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# Pizza Smackdown: Speedy Romeo Wins Four Out Of Five Categories Against Table 87
- URL: https://bklyner.com/speedy-romeo-officially-best-pizza-brooklyn-fortgreene/
- Published: 2016-06-27T18:47:43.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-27T21:48:30.000Z
- Author: Justin Fox
- Tags: fort greene, News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, electoral college, pizza, smackdown, Speedy Romeo, table 87, tasty, #wp

![Turn on the Carly Simon, because this is stuff that dreams are made of. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_2930-702x527.jpg)

Turn on the Carly Simon, because this is stuff that dreams are made of. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)

Speedy Romeo [already had a Michelin bib](/blog/2015/09/25/fort-greene-and-clinton-hill-restaurants-receive-michelin-distinction/), but now they’ve got something even more important: a blind taste test has named them the best pizza in the Brownstone Belt (…in four of the five categories we used to determine a champion.)

The showdown in the Corner Media offices took place just past noon on June 23, as [Park Slope Stoop’s champion](/blog/food/which-slope-slice-should-represent-in-upcoming-pizza-throwdown-with-fort-greene/) Table 87 faced off against Speedy Romeo, [your choice](/blog/2016/06/13/fort-greene-slice-represent-upcoming-pizza-throwdown-park-slope/) as the best pizza in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

![Table 87's best. In fairness, it's pretty damn good. (Courtesy Donny Levit)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/table-87-702x523.jpg)

Table 87’s best. In fairness, it’s pretty damn good. (Courtesy Donny Levit)

Finally, we moved on to the taste test. Beforehand, I polled all the most important voices in the room:

> “Man, this Speedy Romeo is so much better,” said the [hirsute editor of Fort Greene Focus.](/blog/2016/05/11/meet-justin-fox-fort-greene-focus-new-editor/)

> “Speedy Romeo has flavor and a taut crust, unlike those big floppy things in the Table 87 boxes,” declared [a tall, thin man with a mess of dark chocolate hair and piercing eyes](/blog/2016/05/11/meet-justin-fox-fort-greene-focus-new-editor/).

> “This is the pizza I’d serve if I was trying to impress someone,” said Justin [“Big Sexy”](https://twitter.com/Mets/status/747100879178739713?ref=bklyner.com) Fox.

The truth is that [Table 87](/blog/food/dining-review-table-87-to-represent-slope-in-pizza-throwdown-battle-against-fort-greene/) proved to be fearsome competition. It’s nearly the platonic ideal of an old-school slice. However, our agita was unwarranted.

We [already knew](/blog/2016/03/23/bite-of-the-day-pizza-party-at-speedy-romeo/) Speedy Romeo was pretty great.

Our five prong test measured all the most important parts of a pie: the overall taste, the cheese, the crust, the sauce, and… I mean, I guess how the pizza fares once it’s cold. Whatever.

> **Cheese:**  
> Speedy Romeo: 30  
> Table 87: 29

> **Crust:**  
> Speedy Romeo: 28  
> Table 87: 26

> **Sauce:**  
> Speedy Romeo: 31  
> Table 87: 28

> **Cold Pizza Taste:**  
> Speedy Romeo: 19  
> Table 87: 29

> **Overall Taste:**  
> Speedy Romeo: 32  
> Table 87: 28

> **Total Score:**  
> Speedy Romeo: 140  
> Table 87: 140

As you can see, Table 87 had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day when it came to measuring up with Speedy Romeo.

However, when it came to which pizza was better cold, Speedy Romeo finished in a mere second place while Table 87 finished next to last.

That was enough to even the total score but let’s recount:
- Speedy Romeo won four of the five categories
- One of the categories it won was “which pizza tastes better hot”

We caught up with [Park Slope Stoop](/blog/neighbors/a-trash-talk-interview-with-the-park-slope-pile/) (PSS) after the coal-fired showdown.

> PSS: How’s it feel to have all sorts of accolades but still not be able to truly triumph?

> FGF: If the electoral college is good enough to determine the presidency, winning a supermajority of categories is enough for us to be winners

We asked what kind of PED (pizza-enhancing drug) the Stoop used to win the cold pizza category so handily, but they never responded.

Even if the final score was a tie overall, we feel confident in anointing Speedy Romeo the winner of our hearts and guts.

All hail Speedy Romeo: the best pizza in the Brownstone Belt.

Anyone else feelin’ lucky? I’m looking at you: [Bensonhurst Bean](http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/?ref=bklyner.com), [Ditmas Park Corner](/), [Sheepshead Bites](http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/?ref=bklyner.com), and [Sunset Park Voice](/).

P.S. If you want to read Pravda, check out [Park Slope Stoop’s coverage.](/blog/food/saucy-skirmish-thriller-table-87-of-gowanus-ties-clinton-hills-speedy-romeo-in-pizza-throwdown/)