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Where to Get Roni Cup Pizza in NYC

The top places around New York to try the tiny flavor bombs

by Eliza Brooke
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The roni cup, also known as “cup and char” pepperoni, has long been a hallmark of pizza in Buffalo and parts of the Midwest, but over the last seven years, it’s been taking over New York City. Once sparingly available, the tiny pepp can be spotted on slices at more than a dozen shops across New York — from Emmy Squared in Williamsburg to Mama’s Too on the Upper West Side. Many new restaurants, including Seppe on Staten Island, are now even forgoing traditional pepperoni from the outset.

It’s become a full-blown trend, propelled by Instagram, one particular sausage distributor, and the fact that people dig the taste. Pizza with roni cups can be found all over the place, but here are some popular ones to try.

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Mama's Too!

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In a review last year, Times restaurant critic Pete Wells wrote that Mama’s Too “combines some of the most appealing elements of a Neapolitan pie with the most satisfying aspects of the archetypal product sold on paper plates from sidewalk windows.” Even better, it’s got roni cups.

2750 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
(212) 510-7256
(212) 510-7256
A large slab of pepperoni pizza stacked on a silver oven tray, some chairs can be seen in the background. Mama’s Too

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Massoni

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Located in the Arlo Nomad Hotel, Massoni pairs roni cups with pickled peppers and honey on its Detroit-style pizza. Get it by the pie at the restaurant or by the slice at the takeaway up front, Bodega by Massoni.

11 E 31st St, New York, NY 10016
(212) 951-1141
(212) 951-1141
Massoni pizza Nick Solares/Eater

Lions & Tigers & Squares Detroit Pizza

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Just as its name suggests, this counter- and standing-only spot serves Detroit-style pizza. No slices here: Pizza is served by the personal-sized pie, which comes cut into four squares.

268 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
(917) 261-6772
(917) 261-6772
Lions & Tigers & Squares Lions & Tigers & Squares/Facebook

Paulie Gee's Slice Shop

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Legendary pizzamaker Paulie Giannone has a ban on pepperoni at his eponymous Greenpoint restaurant — hot soppressata only — but he lifted it when he opened Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop. The space channels the look of New York pizzerias from the ’60s and ’70s, and Giannone added pepperoni to the menu because it, too, is classic. After some experimentation, he decided to go with roni cups.

110 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
A hot pours hot honey on pizza pie atop an orange table. Photo by Alex Staniloff

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Prince Street Pizza

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The pizza that started it all — that is, New York City’s current love affair with roni cups. Expect a line out the door and get the Spicy Spring, a Sicilian slice topped with an “absurd” number of curled pepperoni coins.

27 Prince St A, New York, NY 10012
(212) 966-4100
(212) 966-4100
A square slice of pizza topped with pepperoni Nick Solares/Eater

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Scarr's Pizza

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Opened in 2016, Scarr’s Pizza has a retro-looking exterior and an extremely 2019 view on ingredients. The wines are organic, the grains milled every day by owner Scarr Pimentel, and the cupping pepperoni (sourced from Ezzo Sausage Co. in Columbus) is all-natural and nitrate- and nitrite-free.

22 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
(212) 334-3481
(212) 334-3481
Round mushroom and pepperoni pie at Scarr’s. Stefanie Tuder/Eater

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Emmy Squared - Brooklyn

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Emmy Squared — less formal than Emily and with restaurants in the East Village and Williamsburg — serves Detroit-style pizza. If seeking roni cups, go for the Colony (pepperoni with pickled jalapeños and honey) or the Roni Supreme (“lots of pepperoni,” Calabrian chilies).

364 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 360-4535
(718) 360-4535
Roni Supreme at Emmy Squared Serena Dai/Eater

Williamsburg Pizza - Brooklyn

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Find roni cups on Williamsburg Pizza’s classic grandma, a relatively thin, manageable square. Eat it on the go or grab a spot at a table — while not huge, both this location and the Lower East Side one at 277 Broome St. have a decent amount of seating. There’s also an outpost inside 310 Bowery Bar.

265 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 855-8729
(718) 855-8729
A pepperoni pie from Williamsburg Pizza sits in a cardboard takeout box Jessica Einstein/Williamsburg Pizza

Archie's Bar & Pizza

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This hang-worthy Bushwick bar also serves Greek New England-style pies, a style not commonly seen across New York. It’s cooked in a pan and a little heftier and crisper than a wood-fired or New York-style pie, though the crust’s interior is still quite light. Get it by the slice or in a 10-inch or 14-inch pie. Open late.

128 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
(347) 915-2244
(347) 915-2244
Archie’s Archie’s/Facebook

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Speedy Romeo

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Chef Justin Bazdarich and partner Todd Feldman’s Bed-Stuy pizzeria — now with an additional location on the Lower East Side, and a takeout spot called Stilettos — employs the Ezzo roni cup on wood-fired pies. Stilettos has it on a slice as well, accompanied by hot soppressata, parm, pecorino, and a truffle ranch.

376 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 230-0061
(718) 230-0061
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Emily

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Chef Matt Hyland’s Emily has two locations, with two slightly different styles of pizza: one in Clinton Hill that’s “regionally noncommittal” and a West Village location that sits somewhere between New York and New Haven. Pepperonis come on the Colony, which also has pickled jalapeño and honey at both, and West Village also has the Arenstein, with pickled chili and honey. But pepps can be added on anything. Make a reservation.

919 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
(347) 844-9588
(347) 844-9588
Colony pizza at Emily Emily/Facebook

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Seppe Pizza Bar

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Opened in December 2018 on the Staten Island waterfront, Seppe Pizza Bar from brothers Joe and John Iovino offers pasta, pizza, and cocktails. Seppe’s pepperoni pizza (the “Pep in Your Step”) is a spicy-sweet combination of jalapeños, pepperoni, and hot honey.

3 Navy Pier Ct, Staten Island, NY 10304
(718) 727-3773
(718) 727-3773
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Mama's Too!

2750 Broadway, New York, NY 10025

In a review last year, Times restaurant critic Pete Wells wrote that Mama’s Too “combines some of the most appealing elements of a Neapolitan pie with the most satisfying aspects of the archetypal product sold on paper plates from sidewalk windows.” Even better, it’s got roni cups.

2750 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
(212) 510-7256
(212) 510-7256
A large slab of pepperoni pizza stacked on a silver oven tray, some chairs can be seen in the background. Mama’s Too

Massoni

11 E 31st St, New York, NY 10016

Located in the Arlo Nomad Hotel, Massoni pairs roni cups with pickled peppers and honey on its Detroit-style pizza. Get it by the pie at the restaurant or by the slice at the takeaway up front, Bodega by Massoni.

11 E 31st St, New York, NY 10016
(212) 951-1141
(212) 951-1141
Massoni pizza Nick Solares/Eater

Lions & Tigers & Squares Detroit Pizza

268 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011

Just as its name suggests, this counter- and standing-only spot serves Detroit-style pizza. No slices here: Pizza is served by the personal-sized pie, which comes cut into four squares.

268 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
(917) 261-6772
(917) 261-6772
Lions & Tigers & Squares Lions & Tigers & Squares/Facebook

Paulie Gee's Slice Shop

110 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222

Legendary pizzamaker Paulie Giannone has a ban on pepperoni at his eponymous Greenpoint restaurant — hot soppressata only — but he lifted it when he opened Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop. The space channels the look of New York pizzerias from the ’60s and ’70s, and Giannone added pepperoni to the menu because it, too, is classic. After some experimentation, he decided to go with roni cups.

110 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
A hot pours hot honey on pizza pie atop an orange table. Photo by Alex Staniloff

Prince Street Pizza

27 Prince St A, New York, NY 10012

The pizza that started it all — that is, New York City’s current love affair with roni cups. Expect a line out the door and get the Spicy Spring, a Sicilian slice topped with an “absurd” number of curled pepperoni coins.

27 Prince St A, New York, NY 10012
(212) 966-4100
(212) 966-4100
A square slice of pizza topped with pepperoni Nick Solares/Eater

Scarr's Pizza

22 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002

Opened in 2016, Scarr’s Pizza has a retro-looking exterior and an extremely 2019 view on ingredients. The wines are organic, the grains milled every day by owner Scarr Pimentel, and the cupping pepperoni (sourced from Ezzo Sausage Co. in Columbus) is all-natural and nitrate- and nitrite-free.

22 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
(212) 334-3481
(212) 334-3481
Round mushroom and pepperoni pie at Scarr’s. Stefanie Tuder/Eater

Emmy Squared - Brooklyn

364 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Emmy Squared — less formal than Emily and with restaurants in the East Village and Williamsburg — serves Detroit-style pizza. If seeking roni cups, go for the Colony (pepperoni with pickled jalapeños and honey) or the Roni Supreme (“lots of pepperoni,” Calabrian chilies).

364 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 360-4535
(718) 360-4535
Roni Supreme at Emmy Squared Serena Dai/Eater

Williamsburg Pizza - Brooklyn

265 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Find roni cups on Williamsburg Pizza’s classic grandma, a relatively thin, manageable square. Eat it on the go or grab a spot at a table — while not huge, both this location and the Lower East Side one at 277 Broome St. have a decent amount of seating. There’s also an outpost inside 310 Bowery Bar.

265 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 855-8729
(718) 855-8729
A pepperoni pie from Williamsburg Pizza sits in a cardboard takeout box Jessica Einstein/Williamsburg Pizza

Archie's Bar & Pizza

128 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221

This hang-worthy Bushwick bar also serves Greek New England-style pies, a style not commonly seen across New York. It’s cooked in a pan and a little heftier and crisper than a wood-fired or New York-style pie, though the crust’s interior is still quite light. Get it by the slice or in a 10-inch or 14-inch pie. Open late.

128 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
(347) 915-2244
(347) 915-2244
Archie’s Archie’s/Facebook

Speedy Romeo

376 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Chef Justin Bazdarich and partner Todd Feldman’s Bed-Stuy pizzeria — now with an additional location on the Lower East Side, and a takeout spot called Stilettos — employs the Ezzo roni cup on wood-fired pies. Stilettos has it on a slice as well, accompanied by hot soppressata, parm, pecorino, and a truffle ranch.

376 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 230-0061
(718) 230-0061
Stilettos slice Speedy Romeo/Facebook

Emily

919 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Chef Matt Hyland’s Emily has two locations, with two slightly different styles of pizza: one in Clinton Hill that’s “regionally noncommittal” and a West Village location that sits somewhere between New York and New Haven. Pepperonis come on the Colony, which also has pickled jalapeño and honey at both, and West Village also has the Arenstein, with pickled chili and honey. But pepps can be added on anything. Make a reservation.

919 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
(347) 844-9588
(347) 844-9588
Colony pizza at Emily Emily/Facebook

Seppe Pizza Bar

3 Navy Pier Ct, Staten Island, NY 10304

Opened in December 2018 on the Staten Island waterfront, Seppe Pizza Bar from brothers Joe and John Iovino offers pasta, pizza, and cocktails. Seppe’s pepperoni pizza (the “Pep in Your Step”) is a spicy-sweet combination of jalapeños, pepperoni, and hot honey.

3 Navy Pier Ct, Staten Island, NY 10304
(718) 727-3773
(718) 727-3773
Seppe Pizza Bar Lily Brown/Seppe Pizza Bar

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