Pizza places from all over New York City and surrounding areas came together for a fantastic night of fun and eating to raise money for the New York City Food Bank. The yearly event is called
Slice Out Hunger and was founded by Scott Wiener to incorporate his love of pizza with a fun way to provide meals for the New York Food Bank. This years event was attended by a whose who of New York Pizza from the world renowned Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza of Staten Island to new comers such as Pizzetteria Brunetti, Table 87 and even Tony Boloney's from Jersey were on hand along with about 50 other restaurants to make this fund raiser a fantastic dough raising event. Lines formed early and went for blocks around the event hall in SOHO and were responsible for donating enough to provide 150,000 meals to those in need. "I have never seen so many happy New Yorkers in one place" said Marc Cosentino of the
New York Brick Oven Co.