| Scarr's Pizza | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2016 |
| Owner(s) | Scarr Pimentel |
| Street address | 35 Orchard Street |
| City | New York City |
| County | New York County |
| State | New York |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 10002 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°42′57″N73°59′30″W / 40.715722°N 73.991612°W |
| Website | ScarrsPizza.com |
Scarr's Pizza is a pizzeria at 35 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
The restaurant was founded in 2016 by Scarr Pimentel, a New York native who learned to make pizza at Lombardi's. [1]
The restaurant's staff mills some of the wheat for the restaurant's fermented crust in the pizzeria's basement daily, mixing it with flour from upstate New York in a compromise to keep up with demand. [2] It is the only pizza-by-the-slice restaurant milling its own flour in New York, according to Serious Eats . [3] [1] Gothamist wrote that its cheese is a combination of three types of mozzarella and sauce is made fresh. [4]
The restaurant sourced much of its decor from a bowling alley which, in combination with its wood paneled walls, and letter boards, is intended to recreate the diner-like aesthetic of neighborhood pizzerias from the 1970s or 1980s. [5] [1] [6] [7] [8] Several reviewers praised the dough, cheese, sauce, and ingredient selection, and it was named one of the best pizza slices in New York by the New York Times, Gothamist , The New Yorker, and Serious Eats. [1] [4] [3] [2] [9] In a mixed review by The Infatuation , Bryan Kim wrote that Scarr's works better if you think of it as a bar that serves pizza rather than expect a comfortable sit-down restaurant. [10]
A second location in a food hall in Midtown Manhattan was planned, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] [12] In June 2023, the main location moved to a larger space across the street, from 22 to 35 Orchard Street. [13]