A group of Lower East Side residents are fed up with pizza. [related tag ="pizza"] A petition on Change.org is seeking to convince members of Community Board 3 to institute a ban on new pizzerias in the neighborhood they say has become over-saturated with restaurants specializing in the greasy, classic New York delicacy. The petition, created by a group that goes by the name "No More L.E.S. Pizzerias!" states its mission thus: "Promote diversity in low to mid-priced food options for New York City's Lower East Side." A longtime Lower East Side resident who is behind the campaign told the East Village blog EV Grieve the group's preferred food options would be "More small local joints like Mimi & Coco's Japanese spot." Some media coverage previously indicated that the group's crusade was against dollar-slice pizza joints, prompting them to clarify with an update to the petition: "It is not an anti $1 slice pizza petition. We're sick of ALL new pizzerias. No more new $1 slice pizzerias. No more new expensive brick oven pizzerias. NO MORE PIZZERIAS!" As of Sunday, the petition had 38 signatures.
Reported by metronews 9 hours ago.
A group of Lower East Side residents are fed up with pizza. [related tag ="pizza"] A petition on Change.org is seeking to convince members of Community Board 3 to institute a ban on new pizzerias in the neighborhood they say has become over-saturated with restaurants specializing in the greasy, classic New York delicacy. The petition, created by a group that goes by the name "No More L.E.S. Pizzerias!" states its mission thus: "Promote diversity in low to mid-priced food options for New York City's Lower East Side." A longtime Lower East Side resident who is behind the campaign told the East Village blog EV Grieve the group's preferred food options would be "More small local joints like Mimi & Coco's Japanese spot." Some media coverage previously indicated that the group's crusade was against dollar-slice pizza joints, prompting them to clarify with an update to the petition: "It is not an anti $1 slice pizza petition. We're sick of ALL new pizzerias. No more new $1 slice pizzerias. No more new expensive brick oven pizzerias. NO MORE PIZZERIAS!" As of Sunday, the petition had 38 signatures.
Reported by metronews 9 hours ago.