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Marisa's Place, Guilderland, NY

Update: Here is my review of Marisa's Place in the Albany Times Union.

(10/02/08)
At a recent party full of Brooklyn transplants the conversation devolved, as it always does when you put a bunch of Brooklyn transplants in the same room around meal time, to talk of pizza. They huddled like expats and whimsied on about crust and cheese while trading phone numbers of the takeout place they’ve found that really isn’t Brooklyn but will suffice in a pinch.

Well, I’ve been collecting phone numbers and trying various spots, but I haven’t turned up anything I felt was worth mentioning here. Until now.

How I heard about Marisa’s Place is its own story. I was standing in the entrance of a Japanese restaurant waiting for my takeout order and, as is the way of things, fell in to conversation with the woman standing next to me. She had just moved to the Albany area from downstate and was eager to find places to go. Real Chinese food? That wasn’t so hard, I recommended CCK. And so we bantered back and forth until our food came. I handed her the address for Celinabean, and we went our separate ways.

The Florentine pizza from Marisa's Place

And then, several weeks later, a gift. She writes in to Celinabean and says she loved CCK and she wants to recommend a little pizza spot tucked in to a nondescript strip mall in Guilderland. OK, I was game.

I took the family last night. I can’t give a full overview or vouch for everything on the menu, but the visit was a good start. We tried the Florentine pizza with mozzarella, spinach, fresh garlic, artichokes, fresh tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, olive oil and fresh basil. It was billed as a personal specialty pizza for $10.95, but I couldn’t finish half of it. The crust was very thin and toppings were great.

My son gave “two big thumbs up” to the sausage pizza, which had paper thin slices of sausage sprinkled all over it.

We haven’t tried the pizza as takeout, which really is a different experience.

More about Marisa’s Place later, but I wanted to give you a heads up.

Details:
Marisa’s Place
5 Schuyler Plaza
Route 20 and 155
Guilderland, NY

Phone: 464-9900

They don’t deliver

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posted November 12, 2008 | link | comments (10)

filed under: Places, Reviews, Albany area, Guilderland, Marisa's Place, NY, pizza

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Comments

i made that salad.hahahahaha

- by alfredo on Oct 8, 2008 at 12:09 AM | link

Brooklynite-approved! Probably the best we have tried in the Capital Region, due to the superb crust-consistency. (In our opinion, it could use a tiny bit more tomato sauce, but still the best we have tasted outside of Brooklyn.) Thanks for letting us know about it!

- by The Taste Testers on Oct 10, 2008 at 1:14 PM | link

I agree with The Taste Testers about the need for more tomato sauce. I stopped by and had a slice of the plain cheese pizza last night and while the crust was superbly crisp (not greasy, doughy, or soggy), the lack of tomato flavor does not put this pizza in the "best" category for local 'za.

- by chrisck on Oct 21, 2008 at 12:36 PM | link

We would like to thank Celina for adding our pizzeria to her site. We would also like to thank all of our customers! We appreciate the comments. We try to make our pizza with just the right amount of sauce and toppings to satisfy everyone. Not too much but not too little. Of course we will always strive to make your pizza just how you like so don't hesitate to ask for more or less sauce.
Thanks again from the Musumeci Family ~ Marisa's Place

- by Musumeci Family on Nov 3, 2008 at 2:18 PM | link

My Dad took me and my Daughter for pizza at Marisa's Place last month, he told me that it was one of the best Pizzas he has tasted in a long time and that coming from him I thought it has to be good. He used to make Pizzas himself for a living. I had the ham and pineapple, well let me say I must agree with him. I have not tasted a Pizza like that since being in Italy. I personally think the sauce was perfect, to much sauce makes the dough soggy. My Daughter liked her so much she asked her Poppy to buy one for her big sister, who also liked hers.

- by Cristina C. on Nov 12, 2008 at 5:08 PM | link

My daughters loved the pizza and garlic knots. They decided that this is their new favorite pizza and were disappointed to find out that they don't deliver. But I reminded them that it's only ten minutes from home. We brought home an eggplant parm sub for hubby and another whole cheese pizza, which didn't last more than a few more hours. We all agreed that the food and friendly service (Sophie was allowed behind the counter to see a pizza baking in the oven) was top-notch.

Thanks for an excellent recommendation!

- by Marla on Nov 20, 2008 at 3:24 AM | link

We ordered a pizza to go from Marisa's last week and it was delicious. I normally make my own but this was great for those days when I'm just too lazy to make dough. It wasn't greasy at all and the crust was nice and thin. Thank you again for another fabulous suggestion.

- by charley on Dec 3, 2008 at 8:14 PM | link

I'm not a huge pizza fan but after reading all the rave reviews here, we decided to give it a try. And, it was great! It looked like gourmet pizza to me. We had the rusticana which has asparagus, pimiento, and a generous amount of prosciutto on top and another one (can't remember what it's called) that has sausage (also thinly sliced) and rappini. The crust was thin and crunchy. The most important thing that I noticed was that it was not oily (main reason I don't eat much pizza). The owner kept saying he will put whatever we want on the pizza. It's definitely a pizza place I would go back to.
I'm a big eggplant fan too so I'll probably try the eggplant sub you mentioned.

- by josie on Dec 4, 2008 at 11:53 AM | link

The pizza place is owened by my grandpa and he makes the best pizzas in town. I love going there and eating. My favorite pizza is the Sicilian. I'm very glad everone likes the food as well. If you haven't tried it yet, please stop in for some great pizza.

- by Marisa on Dec 6, 2008 at 9:46 PM | link

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVE MAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRISAS PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :P

- by MARISA on Dec 28, 2008 at 7:22 PM | link

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