style slice there yesterday, with potatoes, onions, bacon, chicken, and some kind of industrial-strength ranch sauce. It was ghost white, rather spongey, but was actually really good.

[Alcachofa]

That reminds me I was there a couple weeks ago, and have to admit, the Sicilian slice I had was excellent. I turned around and had another. I felt like Ignatius Riley.

[Gabatta]

Did your pyloric valve close?

[Jenny Ondioline]

Not close, open!

[nsenada]

You must all be lashed until you drop.

[tamerlanenj]

I love Bostone Pizza's regular thin crust New York style pizza. I find their sicilian to be only mediocre at best, but their NY style (big thin folable a bit oily but in a good way) is maybe the best in Boston. I have always wondered why they push the squares when their thin pizza is so darn good. I miss it!

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Bostone Pizza
225 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116

[C. Hamster]

The people that work at the Newbury Street location are such surly asshats that I wont gi there anymore, however desperate I am for pizza.

[9lives]

The staff here was perfectly friendly.

[Gabatta]

Ditto for all my experiences with the staff at the Newbury Street location.

[L2k]

Agreed. They were almost as upset as I was when I was laid off from my job in their neighborhood.

Of course that could be due to my spending habits there!

[C. Hamster]

They have invariably been rude to both me and my co-workers as well as other customers. I know plenty of folks that won't go there anymore because of it.

Which is too bad because there is too much crappy pizza in the area and the times I ate theirs it was decent.

[baldbert]

Ah, as for their Newbury St. location, it used to be Newbury St. Pizza, and it was some of the best pizza in the city for a long time.

[katiex3]

As an employee at the Newbury location, and I know our owner would back me up 100% on this one, we most pride ourself on our customer service, so hearing that you've been unhappy with our service upsets me. I would love for you to come in this weekend and try us out again. I'm sorry you've had bad experiences, but if you'd be willing to give it another go, I think you'd be happy. If you decide to come, I will email you a coupon for a free slice. Let me know if this entices you at all...

[C. Hamster]

What a nice reply!!

I work in the neighborhood and am hoping not to have to work over the weekend !!

I've worked in the Copley Sq. area for more than 25 years and have probably been to almost all the quick lunch joints within a 10 min walk.

The last time I was at Bostone was last fall. I had tolerated the jerky men behind the counter before but they were so seriously rude to the woman in front of me who had asked them a question that they apparantly found ridiculous that she just walked out. I got my slices and decided to cross Boston off my list.

But after your kind offer, I will promise to go back within the next week or so and report back. No coupon needed. Hopefully things will be better because folks in my office seriously like your pizza.

Thanks

[Ralphie_in_Boston]

Speaking of office-mates liking it, mine do too. We got delivery once from there (not sure which location though). It was a pleasant change to see such a variety in sicilian-style offerings, plus get a few thin-crust pies also.

It will likely be in our pizza rotation along with Regina's and a couple others.

[cpingenot]

i thought about trying it today- the long line, the slightly too high price point and the fact that it's "sicilian" instead of thinner crust made me change my mind and get my normal greasy good slice at Italian Cafe on Broad.

[nsenada]

I think they have thin crust, too. Gonna use my free slice coupon tomorrow.

[9lives]

yes..definitely thin crust.

I went shortly after the 11AM opening and like I said there were 6-8 Sicilian pies with different toppings and 3 plain thin crust cheese. Just seemed the focus was on the Sicilian and I wanted pepperoni. I'm sure they'd have heated a thin slice with whatever I wanted, but it just seemed the focus was on the thicker pizza.

To be clear, I'm not blasting the place and I'm sure it will have it's fans; but based on today..it doesn't replace my regular stops.

[nsenada]

Just had a Sicilian sausage slice, and it does indeed look like they're not trying to move a lot of regular ones. As you say, it's not edging out Umberto's (except maybe in July, when they're on vacation), though it's not a bad value, and was pretty good. For $3.25 you get a slice about 2x the size of Umberto's.

[trufflehound]

Where's FD?

[mhead]

Financial District. They are in Liberty Square, near the Vault, in an old Souper Salad location.