Lucia Pizza Of Avenue X

Great undercarriage, great taste great price great everything. earns an 8.6

Dave got this one wrong I had a regular slice and had to come back later in the day to try the vodka way better than some of the higher score places Dave’s visited

This spot opened in 2022, sprung from backyard brick oven pizzas by head chef & owner Salvatore Carlino during the pandemic. The ability to make pizza is in Sal’s blood, as his parents owned & operated Papa Leones in Sheepshead Bay for over 40 years until their retirement. Lucia is the Latin word for “light;” and that’s exactly what this pie is, light, thin & airy. Fancier than a standard football pizza, this is a good-looking pie, gussied up with fresh basil & shredded pecorino atop, aesthetically pleasing in the shape of an imperfect circle, which lets you know this is handmade artisan pizza, not a cookie-cutter assembly line pie. The dough is delightfully crispy & fantastically firm with zero flop. While the texture is terrific, the taste is a little flat, giving off gluten free vibes, particularly the crust which is incredibly crunchy but very dry & mealy, a little too thick & bland. The cheese is very rigid & tight, more cratered than creamy or oozy with a consistency on par with a bar pie, lacking a melty flow. The mixture of mozzarella & pecorino forms a very sharp & pungent flavor, distinct & delicious. In line with the rest of the pizza, the sauce is also light & slightly subdued with a more understated sweetness; certainly savory & modestly seasoned, the lower volume matches the thin dough & moderate amount of cheese. All of the ingredients are quality but don’t shine as brightly as the texture in contrast to the taste. Overall, this is very solid, sharp-looking, neighborhood pizza with uniquely light dough that comes up short on flavor but is more than compensated by tasty cheese & sauce. Not as filling as typical BK football pizza but very satisfying in its own way, just not quite travel-worthy.

Good crisp, sweet sauce, slightly under cheesed. Oversized crust a bit soft. Oil and fresh basil add .5 to my score. Overall, delicious.

Crust fantastic, sauce delicious, sturdy

Great atmosphere; run by good people; slices were overdone which diluted the q

Good! Crust is amazing!! Chewy! everything else is pretty good but the crust is the star

Good dough, great ingredients, crust and price, mine was a bit oily

Vodka slice is absolutely unreal. Grandma pie also top tier. Cheese was on par with the best as well. Not sure what could even be improved.

Cheese slices had Awesome flavor, good crisp, absolutely deserving of a 9.1

The vodka slice hit!!!

Its hard to get better than this. Brooklyn needs more pizzerias like this. That old school taste and authenticity. The guys here really pay attention to detail. Definitely one of the best pizzerias in brooklyn, if not NYC.

A textbook pie. Good crust, good undercarriage, cheese not lava, sauce decent but something didn’t grab me so I will echo Dave’s 7.8 exactly

Quality ingredients, great crust and sauce. A little pricey per slice but well worth it. 🍕 🍕 🍕

Margarita pie better than lucali!!! Best in the area

Maybe I caught a couple of bad slices, but this stuff was not good. The crust was hard and the slices were salty and the sauce lacked character. I’m not a fan of the added cheese when they present.

picante slice is special.. regular slice is average 7.0… but in rating the picante on the app

Spontaneous review!! Tremendous take on the new NY style slice combining fresh ingredients for a sweet quintessential pie. Cheese has awesome flavor mixing perfect with the sauce that was very fresh and tangy, perfect ratio on a crust that was crispy, light but held up and had some good crunch towards the back end. It leans more towards the traditional side then artisanal but that’s ok, loved it. Sal the owner great guy, great place and happy to finally made the trip here!!! Great new spot to ad to Brooklyn.

Best pizza ever! I don’t know why Dave rated it so low. The secret is the sauce it’s sweet in the best way imaginable. If you like pizza that has a nice crispy crust then get Lucia’s.

Fantastic pizza. The “Caramelle Picante” is a treat with the cherry peppers, pepperoni and hot honey. However I much prefer the regular. Dare I say a bit too thin and crispy but great nonetheless.

My favorite from my little trip to Brooklyn…light and crispy..I enjoyed the tomato

Ok so hit this place up a week ago and grabbed a NY Plan pie ....solid pie but no crisp and would give it a rating a little above avg .....came back tonight for a grandma pie for my daughter OMG ....the pie was amazing ....the pepperoni was crispy the sauce was spot on ....best GM slice I've had in a while .....this place will be a mainstay in my pizza rotation !!