How many pizzerias are there in new york city?

October 7, 2007 10:23 AM

How many pizza shops are there in new york city?
posted by davidvan to grab bag (7 comments total)

Are you asking for a number of places that sell pizzas, or a number of places that are exclusively pizzerias?
posted by mdonley at 10:26 AM on October 7, 2007

I don't have an aswer, but you might want to read through Slice NY, which might have a clue.
posted by Bookhouse at 10:39 AM on October 7, 2007

405 give or take few in New York City.

This according to Yahoo Yellow Pages.
posted by curiousleo at 10:40 AM on October 7, 2007

The NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene lists 1250 restaurants with the word "pizza" in the restaurant name and 394 restaurants with the word "pizzeria" in the restaurant name. Restaurant inspection information.
posted by found missing at 11:03 AM on October 7, 2007

This sounds like a Fermi problem. ("How many piano tuners are there in Chicago?")
posted by futility closet at 11:07 AM on October 7, 2007

Menupages has 667 results for the pizza category. 80 of these are in Brooklyn, the rest in Manhattan. I am sure this is a gross understatement for the 5 boroughs but probably reasonably close for Manhattan.
posted by ch1x0r at 3:55 PM on October 7, 2007

Zero. We don't have anything called a "pizza shop", whatever that is.
posted by Caviar at 8:34 PM on October 7, 2007 [1 favorite]