La Piazza - Merrick

I've been going to this place for many years and have been completely underwhelmed by their pizza by the slice. Most of the time the pizza has been pre-cooked and left out for hours only to be cursorily reheated with zero emphasis on the word "heated" because it usually comes out of the re-not-heated process a soggy, plastered, dry, tepid, tasteless mess. That is not to be confused with ordering a whole pie straight out of the oven and eating it on site which elevates the score to maybe a 6.5. The place has an overblown reputation for pizza. Their cooked food entrees are super expensive but the portions are generous and the food is not bad. But if you are going to this place for a single slice or two of pizza (or even for a pie) you should move on to something else. They got too big for their britches and are overly confident that they can sell any pizza that they put under their counter for hours on end. Pass.